Commercial Lead

3 months ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Government Commercial Function Full time

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

- 348820**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**:

- 1Contents

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- MOD Abbey Wood, London Ave, Bristol, BS34 8JN. MOD Head Office, Whitehall, Horse Guards Ave, London SW1A 2HB. MOD Glasgow, Kentigen House, 65 Brown St, Glasgow, G2 8EXAbout the job

**Job summary**:
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the largest and most complex commercial function in Government. The MOD spends over £20 billion per year across nearly 6,000 contracts. Become part of MoD commercial and help deliver the best in class commercial and procurement capability, on some of the most complex programmes anywhere in the UK. MoD are keen to recruit talented, ambitious, and bright individuals to help strengthen the commercial capability and develop future leaders. MoD offers the opportunity to influence and shape Defence capability for the United Kingdom. The MoD is a constantly evolving department, and the commercial function is right at the heart of the organisation.

This is a high-profile role, which also offers a unique opportunity to work closely with the Cabinet Office (CO) to drive forward improvements that increase compliance with the CO Commercial Spend Controls; including supporting the development of the pan-MOD commercial forward look pipeline (Acquisition pipeline) and using MI to measure and evaluate performance. You will have the opportunity to support scrutiny across various MOD high-profile programmes and projects for MOD Top Level Budget Holders and Front-Line Command.

Your role will support the delivery of an end-to-end progressive scrutiny model from Business Case review, through the procurement lifecycle, and into contract management as cases progress through the MOD internal approvals process and onwards through CO Commercial Spend Control approval process. This position provides a unique opportunity to gain insight into a diverse range of procurements, across different categories and complexities, building a strong risk mindset and commercial knowledge.

**Job description**:
The post holders will become the focal point for Category A (excess of £400m) & Category B projects (excess of £100m) (tier 1 & tier 2 projects), providing end-to-end commercial scrutiny and expert advice and guidance for their respective business portfolios e.g. (Ships, Combat Air & Air Support, Weapons, Land Equipment).

You will represent the Commercial Assistance & Scrutiny team and the MOD scrutiny and due diligence function at key governance boards and provide strategic input on commercial issues.

The post holder will report directly into the Commercial Assistance & Scrutiny Team (CAST) lead.

**Important: Applicants must be either CIPS qualified or working towards, or willing to work towards to be eligible to remain in this post.**

**Person specification**:
You will assist and support the SROs and delivery teams through the E2E commercial process, in line with the requirements of the Cabinet Office Controls across the key 6 step process:
You will ensure that all relevant commercial policies are reflected in business cases within your portfolio, for example, SME’s Social Value, Prompt Payment, Modern Slavery etc- You will provide commercial scrutiny against all commercial options with a view to maximising competition

You will provide commercial scrutiny against markets & suppliers “engagement, health of the market’s, trends, and market risks and issues

You will provide commercial scrutiny against risk allocation, pricing, and value for money, with focus on when a risk is being released and to ensure that risk has been allocated correctly to the right partner to deliver against those risksYou will provide commercial scrutiny against the management and delivery of the project, from contract management plans, appropriate performance measures i.e. KPIs, and plans surrounding on boarding, exit or transition
- You will provide commercial scrutiny against Processes and Planning, the effectiveness of commercial planning, assurance and compliance against these 6 steps and in line with current playbook policies.

You will work with your partners across the commercial function and delivery teams, in planning, preparing, and resourcing key projects across your allocated portfolio, as a minimum this will require:

- Effective reviews of commercial / delivery pipelines
- Effective reviews of all ministerial demands in line with commercial practice and delivery within your portfolio
- Identify any key trends, tracking any points of concern within your portfolio, for example: lessons lea

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