Senior Commercial Officer

Westney Consulting Group; Blackpool; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Commercial Officer for a 3-month contract, with potential for extension. This role involves collaborating with Digital and Finance teams to enhance market approaches and manage contracts effectively. You will lead commercial processes, ensuring compliance with UK procurement legislation while delivering excellent outcomes. If you possess strong commercial acumen, negotiation skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities, this opportunity offers a dynamic environment to make a significant impact in a public organization.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial acumen and strategic thinking for best outcomes.
• Experience with CCS frameworks and procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end commercial support for procurements and contracts.
• Manage contracts to achieve effective outcomes and value.

Skills

Commercial Acumen

Procurement Experience

Stakeholder Management

Negotiation Skills

Contract Management

Understanding of UK Procurement Legislation

Job description

Role: Senior Commercial Officer

Contract Length: 3 months minimum

Location: Manchester or Blackpool Office (40% hybrid - soon to increase to 60%)

IR35: In Scope

Pay Rate to Candidate: Up to £600 per day (umbrella)

A Senior Commercial Officer is required to join a public organisation on a 3-month contract (with extensions to be confirmed). Your role will be to work closely with colleagues from Digital and Finance to shape how they approach the market for the requirements Digital have, to run effective commercial processes that deliver excellent outcomes, and to ensure the contracts placed are managed effectively to achieve those outcomes. You will be responsible for providing end-to-end commercial support for procurements and contracts within the one of the sub-categories of Digital, including market analysis, requirements gathering, preparation of sourcing strategy, development of tender documents, execution of tender process, contract award and contract management.

Essential Skills:

• Strong commercial acumen - Ability to run process, people who can make that work effectively, strategic thinking to get best value and outcome.
• Experience of running procurements through CCS frameworks - and run procurement through them.
• Ability to manage a busy workload with competing priorities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Understanding of and ability to apply UK procurement legislation (particularly PCR2015 and PA2023) as it applies to central government departments.
• Negotiation skills.
• Contract and supplier management.

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