Commercial Lead

Role: Commercial Lead
Salary/Rate: £600 - £ 725 per day (inside IR35)
Location: Hybrid - central London
Contract Duration: until Jan 2025

We are currently looking for a Commercial Lead for our government client. This Commercial Lead role is hybrid, based between working on site in central London 3 days per week, and the remainder of the week working remotely.

The contract for the Commercial Lead position is initially until 31/01/2025 with potential to extend, offering a daily rate within the range of £ 600 to £ 725, operating inside IR35.

Security Clearance: Security Check ("SC Clearance")

This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role, it will now be based on an Umbrella solution.

Role Profile/Responsibilities:

• Strong Contract management knowledge and experience
• Provide leadership and direction to a small team of commercial specialists
• Develop and manage supplier performance and relationships
• Deliver stakeholder engagement plans
• Implement commercial governance in compliance with spend controls and present to the appropriate boards
• Contribute to the development and commercial cases of Concept Notes, Business Cases & Sourcing Strategies
• Lead Delivery Model Assessments (DMA)
• Work with wider stakeholders to ensure consistency and optimising strategy development and delivery
• Lead development of sub-category strategies through the category management cycle
• Implement and deliver the opportunities outlined in the DDaT Category Forward Plans, including engaging and managing stakeholders, resources, internal and external dependencies; and transition plans and timelines
• Lead the development of category expertise and knowledge to deliver category plans and strategies in collaboration with global posts / leaders and drive local, regional and global supply chain trends and strategies that deliver high quality commercial procurement outcomes, whilst ensuring value for money
• Deliver complex procurements, ensuring high quality commercial arrangements, with robust specifications, Terms and Conditions, management principles, and measures developed in accordance with the selected route to market, taking cognisance of procurement legislation, Government policy, Government guidance such as the sourcing and construction playbooks and departmental policies and guidance
• Deliver annually agreed savings target for the DDaT category portfolio
• The resilience to manage multiple projects concurrently, with the ability to research, benchmark, scope, design, implement and evaluate project delivery to tight deadlines
• A proactive approach and a focus on continuous improvement
• Experience of developing and implementing category strategies and strategic sourcing
• Strong commercial acumen with experience procuring services in compliance with the Procurement Contracts Regulations and knowledge of EU and UK procurement legislation
• Relevant experience working in the tech sector and an understanding of the full commercial lifecycle
• Experience operating in a matrix environment with the ability and skills to build successful relationships
• Excellent communication skills

Desirable:

• Public sector experience
• MCIPS
• International sourcing expertise

If you are interested in the above role, please click Apply Now and send a CV for quick review.

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Circle and our Client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Our client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, they guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where they have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, theywill interview the best candidates from within that group.
If you qualify, please notify us on igs [at] circlerecruitment [dot] com. We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your guaranteed interview. Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a better way for us to communicate, please do let us know.

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