Commercial Lead

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

- 300006**Salary**:

- £65,500 - £73,000- GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.**Job grade**:

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

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 22 months**Business area**:

- GCF - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office**Type of role**:

- Commercial**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Abercrombie House, East Kilbride, Glasgow or King Charles Street, London. Some business travel requiredAbout 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.

The Government Commercial Organisation is an employer which is truly committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace where all our people are able to bring their whole selves to work and are able to perform to their potential. We understand the importance of diversity and inclusion and strive for a workplace that reflects the communities which we serve.

This role will sit within the GCO, but based in our FCDO commercial team delivering departmental objectives.

**Job description**:
The role holders will lead complex procurements and a small team of commercial specialists, delivering procurement across FCDO global estate. They will require an in-depth understanding and have experience of delivering complex, compliant, end-to-end, global procurements whilst navigating complex industries and market trends, and driving supply chain excellence across the procurement life cycle.

The role holders will develop and maintain a pipeline of activity, supporting the development and delivery of complex and novel commercial projects, and review/challenge sourcing strategies to improve outcomes.

Significant engagement with FCDO stakeholders will be required to ensure that commercials service offering is translated into outcomes that is aligned to wider government and FCDO targets.

**Person specification**:

- Lead development of sub-category strategies through the category management cycle from understanding the FCDO’s starting point in terms of spend, suppliers and estate portfolio, through to developing options appraisals and mobilising sourcing projects in collaboration with key stakeholders across FCDO Global Estate
- Work with and influence senior stakeholders, effecting governance both internal and external including HM Treasury, Cabinet Office and Ministers
- Implement and deliver the opportunities outlined in the Estates Category Forward Plans, including engaging and managing stakeholders, resources, internal and external dependencies; and transition plans and timelines
- Lead the development of category expertise and knowledge to deliver category plans and strategies in collaboration with global posts / leaders and drive local, regional and global supply chain trends and strategies that deliver high quality commercial procurement outcomes, whilst ensuring value for money
- Deliver complex procurements, ensuring high quality commercial arrangements, with robust specifications, Terms and Conditions, management principles, and measures developed in accordance with the selected route to market, taking cognisance of procurement legislation, Government policy, Government guidance, such as the sourcing and construction playbooks, and departmental policies and guidance
- Deliver annually agreed savings target for the estates category portfolio through performance management of Commercial Estates teams, supplier performance and working collaboratively with stakeholders
- Strong Contract management knowledge across some of the major standard forms of contract in use (New Engineering Contracts (NEC), International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC), Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT)
- Provide inspirational leadership and direction to a small team of commercial specialist developing a professional culture, commercial capability and skills that empower our people through coaching, mentoring, sharing expertise/knowledge and bespoke training plans aligned to Cabinet Office playbooks and promoting succession pathways
- Lead Delivery Model Assessments for the ESND category incorporating FCDO capability & maturity v’s external capability at both an overall programmatic and component level
- Continually assess global and regional