Commercial Manager

Wiltshire  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Commercial Manager

Location: Corsham

Duration: 10 Months [initially]

EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY:

Sopra Steria is currently recruiting for a Commercial Manager to join an established team, tasked with enabling a large scale programme of work, delivering secure access to information services for users across various locations in the UK and overseas, providing a configurable network that has a single sign-on.

The Commercial Manager will support the Commercial team in all commercial aspects of the programme and business objectives.

This is working for a key Defence sector customer on an initial ten month contract, with the option to extend for at least another twelve beyond that.

On client's instructions, due to the urgency, nature and length of the assignment, the successful candidate must have current security clearance to a high level.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITY:

To develop cost effective programmes, procurement & support strategies: -

  • To support procurement of Goods and Services in line with business requirements and in accordance with current EU and UK Law, Departmental Regulations, Government Policy and Government Strategies within the limits of your delegated authority and in support of business objectives.
  • To manage contracts & contract documentation in accordance with current EU and UK Law, Departmental Regulations, Government Policy and Government Strategies.
  • To ensure the approvals and assurance processes, both local and departmental, are applied with rigour to all Proposed Procurements.
  • To monitor supplier performance and keep Line Management & Head of Commercial aware of all issues through the Head of Commercial Supplier Management Point of Contact.
  • To engage with Industry as appropriate for the role.
  • To provide commercial advice to stakeholders in pursuit of robust Business Cases and Procurement Strategies.
  • To share knowledge and mentor other commercial staff in order to develop the commercial functional skills base.
  • To ensure compliance with the Government Transparency Agenda ensuring all documentation is published on Contracts Finder in line with Departmental Regulations.
  • To manage resources in an effective way ensuring compliance with all/Policy Rules and Guidance.
  • To provide ad hoc commercial & administrative support to colleagues.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

  • CIPS Diploma
  • Exercise judgement and have an interpretive capability concerning commercial business practice and legislation with due regards to past practice and precedent.
  • Approach a wide range of problems/decisions and select the appropriate action from the options available.
  • Responsible for aspects of the preparation and monitoring of contracts associated with the business. Displaying good organisational skills and attention to detail.
  • Provision of commercial advice and guidance to stakeholders and engagement with contractors and subsequent discussions to clarify queries on the actions/processes to be followed.
  • Good drafting skills and when required take and distribute minutes and meeting notes, displaying good organisational skills and attention to detail.
  • Good communications and influencing skills in providing commercial advice and guidance to stakeholders and in engaging with contractors to clarify queries.
  • Provide commercial support to contract negotiations including, when required, the taking and subsequent distribution of minutes and meeting notes.
  • Provision of management information (MI), maintaining and monitoring the systems in use including Contracts Finder to ensure robust information in support of all Requests for Information (RFI).
  • Point of contact for any queries or additional information required in support of the Head of Commercial and his/her Team.

On client's instructions, due to the urgency, nature and length of the assignment, the successful candidate must have current security clearance to a high level.

There are no agencies working this requirement, please contact me directly.

The post holder will work through Sopra Steria Recruitment for Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital transformation, providing one of the most comprehensive portfolios of end-to-end service offerings on the market: consulting, systems integration, software development, infrastructure management and business process services.

2017 Winners of the APSCo Awards for Excellence for Recruitment Company of the Year £50m+ Turnover

A different approach: breaking the restrictive bounds of traditional recruitment models; a revolution in how clients engage with the recruitment profession

Start date
ASAP
Duration
10 months [initially]
From
Sopra Steria Recruitment Limited
Published at
22.06.2018
Project ID:
1586111
Contract type
Freelance
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