Senior Commercial Officer

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Public Sector Resourcing Full time

**Senior Commercial Officer (**Inside IR35)**

**Contract Term: Until end of March 2024**

**Contracting Authority: DEFRA EA**

**Location: Hybrid ( 1 - 2 day a week in office - either Peterborough or Birmingham) Can also be flexible.**

**In the Defra group, we deal with a vast range of issues that profoundly impact on people’s lives. We are responsible for England’s environment, our countryside and rural economy, the food and farming sectors and have lead responsibility for protection from a wide range of natural threats and hazards. We have developed a set of three strategic objectives covering our policy outcomes and corporate objectives. These objectives help us to deliver our ambitious vision to build our green and healthy future and provide a framework for all the important work we carry out.**

Our objectives are:

- To pass on to the next generation a natural environment protected and enhanced for the future.
- To lead the world in food, farming, and fisheries with a sustainable model of food production.
- To be an outstanding organisation focused on making a difference, with world class delivery capability.

**As a Senior Commercial Officer your main responsibilities would be**:

- You will Lead or participate on procurements at the appropriate level providing functional / specialist input to improve ways of working and drive efficiency.
- Be responsible for explaining specialist commercial guidance to project teams in order to influence compliance with Defra policy / legislation / best practice ways of working and contribute to the delivery of business plans.
- Build and sustain effective relationships with operational customers to understand issues and provide effective response / steer for operational needs.
- Be responsible for the delivery of contracts such that sustainable impacts and opportunities are identified and managed throughout the commercial lifecycle.
- Maximise the efficient and effective use of resources (including electronic sourcing) and people in order to ensure that all activities are completed to time, cost and quality targets.
- Responsible for the provision of day to day advice on commercial issues and governance, taking full account of commercial risks, exploiting commercial opportunities and maximising value of money and savings in relation to a portfolio of framework agreements.
- The delivery of complex framework procurements, including The use of leading practice commercial tools to develop and implement our commercial strategies.
- The management of more complex contracts including The establishment and maintenance of excellent relationships within customer organisation and wider government with key stakeholders, raising the profile of commercial activity within customer organisations.

**You’ll have relevant experience in**:

- Setting high standards and delivering results in a complex and demanding environment
- Experience at influencing decisions
- Demonstrable experience within a challenging and/or complex business environment
- Working with multiple stakeholders and being able to influence and constructively challenge when necessary.
- Building and maintaining strong and productive working relationships with varied stakeholders.
- Making effective decisions from analysing information and identifying key risks and options then making recommendations to senior colleagues.
- Communicating confidently and concisely. Effectively communicating with a wide range of stakeholders (at all levels) both in a technical and non-technical environment.
- Delivering improvements to ways of working and embedding change.

**Desirable**:

- Delivering projects under NEC conditions of contract Commercial or procurement experience
- Experience in civil engineering professional services Working in or with the Public Sector and knowledge of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR 2015) Category Management Experience- Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._



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