Cedar are pleased to be supporting a prestigious council in London with the recruitment of a Senior Commercial Officer to work within the Corporate Services Category.
The role is Permanent and will require you to get into the office in South West London , 1 day per week.
The main purpose of the role is to lead on the delivery of medium value tenders sometimes complex and over threshold from initiation through to mobilisation. You will demonstrate a high level of competency when it comes to commercial awareness and technical expertise across a range of projects within the Category.
You will need to build good working relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including commissioners, senior managers, budget holders and other specialists who are involved all stages of the tender process.
Budget Responsibilities: No budgetary responsibilities. Tenders for contract values are typically £100K-5 Million pounds.
Procurement: Tender values as above (typically managing 6 projects at any one time).
Main Duties:
- Lead medium value/risk tenders through all stages of the process from initiation (Gate 0) to contract mobilisation
- Provide commissioners or other clients with pragmatic and informed advice so that customer outcomes and value for money requirements met or exceeded
- Use specialist knowledge or expertise, e.g. supplier or market research or bench-marking to inform your procurement strategy
- Work collaboratively with legal and other subject matter experts to develop the form of contract, special terms and conditions, KPI's and where appropriate incentive or payment strategies
- Prepare a procurement strategy that describes your procurement findings and recommended approach
- Assess sustainability and social value and work to maximise beneficial impacts arising through the procurement
- Ensure that specifications and outcomes are expressed in a meaningful way that can be priced by the market
- Prepare a tender evaluation report on completion of the tender exercise; Support the mobilisation of the contract prior to handover
- Attend project/review board meetings as required; Ensure effective communication and engagement with stakeholders and partners (including external suppliers)
Essential Requirements:
- CIPS level 4 or above or equivalent by experience
- Extensive experience of running end to end procurements
- Extensive experience of working to PCR2015
- Be able to get into London 1 day week
If you have the relevant experience and want to work within a supportive environment, for an organisation who puts the needs of their communities first then please apply below....