Commercial Lead - Corsham, United Kingdom - Government Commercial Function

Government Commercial Function

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Corsham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £65,500 - £73,000

GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performancerelatedpay available on accreditation.

Job grade:

Grade 7
Commercial Lead
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
GCF
Ministry of Defence
Defence Digital Commercial
Type of role:
Commercial
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime, Compressed Hours
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Location

Corsham, Bristol, London. Occasional travel
If Londonbased, travel to Corsham every couple of weeks on average and vice versa if Corshambased.

About the job

Job summary:

Building a strong Commercial Function in Government, and with it the right commercial capability, is at the heart of a far-reaching programme of Civil Service reform.

We are building a cadre of commercial talent in all Government departments; people who can manage our commercial portfolios, who can lead our most complex and novel programmes and projects, people who have the gravitas and depth of experience to work alongside our policy and operational leaders to develop innovative commercial arrangements, whether through joint ventures, outsourcing or best-in-class contracts.

We have already made significant progress through the establishment of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO), our single employer of senior commercial talent across government.

This role will sit within the GCO, but based in our Ministry of Defence - Defence Digital Commercial commercial team delivering departmental objectives.

Job description:

Defence Digital is made up of five categories, IT Hardware & Services, Military Technology, Software and Hosting, Networks and Professional Services, each individual category team varies in size but in total we are a 180-person strong team.

For this role specifically, we are looking for a leader to join our Professional Services Commercial team as we roll out our ground-breaking £1.2Bn framework.

This new Digital and ICT Professional Services (DIPS) framework will require extensive Stakeholder and Contract Management activity which is new to the team.

Managing this new Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Framework, which has been co-designed by MOD and CCS and delivered by MOD is a significant undertaking as it underpins the delivery of substantial benefits to defence.

These include savings of £120m over 4 years, and detailed MI to support the delivery of Defence Digital's Strategic Workforce Plan.

This new Digital and ICT Professional Services activity will require an uplift to our Op model of 13FTE and this role is one of three senior leadership roles.

This new team will be responsible for managing each of the 6 Lots under the framework and providing assistance to other MOD commercial teams in how to use the Framework effectively.

This is critical to the ambition to drive greater consistency and performance across Defence's Digital and ICT programs.

Digital and ICT Professional Services is a catalyst for change in how we procure digital and ICT support by leveraging our partner's delivery expertise upstream in the value chain though co-development and design of activity.

Developing trusted productive relationships between our Digital and ICT Professional Services partners and Defence stakeholders is critical to this ambition and the Digital and ICT Professional Services PS team will be the spearhead of this activity

Team

Responsibilities:

Successful roll out and delivery of Digital and ICT Professional Services (DIPS).
Development and support to the team.
Ownership of key Partner and Stakeholder relationships.
Accountable for savings delivery and effective contract management.
Become an active part of the Professional Service Category Senior Leadership Team.
Advice and leadership provision to other areas of Defence around Digital and Technology focused Professional Services.
Support to pan defence and pan government initiatives and programs as required.

CIPS

Clearance
All roles require SC before commencement of posts and may be required to be DV cleared once in post.

Person specification:

The main responsibilities are likely to include: -

Stakeholder engagement and management
Building influential internal relationships to ensure that commercial objectives are fully understood and embedded.

Category strategy

Responsible for developing and implementing market facing category strategies.
Commercial management overseeing large value portfolio by leading the commercial approach, ensuring commercial processes are understood by stakeholders, executing commercial deliverables, taking responsibility for the success of the commercial aspects of the overall project. Commercial delegation of up to £100M.

Supplier relationships