Head of Commercial Sourcing

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

- 338659**Salary**:

- £68,775 - £75,920- GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.**Job grade**:

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

- Permanent**Business area**:

- Government Legal Department**Type of role**:

- Commercial**Working pattern**:

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

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**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.

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 GLD commercial team delivering departmental objectives.

**Job description**:
The Head of Commercial Sourcing will lead the Commercial Sourcing Team and will report directly to the Assistant Director for Financial Management, Accounting and Procurement. The position has two direct reports and will involve significant liaison with budget holders and contract managers across GLD to support a wide range of commercial requirements. The main categories that the role holder will be involved with sourcing are: Legal Services and a wide range of Corporate Function Services.

The role will provide leadership to the Commercial Sourcing Team in the delivery of specific sourcing requirements, as well as acting as the Commercial Lead on more complex requirements and managing stakeholder engagement with the main buyers in the Department.

The Head of Commercial Sourcing will also work with other members of the Procurement Senior Management Team to manage the Department’s commercial pipeline, develop the Department’s commercial strategy, raise commercial awareness within the business and promote commercial best practice.

The post holder will work with other members of the Procurement Senior Management Team to ensure that commercial activity is in line with statutory requirements and best practice and evolves to meet business needs and developments in the Department’s wider commercial strategy.

**Person specification**:

- Lead and manage the Commercial Sourcing Team in providing a high-quality service including ensuring that the team is appropriately resourced, structured and developed;
- Work closely with stakeholders to develop requirements and deliver procurements which ensure that the Department gains value for money from its contract activity;
- Ensure that the procurements that are run are compliant with commercial governance and assurance requirements, policy and processes;
- Ensure the provision of accurate, comprehensive, and transparent analysis and advice, with recommendations to senior decision makers based on whole life costs;
- Ensure the sourcing team is creating positive supplier relationships, and encouraging innovation and “value add” initiatives where appropriate;
- Provide expert advice on commercial risk management and deliver mitigation plans / strategies to manage identified risks at corporate level.

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

- **Decisive** - The ability to consider the pros & cons of different commercial options and reach logical and well communicated recommendations to put to senior managers for approval, including flagging potential commercial risks and opportunities.
- **Resilient **- The ability to challenge senior stakeholder decisions, work under pressure, manage a team of more junior sourcing colleagues and deliver multiple projects within agreed and often short timescales.
- **Builds Relationships **- Engaging positively with stakeholders to build rapport and trust, whilst gathering all key information relevant to a commercial decision, to ensure that the commercial options you recommend met business needs.
- **Procurement Process** - Experience in the development of strategies for complex procurements & implementation & end to end delivery of these ensuring that the commercial approach applied is compliant with Government procurement rules & standards

**Benefits**:
As a valued employee of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO), you will have access to all the benefits the centre has to offer; including flexible working, generous bene