Category Lead

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

- 416724

**Salary**:

- £72,000 - £79,200
- GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Grade 7
- Commercial Lead

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- GCF - Crown Commercial Service

**Type of role**:

- Commercial

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed hours

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- Liverpool - L3 9PP, Norwich - NR7 0HS, Birmingham - B2 4BJ, Newport (Gwent) - NP10 8XG, London - E14 4PU

Some travel required to visit clients, suppliers and other CCS offices for various F2F meetings.

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
I am pleased to welcome you to the recruitment process for an exciting opportunity at Crown Commercial Service. As the largest public procurement organisation in the UK, we are honoured to support thousands of public and third sector organisations in saving time and money when purchasing essential goods and services.

With a dedicated team of over 900 employees, we manage more than £30 billion of spend annually across the public sector, delivering exceptional commercial benefits totalling £3.8 billion through our agreements. Our reach spans various sectors, including schools, universities, hospitals, housing associations, councils, charities, and central government departments.

We are excited to announce that we are recruiting for a key position within our dynamic and innovative team at the Crown Commercial Service. As part of our commitment to enhancing public services and achieving exceptional value for the taxpayer, we are seeking a talented individual to join us in driving our strategic initiatives in the Media category.

**About Our Culture**

At Crown Commercial Service, our culture revolves around our people. We believe that the development and wellbeing of our team are paramount. While we celebrate the unique aspirations of each individual, we are united by a shared commitment to quality and delivering outstanding value for our customers. We are proud of our CCS Family, where success is celebrated, and collaboration is key. It is through our collective expertise that we provide exceptional service to our clients.

**Our Purpose**

We strive to deliver significant commercial benefits for UK central government, arm's length bodies, and the broader public sector. We achieve this by establishing and managing customer-focused commercial agreements for common goods and services. Our category expertise and procurement capability empower our clients to make effective and efficient purchasing decisions.

**Our Values**

We foster a culture of inclusivity and care, respecting each other’s differences. Collaboration, teamwork, and innovation are at the heart of what we do, and we embrace diversity in all its forms. We encourage every team member to have a voice, ensuring all feel valued and empowered to contribute their ideas and authentic selves to the workplace. We listen, respect, collaborate, and trust one another to deliver with confidence.

**Job description**:
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 CCS commercial team delivering departmental objectives.

Reporting to the Senior Category Lead for Marketing and Communications, the role will lead the Media category area. This is an opportunity to influence the delivery and outcomes of vital government and public sector campaigns which impact the lives of citizens on a daily basis.

**Locations**

Your time spent on official duties at workplace locations other than your contractual office such as supplier, customer or partner locations required to perform your role is included in the 60% attendance.

This requirement will however take into consideration any reasonable adjustments agreed upon appointment for people with a disability, flexibilities agreed for those with specific caring responsibilities, or other similar temporary flexibilities.

**Person specification**:
**Key Responsibilities**:
**Strategic Management of the Media Category**
- Strategically manage the Media category to optimise relevant