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Centrica • United Kingdom

Hive Commercial Manager - Growth Lead

Employment type:  Full time
8.5

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top 3 scores:
96%

Location flexibility

92%

Hours flexibility

88%

Autonomy

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Job Description

We are Centrica! We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising a cleaner, greener future. Working here is #MoreThanACareer - we’re powered by purpose. Together we can make an impact that will truly change tomorrow. Whether you’re developing cutting-edge green tech, helping customers on the front line or simplifying operations behind the scenes.

Your work here isn’t just a job – it’s a mission. We all play a vital role in energising a greener, fairer future.

Our Net Zero & New Business sector exists to increase and accelerate the impact of British Gas in the energy transition in UK homes and we have an exciting opportunity for a Hive Commercial Manager – Growth Lead, who will be accountable for the performance and delivery of profitable Hive product sales across internal channels and delivering through newly developed platforms.

The role holder will have an excellent opportunity to build on their vital commercial skills to deliver sustainable improvements in financial results, as well as data analytics to deliver great customer experiences.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Implement a relentless focus on our internal channels to maximise the collaboration and Centrica cross-selling opportunities to our c.10m British Gas customers
  • Design, develop and deliver internal propositions and sales plans for areas such as service & repair, heating installs, energy, contact centres, Bord Gais etc
  • Develop a strategy that will enable maximum collaboration & curiosity across business units to create customer benefit and retention for Centrica
  • Maintain a deep understanding of competitor strategies and customer behaviour in products & propositions, applying insights into the deployment of channel strategy
  • Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to drive the necessary interventions to deliver and exceed against key planned objectives
  • Accountability and ownership of channel sales, forecasts and performance

Skills and Experience:

  • Inquisitive with experience in propositions and commercial with a desire for keeping our customers at the centre of all proposals
  • Creative and problem-solving skills to overcome barriers with solutions to deliver against agreed outcomes
  • Relentless focus on delivering market-leading commercial performance and strategic growth for Hive and the Centrica Group
  • Strong analytical ability to interpret customer insights and develop relevant, tailored propositions
  • A passion to deliver sustainable growth across the Net Zero sector
  • Overall Centrica understanding and commercial awareness would be beneficial
  • Experience of driving effective performance of internal or field teams would be advantageous, although not essential

At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!


PLEASE APPLY ONLINE by hitting the 'Apply' button.

Applications will ONLY be accepted via the ‘Apply’ button.

This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.

Company benefits

Adoption leave
Open to part-time employees
Enhanced sick days
Flexible working week
Enhanced sick pay
Gym membership
Health insurance
Mental health platform access
Compassionate leave
Dental coverage
Fertility treatment leave
Buy or sell annual leave
Optional unpaid leave
Shared parental leave
Enhanced maternity leave
Carer’s leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Cycle to work scheme
Equity packages
Life insurance
Annual pay rises
Share options
Financial coaching
Employee discounts
Volunteer days
Company car
Travel loan
Enhanced pension match/contribution

We asked employees of Centrica what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
96%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
92%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
82%
Employees are very happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
79%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
83%
Employees feel that flexible working is part of the culture
Autonomy
88%
Employees feel they have complete autonomy over getting their work done

Additional employee ratings
(these do not contribute to the FlexScore®)

Diversity
80%
Employees feel that the diversity is good and there are continued efforts to improve it
Inclusion
82%
Employees feel like the company culture is brilliantly inclusive and equitable
Culture
84%
Employees feel like it is a really great environment to work in
Mission
85%
Employees feel very excited about and aligned with the company mission
Salary
72%
Employees feel that their salary is good and matches the value they bring

Working at Centrica

Company employees

20,000

Gender diversity (male:female)

68:32

Office locations

Windsor, London, Cardiff, Leicester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Dublin, Stockport, Staines, Hampton, Aberdeen, Barrow, Hull

Hiring Countries

Belgium

Denmark

Ireland

Singapore

United Kingdom

Awards & Achievements

2nd – Large companies

2nd – Large companies

Flexa100 2024
3rd – Consumer Goods

3rd – Consumer Goods

Industry awards 2023

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