Our client has a vacancy for a Head of Commercial to join their busy team flexible working with regular travel to their head office in South Yorkshire.
As part of this role, you will oversee the commercial and procurement strategies for a range of requirements to support their nuclear and defence contracts. You will also lead the strategic direction through driving and developing the right commercial and procurement strategies, by influencing senior stakeholders across the business to underpin and deliver lifecycle values. We are also required to have a strong commercial background alongside significant interpersonal skills to develop strong business relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Shaping and defining the business needs
- Developing and managing a procurement pipeline
- Supply market analysis and early market engagement
- Developing and analysing commercial options representing sound management of risk and value for money
- Supporting Outline Business Cases through ownership of the commercial case
- Work with sourcing and contract management disciplines to maintain strategic intent through the sourcing phases
- Bid evaluation and supplier selection
- Applying effective contract terms
- Integrating effective contract management strategies to enable contract success
- Work with contract management discipline to maintain strategic intent through the commercial lifecycle
- Learning from experience for related demand / procurement strategies.
- Recruits, develops and manages a high performing team to deliver the scope of the portfolio
- Oversight of all procurements relevant to the portfolio.
- Probity in terms of compliance with modern slavery act, supplier (subcontract) payments and bribery and corruption.
- Work with the Senior Contract Management lead to ensure appropriate contract management mechanisms are factored in to strategy.
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