Senior Commercial Manager (ICT)

at  House of Lords

Positions
1
Band / Grade
HL7
Salary
Circa £60,000 per annum. Total salary may be comprised of a mixture of basic pay up to £50,800 (consolidated) and market sector allowances (non-consolidated).
Post Type
Concurrent (External + Internal)
Contract Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full Time
Leave entitlement
Starting at 30 days per annum
Pension
Civil Service Pension Scheme
Closing Date
2nd October 2024 at 23:55
Interview Date(s)
Final interviews are likely to take place towards the end of w/c 14th October or w/c 21st October. There will be initial telephone screenings in the weeks prior to this for longlisted candidates.
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We are looking for a Senior Commercial Manager to join our Parliamentary Commercial Directorate (PCD). This is an exciting time to join as over the coming 2 years, we plan to undertake significant changes aimed at increasing our impact across the organisation. This comes on top of continuing to ensure the value for money from our nearly £1bn in annual spend and supporting transformational projects across the organisation and our estate, including at the Palace of Westminster which is a UNECSO world heritage site.
This role in particular will give you responsibility within the ICT category, supporting on the development of category strategies and sourcing requirements in line with business needs, as well as having responsibility for compliant end-to-end procurements. You will also have line management responsibilities for 1-2 members of the team.
This is an opportunity to work on a hybrid basis, with an expectation to be on-site at Parliament for a minimum of 2 days per week. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong experience and knowledge as a commercial professional, with understanding of Procurement Legislation and who is keen to apply their skills in a dynamic, fast-paced environment across various projects and stakeholders.

You’ll be accountable for –

• Responsibility for a specific category or sub-category, supporting development of category strategies and delivery of sourcing requirements in line with business needs, as part of the team supporting business as usual and project activities.
• Responsibility for compliant end-to-end procurements, delivering demonstrable value for money and compliant goods and services contracts.
• Developing key stakeholder relationships and enabling critical early engagement that supports the development of effective specifications that deliver requirements in line with business needs, provision of advice to stakeholders on all aspects of commercial, challenging business need and demand.
• Leading work on sensitive projects within a secure environment as required.
• Implementing, managing, improving, and promoting the use of systems, tools and data management to create useful management information to support the business in spend in your category.

If this sounds like something you would like to hear more about, please see the attached job description for the full list of role responsibilities.

IT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER IF YOU HAVE OR ARE WILLING TO LEARN –

• Experience of delivering commercial strategies and procurements in more than one category.
• Familiarity with TPP programme of preparation for new procurement regulation regime (though access to TPP training will be given to successful applicant).
  The job description provides full details about the role and what we are looking for.

• Responsibility for a specific category or sub-category, supporting development of category strategies and delivery of sourcing requirements in line with business needs, as part of the team supporting business as usual and project activities.
• Responsibility for compliant end-to-end procurements, delivering demonstrable value for money and compliant goods and services contracts.
• Developing key stakeholder relationships and enabling critical early engagement that supports the development of effective specifications that deliver requirements in line with business needs, provision of advice to stakeholders on all aspects of commercial, challenging business need and demand.
• Leading work on sensitive projects within a secure environment as required.
• Implementing, managing, improving, and promoting the use of systems, tools and data management to create useful management information to support the business in spend in your category