Commercial Lead

1 month ago


South Milford, United Kingdom NHS England Full time

Job summary

The team has responsibility for all NHS England commercial activity for 3rdparty spend, across all areas of the commercial lifecycle including Market Management, Commercial Strategy, Procurement, Contract Management and Strategic Supplier Relationship Management. The scale of the team is significant with responsibility for over 4,400 live contracts with a total lifetime value of over £14bn and a pipeline of over 2,000 procurements with estimated values of over £11bn. This is one of the largest and most complex commercial portfolios across government and gives colleagues the opportunity to work on high value and high complexity commercial delivery that has a direct and positive impact on patient care.

The Commercial Partnering and Solutions Team exists to support the new NHS England Directorates with their commercial requirements and to lead on establishing the commercial strategy for significant commercial projects.

Our Team Objectives are:

To be the Directorate business partner at all levels. To develop a cohesive commercial pipeline to ensure the delivery teams have a forward plan of demand. To develop the commercial strategy and solution and help the delivery teams deliver against the requirements. To be solution driven and find the right solutions that create the best chance of delivering the business objectives.

There are two Partnering and Solutions teams;

Digital (Transformation Directorate) Clinical

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting new role in the newly formed Commercial Partnering and Solutions - Clinical team. The Commercial Lead - Partnering and Solutions, will report to the Head of Commercial and will act as a business partner to the Directorates, providing strategic commercial advice and supporting with the development of commercial pipelines to aid business planning. The role will support on strategic commercial projects, often for NHS England's highest-impact commercial arrangements in terms of criticality, reputational risk and value and will therefore need to proactively drive commercial input and ensure best industry practice, added value and reduce risks.

The role will support embedding new ways of working with commercial across NHS England and providing support to Directorates on their commercial activity. It will require working closely and collaboratively with colleagues across the Commercial Directorate, in particular the Commercial Delivery - Clinical team.

This role is for someone with procurement and commercial experience, who is looking to drive strategic and positive commercial outcomes to Directorates and support with complex commercial arrangements.

The role requires experience of operating with a diverse group of senior stakeholders and have effective and extensive stakeholder engagement skills to gain credibility quickly. The role requires an individual who is able to understand and digest complex and detailed information in order to offer advice.

About us

People are central to what we do - both in terms of our patient-led care but just as importantly, our brilliant team. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and compassionate workforce supporting everyone to reach their full potential.

You'll be joining a supportive and friendly team where you can truly be yourself. You'll also have access to fantastic benefits such as our pension scheme, great annual leave entitlement and flexible working opportunities to give you the work/life balance that suits your lifestyle and caring responsibilities.

If you are passionate about commercial and procurement and want to make a tangible difference to people's lives, join us on this exciting journey.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit .

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description for more information but for an informal discussion please contact;

Kate Cassidy

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We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, especially disabled, female, and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates.

Application Form Supporting Statement Guidelines

Please use the Supporting Statement section to detail how you meet the skills, knowledge and experience listed in the person specification of the job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MCIPS accreditation or IACCM Expert Status or evidence of equivalent level of experience Evidence of specialist knowledge over a number of disciplines and commercial practices and procedures

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Leadership at the mid executive level with knowledge of building commercial strategies and solutions that best deliver the business objective. Detailed knowledge and experience of the commercial lifecycle and demonstrates skills and behaviours when undertaking complex and contentious commercial activities. Experience of leading effective cross functional projects and building working relationships to drive organisational agenda

Skills Capabilities & Attributes

Essential

Communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of complex, sensitive or contentious data and information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio. Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery. Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales. Experienced negotiator who is proficient at developing and drawing upon fact-based negotiation plans

Values and Behaviours

Essential

Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do. Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
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