Commercial Lead (Public Sector) - London - £71k
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Location
City of London
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£60000 - £71000 per annum
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Contact:
Jake Stone
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Contact email:
jake.stone@1st-executive.com
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Salary high:
71000
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Salary low:
60000
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Job ref:
30072024_1722347666
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Published:
3 months ago
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Expiry date:
2024-08-29
We are recruiting for a Commercial Lead for an exciting role based in one of the biggest and most fulfilling public sector organisations.
Job Title: Commercial Lead
Salary: £64,170 to £70,690 plus a Location allowance of £1,721.
Location: Kilburn - 1 day in HQ, 1 Day in desired location. Rest WFH.
Role Description
The Corporate & Professional Services pillar is responsible for the end-to-end commercial activity across a range of categories which are essential, in all organisations (big or small), to ensure they can deliver on their core mission. We are a team of 15, managing spend of c. £200m/per annum (£1.5bn/term) across a range of service contracts (as well as a small set of goods contracts). For this role, you will buy within categories such as Business Outsourced Services, Occupational Health, Media and Travel solutions.
If interested, please press apply with your interest.
Essential Criteria
Candidates must submit a curriculum vitae and statement of suitability, both evidencing how they meet the following essential criteria:
- Excellent understanding of sourcing and procurement methodologies, ideally within a regulated or public sector environment.
- Evidence of having delivered organisational benefits to customers through effective design and/or implementation of category strategies or category management as a methodology; able to describe value add and savings in a strategic context in a complex commercial environment.
- Experienced and knowledgeable in how the market works and what drives business decisions, innovations and commercial strategy in consumers and suppliers alike.
- Ability to prioritise and manage a demanding workload whilst balancing both operationally urgent and important tasks to deliver to deadlines aligned with strong project management capabilities gained through practical professional experience,
- Experience working and effectively influencing senior stakeholders with or without authority projecting personal impact and credibility at all levels (including senior) of the organisation and the external market, demonstrating an ability to influence, persuade and effectively communicate.
- Evidence of inspirational and inclusive leadership, developing a professional culture and building commercial capability. Empowers team members through coaching, mentoring and sharing of expertise/knowledge. As a leader in the Commercial function, you will support rolling out contract management standards across the organisation.