Commercial Lead

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

- 402252

**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**:

- Glasgow G2 8EX, Andover SP1 8HJ, Whittington (Lichfield) WS14 9TJ, and Wyton PE28 2EA.

Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the vacancy holder.

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
DIO provides the infrastructure which supports the ability for the UK’s Defence operation to live, work and train at home 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 link sets out the standards expected from commercial professionals within Government.

The eight professional levels covered in this document support our 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 has a focus on increasing supplier numbers and 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.

**Job description**:
The DIO Commercial PFI team manages 9 PFI contracts which expire between 2028 and 2042. As part of this role, you will work on commercial aspects both the management of the contracts and assist in sourcing External assistance arrangements to support PFI Exit activity. You will engage with Suppliers, markets, Internal and External customers and Project staff to develop effective Commercial solutions to efficiently manage the existing contracts to a conclusion and follow the PFIs as they expire.

**Summary of the Role**
- 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, lead, 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 Government policy, including sustainability and social value, through all commercial relationships.
- Contributing to the improvement of commercial awareness and capability across the organisation to ensure best practice is applied through all phases of the commercial lifecycle
- Deliver cash and efficiency savings to support the departments’ financial position, contributing to the maintenance of a category level savings pipeline, demonstrating delivery ag