Stuart Jones Email & Phone Number

Cardiff, Gb

• Responsible for building and maintaining effective collaborative partner relationships and growing UCAS’ strategic partnerships’ commercial value.• The primary point of contact for third-party partners, ensuring they are kept fully engaged and supported through implementation, launch and beyond.• Develop reporting and analysis for the partnerships and track performance.• Facilitate internal and external alignment to ensure the swift execution and integration of partnership delivery and embedding of the partnership.

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the commercial, legal and operational relationship with our partners across energy, broadband, mobile, travel, pet, business and landlord insurance and other product areas.• Manage the day-to-day relationship and requirements of the partner panel across multiple products, including contract negotiation, cost per acquisition, sales targets, operational issues and legislative changes.• Develop and agree annual joint business plans and balanced scorecards with strategic partners, in line with the wider commercial objectives.• Establish proactive monitoring of partner performance through a continuous business review cycle, identifying and developing initiatives to drive growth.• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across current and new partners, third party companies and the wider sector.

Newport, Wales, United Kingdom

• Managed a panel of over 50 energy partners, responsible for all commercial and legal negotiations and management of our day to day switching service.• Designed and delivered our new partner proposal framework and secured an additional 10 new partners to panel. • Managed new partner on-boarding (and removal) including contract negotiation, operational setup (or termination) and pricing.• Managed the day-to-day engagement, relationship, partnership and operational requirements with partners in order to achieve delivery of agreed KPIs.

United Kingdom

• Delivered the highest individual performance across the entire company, resulting in a personal invite from the CEO to Cheltenham Races.• Built over 100 commercial relationships with B2B businesses, universities and colleges, and over 20 strategic partnerships with private, public and third sector organisations across the UK.• Delivered the take to market education strategy and strategic plan for new products, exceeding income targets highlighted in the new markets growth plan.• Responsible for the management and delivery of the new partnerships operational framework.

United Kingdom

• Delivered the take to market strategy and strategic plan for new products in the education sector.• Built key relationships and collaborated with multiple key sector bodies including HEFCW, Universities Wales, Student Minds, AMOSSHE, Wonkhe and other sector organisations. • Responsible for keeping up to date with sector developments and policy changes within the HE sector, and reporting these updates to Endsleigh’s Head of Education.

United Kingdom

• Responsible for the acquisition of new B2B UK partnerships within the university, college and private rented sector.• Recruited, managed and lead a team of up to 30 temporary staff to deliver the gadget case and income target through the face to face sales strategy during the arrival process.

United Kingdom

• Successfully delivered the 95% retention rate target, whilst also growing my renewal income account by 10%.• Developed strong commercial relationships with universities, students’ unions and key decision makers in the education sector, maintaining the brand as the number one student insurer, delivering successful acquisition campaigns, enquiry generation and student engagement.• Developed and implemented marketing strategies and projects that secured access to students all year round, delivering increased market share and return on investment year on year.

United Kingdom

• Planned, developed and implemented effective campaigns throughout the year, focused on increasing brand recognition and student engagement.• Managed our unique relationship with students’ unions and students’ associations.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

• Delivered multiple sustainability energy projects to all universities and colleges in Wales.• Managed productive relationships with key decision makers at universities and colleges.• Recruited, trained and supported student volunteers, liaising with key students and student mentors to encourage them to engage with their peers.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

• Delivered a Welsh Government funded project, designing and delivering robust and effective student representation structures to every FE College in Wales.• Collaborated with the sabbatical officers of NUS Wales to lobby the Welsh Government and other sector bodies to influence HE policy within Wales, future consultations and reviews.• Built key relationships and collaborated with multiple key sector bodies including HEFCW, Welsh Government (ministers and colleagues in DfES Wales), Universities Wales, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, QAA, Student Minds, AMOSSHE and other sector organisations.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

• Developed and delivered the student representatives programme, including the recruitment and training of student representatives across all three University campuses.• Managed the universities key partnerships to secure ongoing funding.• Prepared and delivered reports for the university's academic board and governing body. • Drafted and submitted the Student Written Submission for the QAA review.

Swansea, United Kingdom

• Enhanced the academic and welfare advice services of the University.• Developed a project to enhance the university’s course representative system.• Researched and promoted best practice of student representation on university committees.

Swansea, United Kingdom

• Represented the academic needs and student experience of 15,000 Swansea University students.• Responsible for the democratic and commercial operation of the Students’ Union, ensuring that the 3.5 million turnover was invested back into union services, in line with charity law.• Organised local and national campaigns and lobbied the university to initiative Welsh Government policy.

Aberdare, Wales, United Kingdom

Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom