Job Description
Service Partner Lead
Department: Commercial (Sales & Marketing)
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Colwick
Enva is a leading provider of recycling and resource recovery solutions, helping businesses and communities across the UK manage their waste responsibly.
We’re looking for an experienced and commercially focused Service Partner Lead to join our Commercial team based at our Colwick site.
This is a key role within the business, responsible for managing and optimising Enva’s subcontractor and supplier network across our waste and recycling supply chain. You’ll work closely with operational, compliance, and commercial teams to ensure our third-party service providers deliver safe, compliant, cost-effective, and high-performing solutions that support both our customers and wider business objectives.
This is not an administrative role; it’s a strategic, commercially driven position with real influence across supplier performance, compliance, ESG delivery, and operational resilience
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement subcontractor and supply chain strategies aligned with business growth plans.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with subcontractors, treatment facilities, logistics providers, and recycling partners.
- Identify, evaluate, and onboard new suppliers and subcontractors.
- Conduct supplier due diligence, including environmental permits, operational capability, and financial stability checks.
- Lead supplier audits covering compliance, traceability, health & safety, and environmental performance.
- Negotiate supplier pricing, contracts, SLAs, and commercial agreements.
- Monitor market trends, pricing structures, and opportunities to improve margins and reduce costs.
- Manage supplier performance through KPIs, service reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support ESG and sustainability objectives including recycling performance, carbon reduction, and waste hierarchy compliance.
- Work closely with Operations, Compliance, SHEQ, and Key Account teams to support service delivery and customer requirements.
- Act as the internal subject matter expert on subcontractor capability and waste supply chain performance.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
We’re looking for someone with strong commercial awareness, supplier management experience, and a solid understanding of the waste and recycling sector.
- Previous experience within waste management, recycling, environmental services, logistics, or a similar sector.
- Strong subcontractor, supplier, or supply chain management experience.
- Excellent commercial negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong understanding of UK waste legislation and Duty of Care requirements.
- Experience managing supplier performance, contracts, and compliance processes.
- Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to build strong working relationships internally and externally.
- Commercially focused with a proactive and results-driven approach.
- Experience conducting supplier or compliance audits.
- Knowledge of waste treatment and disposal routes including MRF, RDF, SRF, hazardous waste, and EfW.
- WAMITAB, CIWM, IOSH, or NEBOSH qualification.
- Experience managing multi-site supplier networks.
Why Work For Enva?
Enva is committed to providing more than just jobs, we want to grow our business by offering career paths that match the aspirations of the talent that is increasingly aware of the need to protect the planet we all share. For the right candidates, the possibilities are truly endless and we will offer all the support, training and benefits you need to help you realise your true potential.
Examples of Company Benefits:
- A competitive salary in a growing company committed to our people.
- Competitive holiday allowance.
- Company pension scheme.
- Enhanced family friendly policies.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- Lifestyle & leisure discounts (gym, cinema, shopping, and more).
- Employee life insurance.
- Bike2Work scheme.
- Free on-site parking.
- Holiday Purchase Scheme.
