YPO are proud to offer a fantastic range of benefits, including:

Local Government Pension Scheme (West Yorkshire Pension Scheme)
Family-friendly policies, hybrid working, and flexible arrangements
29 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays and 3 discretionary closedown days at Christmas
A commitment to staff development, training and progression

“If you’re looking for a stimulating, friendly and rewarding working environment, then YPO could be the place for you.”

YPO is looking to welcome a procurement professional with an excellent understanding of the public sector’s social, economic, legislative, and political environment to join our team as Public Sector Engagement Manager.

You will demonstrate strong knowledge and understanding of public sector engagement and business development, able to bring excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to the team. Your experience in commercial activity, business development, and account management will have equipped you to confidently manage professional relationships; collaborating and negotiating with stakeholders at all levels.

People will view you as a positive and decisive person, pro-active in your approach to work. You will have the ability to develop long-term strategies, and have a skill for influencing and advising others to align with wider organisational goals.

Key Responsibilities of the role will include:

Strategic Relationships: Leading key strategic relationships with public sector bodies to establish YPO as a trusted procurement partner, including Member Authorities.
Client Engagement: Develop a key client engagement strategy for public sector customers, creating effective SLAs that meet their needs in collaboration, policy and process compliance, service delivery, savings, and efficiency targets.
Sales and Engagement Oversight: Oversee all aspects of YPO’s public sector engagement and sales, ensuring a seamless multichannel delivery of the growth strategy across all customer types.
Support and Advice: Provide expert support and advice on a wide range of products and procurement services, helping customers gain better value through procurement and generating income for YPO.
Team Leadership: Lead a team of Customer Engagement professionals to deliver proactive customer engagement and achieve commercial targets.
Find out more about the role in the Job Description and Person Specification attached here.

“Our mission is to help the public sector achieve the best possible value when buying products and services across the UK.”

Established in 1974, YPO now has 50 years’ experience in giving back to the public sector. Five decades ago, 13 local authorities came together to combine their buying demands and achieve efficiency, and that’s when our organisation as it’s known today began.

We supply products and services to a wide range of customers including schools, local authorities, charities, emergency services, the public sector, and other businesses such as nurseries and care homes.

We’re 100% publicly owned by our 13 member authorities, which means the profits we make are returned to our public sector customers, delivering even better value for money.

Some of the additional benefits of working at YPO:

Salary sacrifice car scheme (after a qualifying period)
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Access to Occupational Health Service
Paid membership of your professional body
Free parking (subject to availability)
Cycle2Work Scheme
Subsidised Canteen

How to Apply:

To apply, please send your CV and Supporting Statement to Bradley Naylor (Resourcing Partner) on [email protected].

It is important that your CV is up to date, including relevant works experience and qualifications, and that your supporting statement explains your motivation for applying for the role, and how you meet the role criteria in around 500 words.

To have a confidential and informal discussion about this role, or any additional support, please contact Bradley on 01609 534365.

Key Dates:

The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 23rd February 2025.

First stage telephone interviews will take place between 3rd and 7th March 2025, with formal interviews taking place in-person (Wakefield) week commencing 10th March 2025.

We reserve the right to remove this vacancy before the proposed deadline in the event of a change of requirements, the positions being filled, or a large number of applications being received.

YPO is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief.

We will not accept applications from agencies and can only consider applications from individuals with right to work within the UK.