Commercial Officer: Digital Hardware Sub-category - Manchester, United Kingdom - Alexander Mann Solutions for Public Sector Resourcing

Alexander Mann Solutions for Public Sector Resourcing
Alexander Mann Solutions for Public Sector Resourcing
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Manchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Commercial Officer:
Digital Hardware Sub-Category

Inside IR35

Contract Term:6 months


Contracting Authority:
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)


Location:
Hybrid (2-3 days from the Manchester or Blackpool office, remainder WFH/Remote - other offices may be considered also)

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy.

As the UK's biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers.

As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.

Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:

  • Run an effective welfare system that enables people to achieve financial independence by providing assistance and guidance into employment
  • Increase saving for, and security in later life
  • Create a fair and affordable welfare system which improves the life chances of children
  • Deliver outstanding services to our customers and claimants
  • Deliver efficiently: transform the way we deliver our services to reduce costs and increase productivity

As a Commercial Officer:
Digital Hardware Sub-Category your main responsibilities would be:


The Role:

The individual will provide end to end category management for procurements and contracts within the hardware sub-category. This will entail market research and analysis, running of procurements and management of contracts in this space. Procurement will be primarily through mini-competitions under existing CCS frameworks.


The individual will be responsible for:

  • Maintaining an accurate and up to date pipeline of hardware procurements and contracts and interacting with stakeholders to both ensure their needs are represented on the pipeline and to ensure they are aware when commercial activity will need to start;
  • Building and sharing market knowledge regarding the IT hardware market, and using that market knowledge to shape requirements and commercial approaches;
  • Planning and running procurements for required hardware and associated services, recommending the appropriate sourcing route, running the procurement process (including advising stakeholders as to how they need to contribute), making recommendations into governance and finalising effective contracts.
  • Providing commercial management of the resultant contracts and, through advice and oversight, ensure that stakeholders are performing appropriate operational management of the contracts.
  • Reviewing the pipeline and existing contracts to identify saving opportunities; register and plan for the delivery of such savings and report on progress

You'll have relevant experience in:


Essential Skills:


  • Good stakeholder management and communication skills;
  • Experience of running procurements through CCS IT frameworks;
  • Negotiation skills;
  • Ability to manage a busy workload with competing priorities;
  • Contract and supplier management.

Desirable Skills:


  • Experience of IT hardware procurement;
  • Knowledge of the IT hardware market;

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

  • Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._

Job Type:
Temporary contract

Contract length: 6 months


Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Manchester


Reference ID:
PSR1JP
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