Commercial/Procurement Specialist

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Full time £50,000 - £60,000 per year

Salary- £51,000 (London) £46,000 (East Kilbride)

Location- London or East Kilbride

Job Reference

Closing date: 10 November 2025

We lead the UK's diplomatic, development and consular work around the world. We employ around 17,000 staff in our global network of 281 offices worldwide. Our UK-based staff work in King Charles Street in London, Abercrombie House in East Kilbride and in Milton Keynes. FCDO Commercial is an award-winning department that is highly regarded across government for its Commercial expertise.

Your role with us

FCDO Commercial provides end-to-end procurement and innovative commercial solutions to deliver the FCDO's priorities and the Government's missions, and when you join us in this important role you'll work across the procurement lifecycle, helping to deliver commercial excellence while providing a high quality customer-focused service. From developing strategies, gathering requirements across the business and designing and managing the overall process, through to supplier management and contract handover, you'll be taking on a wide range of important responsibilities.

Your day-to-day tasks will include serving as a subject matter expert with key stakeholders as we work to develop a clear view of commercial requirements, contributing to the maintenance of systems throughout the procurement lifecycle, and ensuring that business obligations are supported by category strategies. Working alongside your colleagues to create a proactive and intelligent function, and shaping future procurement policy and standards, we'll also expect you to develop and refresh category strategies, capturing and managing data and market insights.

Who we're looking for

To be a success in this significant role you'll be capable of drawing on your commercial experience to drive performance while working both independently and as part of a collaborative team. Capable of prioritising and managing your workload to deliver to tight deadlines, mitigating and escalating any risks and responding quickly to changing operational demands, you should also be ready to support performance, manage setbacks and resolve any issues that occur.

You'll be working with a diverse range of stakeholders and suppliers, so you'll be skilled at developing positive relationships, establishing governance arrangements and ensuring the effective management of clarifications and change requests. It goes without saying that you'll have proven experience of the end-to-end procurement process, a strong understanding of commercial law, and the skills necessary to perform analysis on spend and market data, extract key insights, and deliver recommendations that support strategic decision making and problem solving.

You must be a British citizen at the time of your application, and you'll be required to attain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance. Please note that obtaining DV clearance can take approximately three months depending on your individual circumstances. For more information about this process, click here.

We encourage applications from all communities, so that we reflect the very best of 21st century Britain. Everyone here gets the support to develop their skills and capabilities as well as benefits that help to make the most of life in and out of work, including a Civil Service pension.

Use your talent and experience to shape our nation's future, and deliver tangible improvements to millions of lives, including your own.

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