Head of New Products and Innovation

7 months ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Government Commercial Function Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 352798**Salary**:

- £76,125 - £97,760- GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.**Job grade**:

- Grade 6- Associate Commercial Specialist**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- GCF - Crown Commercial Service**Type of role**:

- Commercial**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Birmingham, Liverpool, Newport (Gwent), NorwichAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are the biggest public procurement organisation in the UK.

With over 900 employees, we help thousands of public and third sector organisations save time and money when buying common goods and services. We currently manage more than £30 billion of spend every year across the public sector delivering commercial benefits of £3.8bn through CCS agreements including for:

- schools
- universities
- hospitals
- housing associations
- councils
- charities
- central government departments

Our culture is all about our people. The development of our people is key and though we’re all driven by different aspirations, we share the same commitment to quality and delivering value for our customers. Our people make up our family: the CCS Family

The work we do is carried out to a very high standard in an exciting environment where success is celebrated. The expertise we offer our customers is all down to the people who work here. We realise that together we can achieve more.

**Our purpose**:
We deliver commercial benefits for the UK central government, arm’s length bodies and the wider public sector. We do this by establishing and managing outstanding customer-focused commercial agreements for common goods and services and through our category expertise and procurement capability so that our customers can buy as effectively and efficiently as possible.

Our values, and the behaviours they require, allow us to create a positive workplace culture.

**Our values**:
Our culture is one of inclusivity and care, where we respect each other and our differences. It’s one that supports collaboration, teamwork and innovation and one that embraces difference. We support everyone having a voice so that our people feel valued and empowered to bring their ideas and whole self to work.

We listen, respect, collaborate and trust in order to deliver with confidence.

**Team**:
The New Products and Innovation team within the new New Product Development Unit has responsibility for 3 principle areas:

- Working with the CCS Category teams to create the next generation of CCS products and services
- With the head of portfolio management shaping the future portfolio to be customer focused and simple to use
- Creating, with external support, an innovation space for Public Sector where supplier innovation can be assessed in an agile manner for suitability to be brought into the wider CCS portfolio

**Job description**:

- This high-profile role sits in the newly created New Product Development Unit and amongst other things will focus on developing our products and services portfolio but focusing on new and emerging ‘stuff’ that could enhance CCS service offerings and bring accelerated Value for our customers.**Person specification**:
The main responsibilities are likely to include
- Manage the future CCS product portfolio strategy contributing towards the commercial directorate achieving its 2-year growth target of an additional £8b of spend under influence by the end of FY 24/25
- Support the business plan target to increase the delivery of spend related commercial benefits in excess of £3.3b each year
- Engaging routinely with stakeholders from CCS, across government and supplier organisations to drive the CCS tail Spend strategy going forwards. Attend various governance boards where necessary, design authority groups
- Line management of New Products and Innovation Team
- Ensure future portfolio products and services embed channel strategies which promote supplier innovation, have senior stakeholder engagement, and market building/shaping potential
- Develop and enduring solution for low value spend for both goods and services and portfolio products that don’t meet RoE thresholds
- Engagement across CCS (inc CD and CXD) and customer groups to ensure RoE can be maintained
- Define and own the policies and processes relating to the replacement Tail Spend solution
- Manage Strategic Supplier Relationships and stay abreast of market developments across Business to Consumer, Business to Business, Purchase to Pay, Source to Pay, Marketplaces, Catalogue Management, Digital Facilitation, Spend Automation, Accounts Payable Automation and the varied related capabilities used throughout the Public Sector
- Work closely with the Head of New Product Development, the wider New Product Development unit and Commercial direc


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