Category Specialist X 2

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

- 227242**Salary**:

- £61,710 - £74,000- GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.**Grade**:

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

- Permanent**Business area**:

- GCF - HM Revenue and Customs**Type of role**:

- Commercial**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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- London / Telford / Manchester. Relocation costs will not be reimbursed.About the job

**Summary**:
**Job description**:
As a G7 Commercial lead you will be accountable for the end-to-end procurement process and overall design and delivery of your category strategy, you will report into the IT infrastructure Tower lead.

You will be responsible for the delivery of a seamless customer experience for the purchasing and contract management of IT services and goods. You will ensure that all procurements deliver:

- Innovative solutions;
- Competitive commercial models;
- Compliant commercial solutions, in line with government procurement regulations.

You will also develop highly effective and trusted relationships with key senior internal and external stakeholder groups.

**Responsibilities**:

- You will work with teams to deliver end-to-end procurements as well as manage and prioritise the upcoming pipeline of procurement activity and work with the post-award team to manage the end-to-end commercial risk;
- You will develop, maintain, and execute a long-term category strategy with key stakeholders across the Chief Digital & Information Office (CDIO) and IT commercial, ensuring alignment across teams. This will allow you to build and develop stakeholder relationships across relevant business area(s) providing commercial and category advice in the relevant category area to bring about best in class commercial strategies to support category management activities;
- You are required to ensure that market and sector intelligence is maximised and emerging and/or innovative solutions and suppliers are considered in all commercial activities undertaken; ensuring that category solutions and associated commercial models meet business needs and objectives by constructively challenging requirements;
- You will utilise SAP Ariba to track spend reporting and contract compliance;
- Specialist category knowledge of market, suppliers, commercial models and value lever;
- Strong digital skills in SAP;
- Excellent knowledge of procurement processes and the commercial arena;
- End-to-end multiple category lifecycle experience within large and complex business environments;
- Strong stakeholder relationship management skills.

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- **Commercial Focus** - Business Acumen and commercial Judgements - Articulates commercial motivations and expected behaviours of stakeholders, suppliers and networks and Applies commercial principles within the boundaries of contract law;
- **Builds Relationships** - Influences internal decisions and leads discussions with suppliers, engaging well on technical issues and terms and conditions;
- **Strategy and Policy Development** - Develops category strategies, product road maps and sourcing strategies. Understands how to use early market engagement and robust data to inform decisions on commercial models and understands a range of sourcing m
- **Procurement Process** - Manages the end-to end procurement process, setting out the timeline, risks, mitigations and deliverables.

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**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.-
- The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.-
- Once this job has closed, the job advert wi