Head of Category for Technology

1 month ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom Government Commercial Function Full time

Job summary

Crown Commercial Service is the largest provider of commercial agreements to Central Government and across the wider public sector, leveraging around �30bn per annum spend. As part of the Commercial Directorate you will be focused on our Technology category which delivers significant value across all aspects of IT procurement, products and services.

As Head of Category your role will be pivotal to the development of our portfolio and value-added services which we provide to a huge range of public sector organisations.�

Your leadership and knowledge of technology procurement will help drive best practice in the delivery of our agreements as well as contribute to the development of category strategies, value add services, and procurement routes to market, working closely in strategic partnership with the CCS organisation and many central and wider public sector organisations.

Your role will be varied with the opportunity to take on bigger challenges as the business continues to grow and we respond to our suppliers, customers and industry trends in technology procurement.

Job description

You will be joining a team of around 130 technology procurement professionals who have a wide range of knowledge across public procurement and IT. You will lead a part of this team in the delivery of CCS�s objectives.

You will lead key initiatives and strategies in conjunction with key central government departments and wider public sector organisations (local and devolved government, health, blue light, transport). Additionally, you will interface into several IT strategic suppliers to the public sector, many being global in size.

Locations
The successful candidate(s) will be able to agree a contractual workplace from those locations listed in this advert. When selecting your location listed in this job advert please be aware that this will be your contractual base location with a requirement to spend a minimum of 60% of your working time in this organisational workplace.

Your time spent on official duties at workplace locations other than your contractual office such as supplier, customer or partner locations required to perform your role is included in the 60% attendance.

This requirement will however take into consideration any reasonable adjustments agreed upon appointment for people with a disability, flexibilities agreed for those with specific caring responsibilities, or other similar temporary flexibilities.

Person specification

Lead your teams to deliver against the business plan objectives (customer value, operational excellence, growing our capability) for the Commercial DirectorateBe part of the senior management and leadership team for Technology, collaborating, supporting, and driving our team�s successLead the development of procurement strategies including the production of category strategies, joint planning with customers, and using market insight to drive innovative solutions for our customersDrive operational excellence with our supplier baseLine manage a team of procurement professionals (typically around 8-10 people)�Help our commercial capability grow and learn through sharing your experience and driving personal development actionsWork with our CCS business partners and wider stakeholder to ensure we deliver compliantly and consistently

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Manages Complexity - Experience of supporting large scale enterprise IT solution delivery enabled through procurement and commercial supplier managementMarket Insight - Knowledge of the technology industry, current trends, strategic suppliers to the public sector. Areas of knowledge in one or more of the following; cloud, software, networks, servicesCommercial Focus - Expertise and leadership in the delivery of commercial benefits and value add through procurement and supplier management activitiesBuilds Relationships - Ability to build relationships with senior managers to set, and influence, strategic direction and deliver on their business requirementsCoaching Manager - Demonstrated leadership in managing and developing high performance procurement teams, directly managed and in a matrixed structure

Benefits

As a valued employee of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO), you will have access to all the benefits the centre has to offer; including flexible working, generous benefits, Career Coaches, Mentors, L&D, a Commercial College, active talent management and, most importantly, access to commercial projects that will far exceed the scale and complexity on offer elsewhere in the UK.

For existing Civil Servants: �For full details of the impact on any move across the civil service on your existing terms and conditions, please read the candidate pack. �Please note that any move across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to continue to claim childcare vouchers.�

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