Role: Commercial Manager
Contract Length: Until 18/12/26
Location: Hybrid/London – 50% in the office
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £529.95 per day
Spinwell is recruiting for a Commercial Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMERCIAL MANAGER
- Contribute to the development and implementation of category strategies and the delivery of sourcing requirements, understanding demand by forecasting and planning requirements.
- Develop commercial approaches and creative solutions that deliver requirements in line with business needs, category strategy and market trends.
- Perform end to end strategic sourcing activities working to develop a clear and agreed view of business requirements and commercial requirements, serving as a subject matter expert, providing professional guidance to business areas.
- Evaluate a range of sourcing models and support the development of options for a business case and identify opportunities to develop collaborative partnerships with suppliers to deliver value for money, sourcing compliance and frameworks.
- Ensure effective contract and supplier management within the category through evaluation of supplier performance, overseeing the realisation of benefits and evaluating whether a contract is achieving a successful return on investment.
- Reporting on progress and/or challenges and managing risk and reward mechanisms in contracts and KPIs
- Manage strategic relationships and hold both suppliers and customers accountable for delivering their contractual commitments.
- Resolve disputes, perform contract exit activity, and advise on mitigating risks to ensure contract delivery.
- Build and maintain key stakeholder relationship by engaging with relevant senior business leads to ensure business requirements are supported by category strategies by feeding into and supporting direction setting for the category.
- Work across the value chain to identify opportunities to reduce cost.
- Support the establishment, implementation, and ensure delivery of responsible procurement best practice, performance, and development.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE COMMERCIAL MANAGER
- Has excellent understanding of the principles of end-to-end commercial lifecycle management.
- Evidence of taking a strategic lead on securing value for money in a complex commercial environment.
- Evidence of influencing key senior stakeholders and suppliers towards commercial solutions in a fast delivery commercial environment.
- Strong commercial knowledge (including commercial models, forms of contract and current public sector regulations). Confident in securing value for money through achieving good return on investment whilst applying commercial principles within the boundaries of contract law.
- Membership of relevant professional body RICS or CIPS (desirable).
- Risk and Assurance Management: Demonstrates the ability to analyse risks and understand margins of error indeveloping recommendations and making effective decisions
- Commercial Ethics: Can communicate standards to eliminate corruption, fraud and unethical behaviour in supply chains, taking appropriate actions in the event of any alleged breach of standards. Additionally, has the ability to implement responsible procurement practice and seek opportunities for social value
- Team focus: Demonstrates the ability to manage and build confidence in a team in order to deal with setbacks, resolve internal issues and can implement change at a local level by working with affected parties to identify and overcome challenges
- Build relationships: Has strong stakeholder skills and can present technical advice effectively in order to positively influence internal and external decision making
If you are a Commercial Manager, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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