Senior Commercial Officer
4 months ago
**Details**:
**Reference number**:
- 357732**Salary**:
- £39,439 - £47,039- National: £39,439 - £43,569. London: £42,577 - £47,039. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:
- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:
- Permanent**Business area**:
- DEFRA - COO - Commercial**Type of role**:
- Commercial**Working pattern**:
- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:
- 4Contents
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- Birmingham, Bridgwater, Bristol, Exeter, Leeds, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Peterborough, Reading, Warrington, Worthing, YorkAbout the job
**Job summary**:
Are you passionate about delivering value for money to customers? Have you got experience of working in a project delivery environment?
If so, we'd like to hear from you
Defra Group Commercial wish to appoint Senior Commercial Officers within the Infrastructure Category to support and lead Commercial delivery of medium to high value and risk projects (typically £100k to £5m), procurements and contract / supplier management within a market facing category team across the full commercial life cycle.
As a Senior Commercial Officer, you will report to a Category Manager (Grade 7). You will work with customers to deliver value effectively and innovatively so that the customer organisation outcomes and objectives can be met alongside the fulfilment of key corporate targets. You will award and monitor medium value, medium and high risk contracts in accordance with Defra’s commercial policies and procedures. You will deliver propriety and value for money.
The role will provide strategic support to the team and promote commercial policies and procedures whilst influencing the final outcomes. You will provide expert advice to the business on commercial issues, governance and operational support to the team. You will engage with colleagues across the country, building their commercial network both internally and through the wider Defra network and Government Bodies.
**Job description**:
The role holder will:
- work collaboratively within an Infrastructure project Team
- prepare procurement strategies to call off from Frameworks, and contribute to business plans including the responsibility for writing the commercial case
- support cost led procurement exercises using client led pricing
- plan and manage market engagement exercises
- highlight and mitigate commercial risks at project level
- prepare pre-tender and tender documents in collaboration with customers
- run tenders in accordance with Public Contracts Regulations and manage evaluations
- prepare recommendations for tender outcomes and direct awards (Contract Award Reports) for approval via Governance Boards Prepare contract management
documentation in collaboration with stakeholders
- build and sustain effective relationships with suppliers and internal customers to deliver exceptional performance in cost, service and quality
- provide day to day advice and recommendations at the appropriate level on commercial risks and issues and governance across the relevant category, taking full account of risk, exploiting commercial opportunities and maximising value for money and savings
Some roles will include line management responsibilities for Commercial Officers which includes setting objectives, managing performance and supporting learning and development.
**Person specification**:
It is important for you to feel rewarded by having provided a high quality professional service with measurable outcomes. Finally, you will enjoy building a positive team spirit and supporting your team to deliver expert outcomes that are valued by your customers.
**E**ssential Skills and Experience.**
In previous roles we expect you will have:
- previous experience of working within a project team and influencing decisions
- experience of supporting the commercial assessment of client led pricing and bid submissions
- lead and supported delivery of projects including procurements and/or managing contracts or suppliers to a successful outcome
- formed positive working relationships with colleagues, customers and suppliers including influencing and challenging to gain the best outcome
- understood regulatory frameworks, working within agreed policies and processes and promoted those standards in the way you work
- delivered improved ways of working, business change or efficiency
- proactively identified risks and issues and managed plans to mitigate
- attended and potentially chaired meetings to gain decisions including setting agendas, leading on items and recording actions and decisions
- presented conclusions and made recommendations evidenced by analysed information including financial information
- supported colleagues, training them as appropriate to help support them with the
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