Commercial Officer

5 months ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom NHS Business Services Authority Full time

The NHS Business Services Authority plays a key role in delivering national services to the wider healthcare system, responsible for £billions of public money. This role involves sourcing and negotiating new contracts, managing relationships with suppliers, and providing expert commercial advice across our business.

We are looking for two Commercial Officers to join our Commercial Services Team.

It is an opportunity to have a hands-on role, working each day for an organisation you can be proud of, while getting exposure to exciting new areas like cutting edge data analysis Tech/AI and Agile/Digital ways of working. You will often be involved in the creation of new services and have the opportunity to be involved in transforming existing services.

We are looking for a confident, conscientious, motivated, detail and commercial orientated, well organised person who enjoys working as part of diverse and diligent team in supporting the organisation to deliver its objectives. Your people skills should enable you to quickly build relationships, gain knowledge in complex, technical areas of expertise and to have an immediate impact within a growing commercial services team.

The Commercial Officer will be a member of the Commercial Services Team with responsibility for delivering commercial services to the Data & Insight, Digital Services, Primary Care Services and Technology & Workforce teams within NHSBSA.
- Assisting with procurement and contract management activities;
- Supporting the Commercial Services team in wider commercial activities;
- Liaising with suppliers, NHSBSA directorates, Senior Commercial Managers and Head of Commercial Services;
- Providing Data & Insight, Digital Services, Primary Care Services and Technology & Workforce teams within NHSBSA with commercial advice and assistance;
- Undertaking analysis and research to support Team deliverables;
- Drafting procurement documentation and correspondence;
- Working with customers and clients to develop requirements;
- Assisting with high profile negotiations.;
- Inputting into the planning of strategic sourcing activities;
- Decision making through options analysis and recommending solutions using persuasion and influencing skills; and
- Working with customers and clients to develop requirements.

(Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the NHSBSA directorates you will support.)

What do we offer?
- 27 days leave (increasing with length of service) plus 8 bank holidays
- Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
- Flexi time
- Hybrid working model (we are currently working largely remotely)
- Career development
- Active wellbeing and inclusion networks
- Excellent pension
- NHS Car lease scheme
- Access to a wide range of benefits and high street discounts

At NHSBSA our aim is to support our NHS to be the best it can be, at a time when the NHS faces many challenges and needs to demonstrate efficiency and taxpayer value.

We aspire to be the delivery partner of choice for the NHS and wider health and care system. To further this goal, we are working on a digital transformation that can support our users, colleagues, and business to take us into the future. We have an innovative mindset and our focus on a healthy personal and professional balance and employee wellbeing and inclusion is what makes the NHSBSA a fantastic place to work.

We are passionate about supporting our colleagues and nurturing and developing talent. We want to nurture our employees to grow and continually enhance their skills, and we offer a range of opportunities to help people to achieve.

**In this role, you are accountable for**:
1. Supporting the Team to ensure that appropriate contracts are put in place and managed so as to meet customer / client needs and also responsible for putting in place certain contracts and managing these, under the management of the Commercial Manager and/or Procurement Category Manager where appropriate.
2. Undertaking analysis and research that supports the deliverables of the Team.
3. Inputting into the planning strategic of sourcing strategies by implementing and utilising the NHSBSA strategic sourcing framework (5i).
4. Supporting the business in complying with the NHSBSA’s Standing Financial Instructions and other controls and governance requirements, ensuring that all necessary approvals are in place.
5. Regularly drafting procurement documentation and correspondence to suppliers and stakeholders.
6. Assisting with high profile negotiations for sourcing activities.
7. Ensuring that the NHSBSA selects the most effective type of agreement for the service / product procured and plans are in place to deliver financial savings.
8. Promoting behaviours that encourage a culture of innovation, continuous improvement and delivery of value for money outcomes.
9. Training, coaching and/or mentoring junior team members.
10. Supporting the decision making processes, and where applicabl


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