Commercial & Partnerships Executive in Doncaster

Purpose of the post: Ensure all agreements as part of commercial contracts are fulfilled in a timely and professional manner. Contribute to commercial sales by securing new deals and renewing existing partners.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Deliver all contractual rights and benefits agreed with partners, ensuring high levels of satisfaction and retention.
• Act as a key point of contact for Club Doncaster partners, developing strong and proactive working relationships.
• Support the Head of Sales in planning, delivering, and monitoring partnership activations, events, match day and event activities.
• Manage partnership inventories, including branding, hospitality, community engagement, digital and match day rights.
• Monitor and track the delivery of contractual obligations, maintaining accurate records and reporting to partners.
• Work closely with marketing, communications and wider event team members to ensure activations are delivered on time and to standard.
• Assist with the preparation of partnership review documents and presentations, demonstrating return on investment and value.
• Support the wider commercial team with partnership sales opportunities, renewals, and upselling where appropriate.
• Represent Club Doncaster at partner events and networking opportunities.

Club Doncaster:

• Adhere to company policies and procedures.
• Active participation in continuing professional development.
• Act at all times with utmost good faith to the club(s) and company.
• Devote full attention and ability to fulfilment of the duties required by the role.
• To work closely with fellow staff, maintain good relationships, and collaborative working practices.
• To work with colleagues throughout Club Doncaster to extend knowledge and skills in order to identify and develop best practice.
• To undertake other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.
• To maintain the quality of service provision, regularly evaluating work and seeking to make improvements.
• Present a professional image when dealing with both internal and external contacts and partners, acting in a professional manner at all times.

About The Candidate

Person specification:

• Our non-negotiables: Be punctual and prepared for all meetings. Clear and respectful communication with your peers and customers. Keeping to deadlines set by your line manager or senior management.

• Our values: We are proud of our work and our working environment(s). We are passionate about everything we do. We are high performing in everything we do. We move forward as one as a group of staff and organisation.

Character specification:

• Embody high energy, enthusiasm and humility.
• Being customer focused in providing the best supporter or client experience possible.
• Perform all assigned tasks efficiently and in a timely manner.
• Flexibility in doing things differently to improve efficiency.
• Able to communicate effectively and confidentially individually and in group situations.
• Listen and respect other people’s views and opinions.
• Can develop open and effective relationships with all colleagues.
• Awareness of impact of own behaviours on others and is able to modify approach or style to achieve results.

About The Club

Important information: The above mentioned duties and responsibilities should be regarded as neither exclusive nor exhaustive as the post holder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and responsibilities, commensurate with the grading of the post, without changing the general character of the post. Applicants must hold a full driving licence. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure up-to-date documentation is provided to Club Doncaster.

About Club Doncaster: Club Doncaster is the elite brand of sporting organisations working to support and strive forward our community. Our spoken aim is to be: an ambitious and successful club of which the community is proud of. We work with a culture that promotes unity, creativity and aspiration to promote success – this is why we are Club Doncaster. We look for people with passion, honesty and who embrace a challenge on a daily basis, with the energy and passion to strive forward and prove each day.

Safeguarding: Club Doncaster takes its safeguarding responsibility very seriously. This means recruiting the correct people for Club Doncaster. We acknowledge our clear responsibility to safeguard children and vulnerable groups in our care, and have policies and guidelines to ensure this. The successful candidate will have to complete an Enhanced DBS check before starting employment with the club.

Equal opportunities: Club Doncaster is an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable. Our Recruitment and Selection Policy, Code of Conduct, Diversity & Equality Policy, Equal Opportunities Policy and Right to work in UK Policy are available to all applicants on request.