VENN GROUP
Commercial Lead
Location: remote working
Length of contract: 6 months
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
SC: Valid current security clearance
A Central Government organisation is seeking a Head of Commercial with extensive commercial support experience, managing the activity across the commercial lifecycle.
Key Requirements
- Extensive Category Management experience and knowledge
- Strong leadership skills
- Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team across commercial activity
- Experience of managing high-value, critical, complex contracts
- Excellent understanding of sourcing and procurement methodologies, as well as relevant Public Sector processes, policy and governance
- Ability to negotiate large scale contracts, strategic procurement and delivery at senior level
- Strong project management capabilities gained through practical professional experience
Key Responsibilities
- Developing category strategies
- Driving and leading sourcing activity, including strategic sourcing processes in support of organisation’s strategic aims
- Finalising and approving commercial arrangements, including final negotiation
- Preparing, developing and commissioning Business Cases
- Ensuring control of organisation’s spend and critical contracts are continually analysed in order to develop and drive value adding initiatives
- Building and maintaining key relationships across the organisation and with important external stakeholders
- Performance and day-to-day management of a team to deliver on the Category Strategy and activity across the commercial life cycle
If you have the right experience for this role and feel your skills and experience match the requirements, or if you would like more information on the role, please contact
Sara Panti on 020 7557 7667 and email your CV to spanti@venngroup.com
