We are recruiting for a Senior Commercial Manager in the Public Sector!

The Senior Procurement and Contracts professional will support the Assets & Estates Category team in developing and managing the sourcing strategy and contracting process on behalf of the Operational stakeholders.

Location: London, SE1 (Hybrid)

Salary: £52,000

Skills

Excellent inter-personal skills in order to develop and maintain good working relationships with staff at all levels and with representatives of external organisation.

Excellent written communication skills, in order to draft clear, concise and unambiguous tender documents for a range of goods and services.

Highly articulate oral skills in order to provide clear, concise and accurate information and advice.

Highly numerate with the ability to interrogate and manipulate data. Analytical skills to understand supplier/client departments' requirements and to identify ways of presenting the requirements to produce best value goods and services.

Strong organisational skills to manage changing and conflicting priorities whilst simultaneously meeting deadlines, the ability to act independently and flexibly as part of a small team

Experience

Minimum 5 years' hands-on experience of procurement, category and contract management, with demonstrable subject matter and stakeholder influencing experience in an Assets & Estates Services category

Knowledge and experience of public sector procurement procedures and regulations governing the invitation, evaluation and award of contracts for public procurements.

Demonstrable experience of drafting commercial/tender documents and leading sourcing strategies for a range of goods and services.

Demonstrable experience of supplier management frameworks, supplier governance protocols, and end-to-end category experience.

Experience in third party risk management processes relevant to critical public authority services would be highly beneficial.

If interested, please click apply!