Commercial Business Partner

7 months ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Government Commercial Function Full time

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

- 341635**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**Type of role**:

- Commercial**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 3Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Corsham, Bristol, London with regular travel out to front line command locations primarily in the south of EnglandAbout 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 commercial team delivering departmental objectives.

**Job description**:
The vacancy advertised is within the Defence Digital Commercial Business Partnering team, a role that works with all of the categories in Defence Digital Commercial, wider MOD and suppliers.

The Commercial Business Partnering role will be an ambassador for Defence Digital, partnering with front line commands and enabling organisations within defence. This position acts as front door to the Defence Digital Commercial Directorate helping to bring the £4.6bn of digital spend across the defence enterprise under management. As part of this role you will work to strategically advise, guide and drive collaboration within the digital categories across defence. Building a pipeline and portfolio of activity delivered by the Defence Digital community through the core category management structure.

In this role you will deliver strategic Commercial business partnering support to Defence Digital Delivery, Functional and Operational Directorates with coverage including: Strategic Satellite Communications; Fixed Networks; End User Services; Tactical Systems; Cyber and Crypt Key; Transformation - Data, Common Services, the Foundry; and the critical Operational Support directorate.

You will provide strategic Commercial Business Partnering support to FLCs/TLBs operating at a pan defence level for engagement and planning.

You will need to understand and drive strong commercial performance, risk management, compliance and assurance, embedding a culture based on desired behaviours. You will support the development and maintenance of strong, collaborative and influential relationships with Budget Holders across the MOD and with wider senior stakeholders. You will set the correct commercial tone and ensure commercial is at the heart of all key decision making through oversight, support and challenge through early engagement.

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**Clearance**

All roles require SC before commencement of posts and may be required to be DV cleared once in post.

**Person specification**:
**Building effective stakeholder engagement**
- Working collaboratively across commercial, the business and other functions, identifying and bridging gaps, by acting as a point of escalation, to mitigate risks, resolve issues but also to seek out opportunity for collaboration & coherence.
- Influencing and making positive impacts at the highest levels, through excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Encouraging the use of problem solving and considering innovative approaches, which are compliant with policy.
- Developing confidence and trust in the ability of commercial to support business needs and increasing commercial awareness and acumen outside of the function.
- Driving the further implementation of Category Management within Defence Digital and wider MOD.

**Delivering business outcomes**
- Working with the business, to understand the strategic drivers and their impact, identifying those of critical importance to the delivery of the business strategy and delivering better outcomes.
- Providing strategic advice and analysis on commercial impact, performance and risk to senior stakeholders. This includes supporting client areas with developing key threads into the category strategies and leveraging a strong understanding of the overall business.
- Working closely with leads on major projects and programmes to ensure sound business cases are developed with strong commercial focus, op

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