Commercial Practitioner - Leeds, United Kingdom - Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions

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Leeds, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £38,469 - £41,480-
Job grade:

Senior Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
DWP
Finance Group
Commercial

Directorate
Type of role:

Commercial

Procurement and Contracts Management
Working pattern:

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Number of jobs available:

1Contents

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Location

Blackpool Peel Park, Brunel Way, Blackpool FY4 5ES, Leeds
Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7UA, Sheffield
Hartshead Square, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2FDAbout the job

Job summary:

What you can expect
If you like a challenge, you'll feel at home with us at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

We're a big organisation, with big challenges, big opportunities and we're building a reputation for pushing the governments agenda in getting people back to work following the Covid-19 pandemic.

If you are passionate, proactive, and can take ownership, and share our commitment to inclusion and innovation, we want to hear from you.

Making the Difference

The DWP is one of the UK's biggest government departments, building services that make a real difference to the lives of 20 million people.

Commercial Directorate (CD) is one of the leading government procurement functions, is commercially unique and presents an attractive challenge for anyone wanting to advance their procurement career.

Our Inclusive Culture
We continue to grow our inclusive, diverse culture and focus on making CD a fabulous place to work. A culture where all our people feel themselves, feel valued, empowered, and have a voice that's heard. We do this well and as a result have a culture where innovation is driven at all levels and by everyone

Job description:

This role will be to support the Category team manage the final stages of the Functional Assessment Service (FAS) procurement (the contracts which will replace the existing Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and the Health and Disability Assessment Services (HDAS) contracts), through transition to the new contracts, and enabling successful exit management from existing contracts, whilst maintaining effective business as usual activities.

The post holder will work within the current Health Category team which is fast paced, and your role's overriding responsibility is to support the management of commercial exit and transition activity.

This includes working with a wide range of internal stakeholders and supplier performance and relationship management teams.

You will be required to communicate and lead discussions with key stakeholders on a regular basis to ensure information collected is up to date, accurate and helps ensure senior managers are able to make informed decisions that affect the category.

The post holder will support their respective line managers in all the necessary commercial activity.

The post is challenging, it requires pro-active and innovative thinking, with good communication skills and an outgoing and enthusiastic approach to challenges.

The post holder will be required to take on commercial management responsibilities for existing or new contracts.

The Health and Assessment Services Category is well-established. We have a great team ethos focused upon Commercial excellence, continuous improvement & knowledge share.

Person specification:

The roles and responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

Contract Management

Applies Contract Management best practice
Applies and advises others on contract management processes
A deep understanding of the terms and conditions of the contract
Agrees and clarifies contract management responsibilities with stakeholders
Evaluates and monitors the performance of suppliers in conjunction with wider performance management teams
Identifies and manages where changes in the contract are required ensuring change management processes are followed
Create positive supplier and stakeholders relationships, encouraging innovation, creation of "value add" solutions, and a strong customer service ethic.
Identify and mitigate commercial risks, maintaining a risk management plan, managing, and escalating any significant risks.

Stakeholder Management / Engagement / Communication

Works with stakeholders at all levels (internal and external) to develop strategy and tactics for procurement category initiatives.
Engage with wider commercial / Finance group colleagues beyond the immediate team, building relationships and knowledge of the DWP Health and Commercial environments.
Effectively communicate using both verbal and written formats, with the ability to draft high quality documents and communications for diverse audiences, and where appropriate influence stakeholders and customers to achieve commercially desirable outcomes.

Commercial Strategy
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