Procurement and Contract Lead

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

- 424880

**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 - Ministry of Defence - MOD DIO Commercial

**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**:

- GCO is based in London.

Assignment Location:
Glasgow G2 8EX
Andover SP11 8HJ
Whittington (Lichfield) WS14 9TJ
Wyton PE28 2EA

Regular travel between the locations stated above and other MOD locations will be required.

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
DIO provides the infrastructure which supports the ability for this country’s Defence operation to live, work and train in the UK and abroad. Our teams play a key role in delivering the UK’s Defence objectives and are responsible for a land mass which represents 2% of the entire UK.

Our commercial teams manage ~300 contracts at any one time with a total value of £25BN+. This huge scale means that we link closely into MOD and Government commercial networks and best practice via the GCO.

Commercial is a major corporate function in Government

The Government Commercial Function (GCF) People Standards for the Profession sets out the standards expected from commercial professionals within Government.

The eight professional levels covered in this document supports commercial staff who are responsible for ensuring that the Civil Service achieves excellence in all its commercial activity.

Please refer to these standards to ensure that you fully understand the attributes for Government Commercial Professionals for each professional level.

We may also wish to make reference to these documents that have been published on Gov.UK:
DIO Commercial Strategy: This strategy explains how the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), part of the Ministry of Defence, aims to transform the way it does business. The strategy focuses on increasing supplier numbers, offering greater opportunities to small and medium-sized enterprises as well as to larger suppliers. The strategy also gives information on the types of opportunities available to prospective suppliers.

DIO Procurement Pipeline: DIO spends around £3-billion each year buying infrastructure services in the UK and overseas. The Procurement Pipeline replaces the Procurement Plan and complements the DIO Commercial Strategy. It aims to inform industry of what DIO plans to buy on behalf of its Armed Forces customers. The pipeline is updated regularly to ensure that the latest information is available.

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**Job description**:
**About the PFI Replacement Team**:
**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**:
As a Commercial Lead, you will:

- Hold a Commercial Delegation to make contractual commitments on behalf of the MOD, with all the accountability and authority to ensure that there are robust procurement strategies for all procurements, that all contractual commitments represent value for money and are affordable within agreed approvals.
- Contribute to delivering the agreed programme of procurements on time and to a high quality, engaging as necessary with customers, the delivery team and other enabling functions, the scrutiny community and decision makers.
- Play an active and effective role in meetings, as a representative of the Commercial Function.
- Lead a team, building their confidence and commercial capability to drive performance and manage setbacks.
- Provide both decisive and educated leadership, facilitating the engagement and effectiveness of the commercial team. Successfully engage, leaf, coach and inspire the team to reinforce the MOD and GCO leadership values. Deliver all required line management activities to ensure the team deliver their objectives.
- Ensure that DIO Projects and programmes adhere to legal and regulatory requirements, contractual obligations and ethical considerations. Advance Govern