Commercial Practitioner in Lancashire

Commercial Practitioner

Contract Length: Until end of Financial Year- possible extension

Location: Blackpool or Manchester – 2 days per week in the office

Pay Rate: up to £440/day (UMB)

Responsibilities:

• Seamlessly deliver commercial services throughout the department whilst providing the best service and value possible.
• Leading the development and on-going management of commercial strategies at a departmental level.
• Working with stakeholders at all levels (internal and external) to develop strategy and tactics for procurement category initiatives.
• Deliver agreed cost savings objectives
• Provide commercial advice to a wide range of stakeholders to support colleagues with market engagement, sourcing, tendering and a wide range of procurement activities
• Build trusted relationships with suppliers to hold professional discussions regarding contract information such as KPI’s/SLA’s, payment models, clause interpretation etc.
• Reviewing and advising on governance documents and processes such as papers for Commercial Board, Programme Board, gated project submissions etc.
• Identify and implement continuous improvements to drive best practice throughout the category

Experience:

• Experience of working on complex procurement / commercial project(s) including category and contract management, supplier management, managing commercial risk and a track record of delivery
• You will have good industry knowledge and category insights to provide knowledge-based challenges to senior stakeholders
• Be able to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships
• You will be commercially astute with strong communication negotiation and influencing skills.

Qualifications:

• CIPS/IACCM desirable but not essential

Successful candidates will need to do a DBS.

The standard hours of work are 37 hours per week.