Description
SC Cleared Commercial Lead - London - Inside IR35
Capita's London based client is looking for an SC Cleared Commercial Lead contractor for a role in London - Inside IR35.
Skills Essential:
* Demonstrates strategic thinking, able to identify a vision along with the plans that need to be implemented to achieve the end goal
* Extensive Category Management experience and knowledge
* Ability to lead negotiations with suppliers, develop negotiation plans and strategies
* Excellent understanding of sourcing and procurement methodologies, as well as relevant Public Sector processes, policy and governance
* Highly effective communicator who can work with a range of senior stakeholders and managers
* Ability to change and adapt in order to work effectively in a variety of situations
* Ability to understand and appreciate different and opposing perspectives
* 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
Experience and Qualifications: Essential.
* A successful career in procurement with typically 4 + years category management experience with demonstrable achievements centred of best value and efficiency via leading edge category solutions
* A comprehensive understanding EU Procurement Legislation (Public Contract Regulations and Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations
* Demonstrable ability of using MI from systems to inform decision making and deliver optimum commercial solutions. Experience of working at senior levels with internal and external stakeholders
Desirable:
* Ideally MCIPS/IACCM or equivalent qualification or working towards. Already have passed the GCF ADC at Commercial Lead (CL) level.
If interested, please send an up to date CV via the link.
Capita IT Resourcing is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.