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Deputy Commercial Head – Synergy Programme
1 year ago
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We’re looking for people who are flexible, intuitive and are comfortable taking high levels of volume, speed and complexity in their stride.
- Lead end-to-end procurement activity for transformed future Shared Services and required Synergy Client-side support contracts, as well as supporting exit activities from existing departmental contracts.
- Working closely with the other Synergy workstreams, and in partnership with our Government Legal Department colleagues, to lead and manage all end-to-end procurement activities. Identify, and mitigate against commercial and legal risks across all procurements and contracts.
- Producing Business Case Commercial Case from OBC to FBC and the end-to-end approvals and support the SCS1 lead through all governance requirements.
- Supporting the design, benchmarking, set up and mobilisation of payment mechanisms linked to Model Services Contract.
- Develop and maintain a pipeline of current and future Synergy support contracts.
- Manage all Contracts associated with the delivery of the Synergy Programme
- Prepare BPS ITT, execute procurement for future BPS, supported by a commercial strategy for service continuity.
- Prepare for and execute the extension of incumbent share services across the Cluster Departments.
- Draft the Commercial Case as part of Synergy’s Full Business Case that delivers significant savings across Government for all procurements regardless of stage in the commercial lifecycle.
Technical skills
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Risk Mindset – Ability to analyse commercial risks and understand margins of error in developing recommendations for Customers and/or key stakeholders
- Manages Complexity – Experience of having had a leading role in complex commercial activities, with demonstrable experience across the commercial lifecycle
- Decisive – Defends the Programme’s position with conviction, demonstrating resilience in interactions with suppliers and across the team and across organisations
- Commercial Focus – Ability to deliver commercial strategies based on market analysis, deep understanding of business needs; ability to identify commercial trade-offs, understanding of suppliers strengths/ weakness and cost drivers
- Builds Relationships – Promotes commercial awareness across the department and gains buy in to commercial advice by articulating the commercial deal succinctly including description of implementation challenges and risks
- Procurement Process – Experience in the development of strategies for high value/risk, critical/complex procurements and playing a leading role in the implementation and end to end delivery of these