Assistant Head of Commercial

6 months ago


London, United Kingdom Government Commercial Function Full time

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

- 326141**Salary**:

- £68,775 - £75,920- GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.**Job grade**:

- Grade 7- Commercial Lead**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- GCF - Ministry of Defence - Ministry of Defence - Defence Nuclear Organisation**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**:
Things you need to know

Location
- MOD Main Building, London, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Reading and MOD Abby Wood, Bristol with occasional travel to different sites.About the job

**Job summary**:

- Building a strong Commercial Function in Government, and with it the right commercial capability, is at the heart of a far-reaching programme of Civil Service reform.
- We are building a cadre of commercial talent in all Government departments; people who can manage our commercial portfolios, who can lead our most complex and novel programmes and projects, people who have the gravitas and depth of experience to work alongside our policy and operational leaders to develop innovative commercial arrangements, whether through joint ventures, outsourcing or best-in-class contracts.- We have already made significant progress through the establishment of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO), our single employer of senior commercial talent across government. This role will sit within the GCO, but based in our MOD - DNO commercial team delivering departmental objectives.**Job description**:
Defence Nuclear Organisation (DNO) Commercial. _Our purpose: Deliver nuclear capability to deter the threat and protect our nation._

DNO Commercial is a dynamic and talented team working at the heart of maintaining the Continuous At Sea Deterrent (CASD) which deals with complex market forces and monitors the supply chain fragility of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE).

We conduct every part of the commercial lifecycle from identifying complex requirements to procuring sensitive material to managing billion-pound contracts and Category A programmes - the work we undertake is at a highly classified level.

Throughout our work we manage a wide range of stakeholders with partners across the Defence Nuclear Enterprise ranging from the Submarine Delivery Agency to the Royal Navy, Babcock, BAE, Atomic Weapons Establishment and Sheffield Forgemasters.

We operate with an annual budget of £6.9BN, working at the heart of government and protecting the UK’s most sensitive national security capabilities.
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This role is reserved for British nationals and requires Developed Vetting Clearance (DV).

**Person specification**:
As a member of DNO Commercial’s senior leadership team, you will have responsibility for:

- Providing commercial advice to DNO stakeholders including Director Generals and Directors across the whole commercial lifecycle, from make vs. buy decisions to dispute resolution.
- Work across Government to foster and maintain relationships with Other Government Departments and the rest of Ministry of Defence and its delivery partners.
- Establishing and setting up the processes to maintain a ‘live’ pipeline of procurement / commercial activity across the whole of Nuclear Enterprise, including MOD, Atomic Weapons Establishment and Submarine Delivery Agency.
- Developing an expert Contract Management team within DNO to strengthen and improve delivery performance on key nuclear contracts.
- Responsibility for ensuring DNO Commercial is aligned with and contributing to the priorities and policies of MoD Central Commercial and the Government Commercial Function.
- Team leadership with the other SLT for circa. 30 commercial professionals.

Please be aware that interviews for these roles will be based in London (SW1A 2ER) and will be conducted face to face. There is no option for online interviews.

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- **Assertive -** The ability to review commercial situations before making and successfully executing commercial activity
- **Manages Complexity -** The ability to oversee complex commercial processes, with multiple stakeholders from different countries
- **Market Insight -** The ability to learn about the commercial dynamics of particular markets and to provide data driven commercial advice. Staying on top of key market information, such as new solutions and new suppliers
- **Commercial Focus -** Proven experience overseeing commercial processes that offer great value and great customer outcomes
- **Builds Relationships -** The ability to build excellent commercial relationships with senior stakeholders based in the UK and abroad the ability to be able to find common ground and develop mutually beneficial outcomes
- **Strategy and Policy Development -** From a sound comme



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