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Role: Commercial Manager - SC
Location: Remote with travel as and when required. Meetings will likely be in London but could be anywhere. Expenses covered
IR35: Inside
Rate: £600/day (MAX)
Duration: 6 Months
Security Clearance: SC
Essential skills and experience:
- Experience of delivering Public sector procurements preferred, whilst working as part of a wider commercial team
- Experience of delivering procurement and commercial best practice.
- Experience of working with third party suppliers,
- Excellent understanding of the full Commercial Lifecyle.
- Excellent organisational skills to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Contract management
- Stakeholder management
- Procurement / Public sector
The Role
- Lead on and deliver key procurement activities and provide commercial leadership for blend of low value CCS framework as well as complex and strategic procurements and, that conform to the policies and assurance processes, and which comply fully with EU procurement law (in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015).
- Build and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to develop a clear and agreed view on the needs of the business and target outcomes.
- Ensure that commercial risks are identified, understood, recorded, and managed at all stages of the procurement, and that ongoing risks are transferred seamlessly into contract management.
- Production of financial analyses and projections and should cost models.
- Production of the Commercial Business Case and contribute to the development of wider business case content and leading on defining the , the commercial strategy, procurement options, risks, and mitigations.
- Work with business stakeholders and engage the market to refine requirements and procure critical goods and services or grants which support priorities.
- Analyse the market and complete early market engagement activities to encourage suppliers to bid and to draw on the market's expertise to inform the tender process.
- Follow core procurement processes including but not limited to, using eSourcing systems and following commercial governance procedures.
- Deliver cashable savings and other financial/non-financial benefits against target.
- Develop a deep understanding of the Technology supply markets, categories and business context providing options and opportunities from a commercial perspective looking at aspects such as developing requirements, options analysis for routes to market, risks, benefits, and Social Value.
- Ensure that savings are identified, understood, recorded, and managed at all stages of the procurement and contract management.
- Gather lessons learned from procurements and ensure these are documented to inform future projects and influence improvements in commercial processes, systems, and skills.
Desirable skills and experience:
- Commercial contract management
- Managing Exit and transition
- Digital Data and Technology related procurement experience
- Does not want to see project managers
Security Clearance: SC
Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Armed Forces Covenant
CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
If you qualify for the above, please notify us on.
We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.
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