Head of Commercial
We are recruiting for a Head of Commercial to join a Central Government Organisation at an exciting time of transformation. The successful candidate will have extensive commercial support experience and be senior enough to manage a team.
Location: Remote/London
Duration: 6 months
Clearance: CTC
IR35 Status: Inside
Responsibilities include:
- 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
Essential 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
If you feel that your skills and experience match the above requirements, please contact Neena Spary on 020 7557 7667, or email your CV to nspary@venngroup.com