Commercial and Procurement Consultant

Brave; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus up to 15%

25 days annual leave

Regular team socials and off-sites

Travel expenses

Job summary

Evolve Commercial, a fast-growing procurement consultancy, seeks a Senior Commercial & Procurement professional to support clients’ blue-chip technology programmes. You will deliver expert commercial advice, help win new business, and grow with the team as you contribute to contracts and client outcomes.

The role offers a remote-first setup with travel 2–3 days per week to client sites in the Bristol/Bath area and beyond.

Qualifications

• Experience in public sector procurement and IT procurement.
• Strong business acumen and problem-solving initiative.
• Understanding of Public Contract Regulations; Defence/Security sector experience a plus.
• Ability to manage commercial risks and deliver to deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage client and supplier relationships and performance.
• Help deliver sales opportunities to drive company growth.
• Develop procurement and commercial strategies.
• Author and support business cases for procurements.
• Manage tender activities using public sector frameworks and perform VFM analysis.
• Advise on compliance with Public Contract Regulations and internal policies.
• Carry out Contract Management with auditable trails.

Skills

Public sector procurement

IT procurement

Commercial risk management

Contract management

Client relationship management

Tendering processes

Education

CIPS/MCIPS or IACCM accreditation

Job description

Senior Commercial and Procurement Consultant

• Performance bonus up to 15%
• 25 days annual leave
• Regular team socials and off-sites
• Travel expenses

Location: Remote with travel to client's site 2/3 days a week in Bristol/Bath area.

We Are:

Evolve Commercial is a fast-growing, digitally native procurement consultancy specialising in complex, security-sensitive technology programmes. We are a Great Place to Work accredited organisation, known for our collaborative culture, flexibility, and modern approach to consulting.

The Role:

Our client is seeking a Senior Commercial & Procurement professional to join the company and work in a consulting capacity to support clients’ complex technology programmes. This is a great opportunity to enhance your consulting skills and progress to quickly become one of our future business leaders. As a key member of the team, your role will be to deliver our existing contracts by providing expert commercial advice to clients and help the company grow by helping to win new business.

Responsibilities:

• Manage client and supplier relationship management and performance management.
• Help to deliver suitable sales opportunities to drive company growth.
• Develop procurement and commercial strategies.
• Authoring and supporting business cases for new procurements.
• Manage tender activities using public sector frameworks, Undertaking value-for-money analysis for business cases and tenders.
• Advise on compliance with Public Contract Regulations and Defence & Security Public Contract Regulations as well as the clients' internal policies and procedures.
• Carry out Contract Management and ensure that files are up to date, providing an auditable trail of effective management.

Requirements:

You will be an experienced commercial & procurement professional, with a good background in public sector procurement, as well as a comprehensive understanding of IT procurement. You will be someone who appreciates the challenges of creating something new and is excited to roll up their sleeves' to get things done to build the company.

• Successful candidate likely to hold or be working towards CIPS/MCIPS or IACCM accreditation.
• Strong business acumen, able to adapt to different clients and quickly pick up new tasks or use initiative to seek out and resolve problems.
• Comprehensive understanding of Public Contract Regulations and ideally experience operating in the Defence or Security sector.
• Strong understanding of technology procurement from a business perspective, for example - knowledge of different types of technologies such as cloud, PaaS, SaaS.
• Ability to identify and manage commercial risk and opportunity through effective contracting.
• Ability to deliver results to meet contracted deadlines and customer expectations