Description
Sopra Steria Recruitment is working in partnership with a major public sector in the UK. We are currently recruiting Commercial Officer for 5 months initially with possible extension.
Additional qualifications required for this role:
- Demonstrate a personal commitment to the client Guiding principles
- Support the team in delivering departmental goals
- Create strong working relationships within own team as well as other parts of the Commercial function across client and beyond across client
- Support a proactive working environment and be flexible in the approach to tasking
- Comply with all mandatory requirements eg H&S training etc.
- Manage commercial activity within the level of own Commercial delegation/Licence.
- Input to Procurement Strategies as required
- Input to Commercial Strategy and associated contracting strategy as required
- Compile and issue tenders when required
- Place contracts
- Amend and manage contracts and contract changes
- Offer commercial advice and guidance as required
- Ensure commercial arrangements represent best value for money
- Comply with regulations and policy affecting procurement and adopt commercial best practice
- Use commercial enabling arrangements whenever possible as the default
- Exploit use of commercial enablers and associated MIS where possible
- Undertake supplier management
- Maintain auditable records of commercial activities
- Assure own commercial activity
- Contribute to Commercial Assurance Plans
- Input to self assurance returns for own area
- Ensure complete and accurate contract data
- Collaborate with members of the Acqusition team including project, technical, finance and specialist staff, to deliver Customer requirements
- Undertake efffective Stakeholder engagements within teams, across client and Industry
- Engage Stakeholders on planning and aspects of commercial activity
- Engage Stakeholders as appropriate in the Approvlas process
- Identify ways to imporve commercial processes and ways and working to increase efficiency
- Take an active role in all aspects of Commercial ommunications
- Make full use of the E-procurement tools -including P2P, ASPECT and Reverse Auctions where appropriate
- Understand the importance of accurate MI and the role of DEFFORMs in capturing key contracts information
- Manage resources to secure best value for money and best use of resource
- Support the development of robust Business Cases to support value for money
- Provide accurate and timely inputs to returns as required
- Manage commercial activity within the level of own Commercial delegation/Licence.
- Input to Procurement Strategies as required
- Input to Commercial Strategy and associated contracting strategy as required
- Desirable - MCIPS (or working towards)