Senior Commercial Manager - Works

at  House of Lords

JOB SUMMARY

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.
You’ll have responsibility within the Works category, supporting on delivering high value and complex Works which will range from procuring new building maintenance contracts to refurbishments or hard facilities management projects. You will also be a trusted partner and advisor to business areas and projects that you are supporting – whilst also being trusted to deliver plans agreed with the Works Commercial Director with autonomy and drawing upon your extensive knowledge and experience.
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 of NEC suite of contract terms and who is keen to apply their skills across various projects and work with a wide range of stakeholders in a unique, fast-paced environment.

JOB DESCRIPTION

You’ll be accountable for –

• Delivering high value and complex Works (reprocuring complex building maintenance contracts, procuring new building maintenance contracts, construction, hard facilities management, building refurbishment and building security) procurements.
• Delivering compliant end-to-end procurements, delivering demonstrable value for money and compliant goods and services contracts.
• Proactively identifying and nurturing relationships with key stakeholders within relevant directorates, fostering strong business partnerships
• Assisting Heads of Commercial upwards in forecasting, planning, and allocating resources for procurement projects.
• Leading and overseeing procurement activities within the Works category, ensuring they meet the requirements of stakeholders and comply with procurement policies and internal governance standards.
• Ensuring smooth transitions from procurement to contract management by actively supporting supplier relationships

For the full role details and responsibilities, please see the attached job description.

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
• Proven experience in a pre-contract construction environment
  The job description provides full details about the role and what we are looking for.
  Benefits
  Alongside your salary of £43,500, House of Lords contributes £12,601 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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You’ll be accountable for –

• Delivering high value and complex Works (reprocuring complex building maintenance contracts, procuring new building maintenance contracts, construction, hard facilities management, building refurbishment and building security) procurements.
• Delivering compliant end-to-end procurements, delivering demonstrable value for money and compliant goods and services contracts.
• Proactively identifying and nurturing relationships with key stakeholders within relevant directorates, fostering strong business partnerships
• Assisting Heads of Commercial upwards in forecasting, planning, and allocating resources for procurement projects.
• Leading and overseeing procurement activities within the Works category, ensuring they meet the requirements of stakeholders and comply with procurement policies and internal governance standards.
• Ensuring smooth transitions from procurement to contract management by actively supporting supplier relationship