Associate Commercial Lead/Commercial Manager - Milton Keynes

The Client; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as an Associate Commercial Lead/Commercial Manager with a focus on delivering exceptional projects in a secure environment. This role requires significant commercial expertise, with responsibilities spanning the full project lifecycle, supporting procurement and supplier management for a leading client. Ideal candidates will demonstrate strong negotiation, problem-solving, and communication skills, alongside a commitment to personal development and excellence in service delivery.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in commercial roles.
• Experience in sourcing, supplier management, and contract frameworks.
• Ability to balance risks and benefits in decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Support and manage the entire project lifecycle.
• Deliver organisational excellence through commercial operations.
• Build and manage relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Negotiation

Problem-solving

Communication

Leadership

Education

Professional commercial qualification (CIPS Level 5 or equivalent)

Job description

We're currently seeking a number of experienced and ambitious Associate Commercial Lead/Commercial Manager professionals to work with our exceptional client in a secure environment, supporting challenging and highly rewarding projects.

These contract roles will require you to conduct security clearance prior to assignment. Opportunities are available in Milton Keynes.

You'll have the potential to work effectively across a diverse range of internal projects and teams spanning multiple business units as a customer lead or an operational specialist, assessing requirements, to provide and manage the solutions and services that align with your customer's particular needs and deliver organisational excellence as well as compliance. You will be encouraged to showcase your skills on unique projects.

You will be able to demonstrate how responsiveness, efficiency and professionalism are the hallmarks of your outstanding service in supporting the Commercial Lead, accountable for your own portfolio or operational workstreams - ensuring the fulfilment of goods and services across the business. You'll employ exemplary standards, through your contribution across the entire project lifecycle (specifications, ITTs, contracts and contract management). You will support continuous improvement of people and commercial capabilities, and through effective operational management and expertise, you will enable and drive opportunities for new activities which will enhance your customer offering, inspiring and supporting others around you to do the same. Therefore, faultless commercial acumen, exceptional influencing, prioritisation, continuous improvement, negotiation and people skills are a must.

With significant expertise in commercial settings, your analytical ability and aptitude to balance risks and benefits as well as issue resolution will be critical. You will lead on the development of strong relationships with customers, suppliers and colleagues. You will prioritise delivery of work against a backdrop of highly complex activity and competing criteria, adaptable and experienced enough to deliver on tactical and strategic outputs. And you'll take an enthusiastic approach to challenges and problem resolution—focusing on the customer and the detail to understand and address issues, create and ensure the delivery of solutions and identify and drive opportunities for new activities which will enhance your customer offering.

These commercial roles are conducted in an environment that is far from ordinary, therefore, we're not looking for ordinary.

Your qualification, experience, skills and behaviours:

As an exceptional commercial professional you will have in previous roles:

• Demonstrable suitable experience in commercial roles
• Experience in sourcing/commercial operations/supply chain/supplier management
• Responsibility for a portfolio of contract and framework agreements
• Experience of the entire project lifecycle (drafting specifications, facilitating ITTs, evaluating contracts, ensuring VFM)
• Written commercial plans and strategic documents
• Sound knowledge of buying, purchasing, invoicing, billing and contract creation
• Able to achieve short and long term reductions, efficiencies and enhancements
• Data analysis to support decision-making
• Contractual issue resolution
• Built, nurtured and managed strong working relationships with customers, suppliers and colleagues
• Ideally, commercial experience in technology or digital environments

You will:

• Hold, or be willing to independently attain a professional commercial qualification such as the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Level 5 or equivalent, which enables you to land your expertise and drive impactful results through the service you deliver, for this remarkable client.

You can also demonstrate expertise in:

• Coaching, mentoring, knowledge sharing
• Leadership, issue resolution, upskilling and people support
• Problem-solving
• Task management
• Communication

And you will role model the following behaviours:

• Proactive
• Role model
• Committed to personal development
• Self-starter
• Rapport building
• Driven
• Resilient
• Inclusive
• Collaborative
• Responsive

In return:

You'll be joining an ambitious, high-level team of like-minded and highly skilled individuals, all focused on delivering the best possible outcome.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to step away from the mundane and forge your own path in a totally new direction working on life and culture-changing projects.

If you're ready for a challenge like no other, apply today.

As an organisation and as a team, Guidant Global is committed to fostering an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace, where every employee and contractor feels valued and empowered throughout their time with us.

We actively seek to recruit talent from all backgrounds, and to draw on a rich blend of experiences, perspectives and creativity. We believe that when people are respected and included, they are motivated to bring their best and whole selves to work, leading to innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes for all parties.