Commercial Lead

6 months ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Public Sector Resourcing Full time

**Commercial Lead - Inside IR35**

**Contract Term: 23 months**

**Contracting Authority: Ministry of Defence**

**Location: Bristol with occasional travel to Andover, High Wycombe and Portsmouth**

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is a central government department with a mission to protect our country and provide the ultimate guarantee of its security and independence, as well as helping to protect its values and interests abroad.

To do this we have an annual budget of almost £40 billion and a workforce comprising 193,000 people, almost 59,000 of whom are civilians. We currently manage more than £11 billion of spend every year.

Our work really matters; we offer engaging roles which have a direct impact on the quality of services we provide. We employ people in many different roles and in many locations across the UK and abroad. We have jobs in policy, finance, HR, IS/IT, commercial and project management and all the types of jobs you would expect to find in a government department, or indeed in the private sector. We also employ doctors, dentists, teachers, police, fire service, quantity surveyors, and engineers to name a few. There are many opportunities to develop and progress both within MOD and across the wider Civil Service, whether you’re a permanent appointee or an interim.

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**As a Commercial Lead, your main responsibilities will be**:

- Provide expertise to the Future Strategic Sealift Project Team in influencing and informing the future capability requirement.
- Proactive market insight which includes a coordinated monitoring of potential and existing suppliers in a strategic and dynamic way.
- Define commercial procurement processes in line with public sector regulations and using agreed tools and systems.
- Advise and recommend appropriate route to market using relevant evaluation criteria and responsible for ensuring value for money for the duration of supplier engagement.
- Advise on negotiating favourable terms for pricing and contract terms that deliver immediate and ongoing financial and non-financial benefits.
- Identification, definition and tracking of financial and non-financial benefits and savings.
- Ongoing proactive management of key supplier relationships.
- Effective management of supplier relationships, including managing changes and ensuring ongoing value and service quality standards are delivered.
- Commercial risk identification, mitigation and management.
- Intelligently developing and deploying a range of sourcing strategies in cooperation with internal and external MOD stakeholders.
- Supporting continuous improvement and change management, using knowledge and experience to influence and embed good practice across the sourcing lifecycle.
- Providing specialist advice on commercial policies and processes to other teams, e.g. Delivery Team.
- Line management of Deputy Commercial Officer.
- Providing coaching, support and leadership to junior team members; acting as a role-model and inspiring leader.
- Champion, embed and promote Diversity & Inclusion as part of the Commercial team culture.

**Criteria**:

- Significant experience of working in a commercial role undertaking large sourcing projects, multi-million pound contract management and high value contract negotiation.
- Significant experience of managing a portfolio of contracts to ensure value for money is achieved.
- Experience in handling complex contracts.
- Experience in managing end to end procurement process for medium and large value contracts.
- Practical experience and expertise in requirements gathering.
- Practical experience in utilising market insight to aid strategic sourcing and contract management.
- Robust commercial negotiation of commercial and contractual terms, pricing and discounts.
- Practical experience and expertise in Contract management, including managing contracts from contract award to contract closeout.
- Practical experience and expertise in Supplier management.
- Experience in delivering savings and benefits tracking.
- Ability to analyse, interpret and draft contractual wording with a strong attention to detail.
- Public sector (ideally Defence) procurement experience is highly desirable, but not essential.

**Disability confident**

**If you qualify for the above, please notify us on**

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**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**.**- Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._

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