Commercial Officer - London, United Kingdom - Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care
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2 weeks ago

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- £30,366 - £37,503
  • National £30,366 £33,985, London £34,192 £37,503
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Higher Executive Officer
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
  • Loan
  • Secondment
    Length of employment:
  • This role is being advertised on a permanent basis. If preferable, Loan or Secondment options will also be available for existing Civil Servants (Loan) and applicants from accredited NDPBs or any other employer (Secondment).

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Business area:

  • DHSC
  • Group Operations
  • Commercial

Type of role:
  • Commercial
  • Procurement and Contracts Management
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
    Number of jobs available:
  • 2Contents
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    • Leeds, London, ReadingAbout the job

    Job summary:


    In DHSC, we are proud of our purpose - to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer.

    To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values:
    we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you'd like to work in, we'd love to hear from you.


    The Commercial Directorate is a strategic and enabling function that supports all DHSC's commercial interactions with third parties and supporting ministers in delivering their agenda.

    Our mission is to ensure that health and care policy is implemented at best value for the taxpayer.


    We do this by leading and overseeing the department's direct commercial activity, implementing commercial policies across DHSC and its arm length bodies, and acting as advisors to the Secretary of State.

    Our vision is to provide a world-class commercial service to enable the health and care system to deliver for the public - we aim to be the best in government commercial for technical expertise and customer focus.


    Job description:


    Are you an inquisitive problem-solver who likes people and enjoys building relationships? Then a career in DHSC Commercial may suit you.

    There is a minimum of two roles spread across the Commercial Operations team.

    These roles will offer the opportunity to work on a broad set of objectives on things such as building supplier relationships with some of our key suppliers, looking at how we can get assess the financial health of our suppliers and how we can ensure we are getting best value for money from our supplier relationships right across the health family.

    This opportunity to experience a broad range of DHSC commercial activity, will not only develop your commercial skills, but will help you establish crucial networks across the function.

    Working within a fast-paced environment, you will bring communication and organisational skills to the role. This role involves working with a wide and diverse set of stakeholders and suppliers, with unique and niche requirements.


    Continuous professional development is at the heart of how we work, and you will be offered the opportunity to study for your CIPS qualification as part of this role.


    Person specification:


    Main responsibilities across the roles could include the following:

    • Build relationships with key stakeholders across the Department and externally, maximising opportunities to collaborate, achieve efficiencies, improve capability and promote the commercial profession.
    • Support the development of commercial strategies, including spend analysis and use of market intelligence to understand the suppliers in the marketplace.
    • Define and capture benefits delivered via the commercial process including commercial savings and sustainability outcomes.
    • Provide commercial support to a portfolio of contracts this will typically involve assisting with larger contracts and directly supporting several smaller ones.
    • These activities are managed via commercial systems such as the Atamis eSourcing portal and Contracts Finder. You will be responsible for completing and maintaining the required records and process steps in the system.
    • Working as part of the Supplier relationship management team building supplier relationships, pulling together relationship plans and drawing up result orientated action plans.
    • Monitor team inboxes and carry out initial review of business cases.
    • Take on other duties and responsibilities appropriate to the grade of the role as required.

    Key skills and experience required for the role:

    • An ability to plan, organise and manage your own time effectively.
    • Strong verbal and written skills, with an ability to communicate with clarity and confidence to a wide range of stakeholders.
    • Competent with Microsoft Office programmes such as Outlook, Word, Teams and Excel.
    • An ability to prioritise and deliver at pace.
    • Ownership of tasks from initial stages through to completion.

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