Assistant Director, Commercial Strategy

Government Recruitment Service; Southampton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension (28.97%)

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Flexible working options

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service in Southampton is seeking an Assistant Director Commercial to join the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's Finance and Analysis Directorate. The role delivers strategic leadership for MCA’s commercial activity, with oversight of procurement and value-for-money across a c.

£500m budget. The position offers generous benefits including a Civil Service pension, 25 days annual leave (rising with service) and flexible working options.

Qualifications

• Background in Commercial, Procurement or Category Management at a strategic level.

Responsibilities

• Leading MCA’s Commercial Strategy, ensuring alignment with MCA objectives, financial plans and the Government Commercial Function Strategy.
• Leading MCA’s Commercial team, embedding continuous improvement and high performance, and ensuring effective commercial support, advice and stakeholder engagement.
• Providing strategic procurement advice and commercial challenge on high-impact, high-value and business-critical requirements, including specifications, market engagement, procurement routes, risk allocation and contract structures.
• Maintaining strategic oversight of key supplier relationships and critical commercial markets to strengthen resilience, competition, innovation and long-term value throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Leading commercial assurance across the Agency, including commercial controls, approval processes, procurement governance and assurance frameworks.

Job description

Government Recruitment Service in Southampton is seeking an Assistant Director Commercial to join the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's Finance and Analysis Directorate. The role delivers strategic leadership for MCA’s commercial activity, with oversight of procurement and value-for-money across a c.

£500m budget. The position offers generous benefits including a Civil Service pension, 25 days annual leave (rising with service) and flexible working options.