Description
SC Cleared Commercial Manager- Inside IR35 - London
Capita's client is looking for an SC Cleared Commercial Manager- Inside IR35 - London for a 6 months contract.
Skills Essential:
* Demonstrates strategic thinking, able to define and execute planning against a sourcing strategy and plan for spend categories or groups of sub-categories
* Extensive Category Management experience and knowledge
* Excellent understanding of sourcing and procurement methodologies, as well as relevant Public Sector processes, policy and governance
* Conversant with procurement policies, processes, procedures and governance mechanisms
* Ability to lead a negotiations with 3rd parties and successfully employ appropriate negotiating techniques based on category sourcing strategy
* Highly effective communicator who can work with a range of stakeholders and senior managers
* Ability to change and adapt in order to work effectively in a variety of situations
* Ability to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others. You can draw from a range of strategies to persuade people in a way that results in agreement or behaviour change.
* Ability to prioritise and manage own workload whilst balancing both operationally urgent and important tasks to deliver to deadlines
* A good level of understanding across category discipline
Desirable. Experience of working in Contract Management roles or across the commercial life cycle Experience and
Qualifications: Essential. A successful career in procurement with typically 2 + years category management experience with demonstrable achievements centred of best value and efficiency via leading edge category solutions
* A good understanding EU Procurement Legislation (Public Contract Regulations and Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations
* CIPS/IACCM/Commercial qualification
If interested, please send a CV via the link.
Capita IT Resourcing is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.