In your application, please address as many of the criteria of PART ONE as you can. Those candidates that are subsequently taken forward to the longlist will also have PART TWO assessed.
PART ONE
Highly desirable qualifications
- Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Level 6.
Essential skills and experience
- Experience in successfully designing, implementing and managing a commercial strategy and strong control framework for complex outsourcing contracts, in either the public or private sector.
- Proven experience in leading a team and building their capacity.
- Evidence of successfully managing significant outsourced service agreements (>£150m PA), ideally including the transition of services in and out of such agreements.
- Demonstrable commercial expertise and business acumen resulting in appropriate and innovative strategies to deliver on required business outcomes, whilst achieving value for money and balancing risk.
- Demonstrable experience of communicating complex commercial and contractual concepts clearly and concisely with the ability to adapt approaches to differing audiences.
- Demonstrably outstanding consultancy skills, whether internal or external; ability to gain credibility and influence through network development, strong stakeholder engagement and effective communication skills.
- Evidence of successful negotiation skills, likely to have been gained from multiple large deals. Able to demonstrate examples of having been able to secure a deal, while maintaining strong customer/supplier relationships.
Essential technical knowledge
- Advanced knowledge and skills commercial and contract management techniques and methods across the full commercial lifecycle.
- Knowledge of applicable UK central Government commercial policies and compliance requirements, ideally with a working knowledge of the Public Contract Regulations.
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to review, challenge and utilise data and information.
- Demonstrate a Risk Mindset – experienced in effective identification, proportionate assessment and management of commercial and supply chain risks and issues in accordance with Government guidelines and best practices.
Desirable experience
- Experience in successful stakeholder management and influence at all levels, through formal governance forums and informally, to ensure senior-level buy-in and delivery from internal colleagues and teams, suppliers/delivery partners and other external stakeholders.
- Proven experience in enabling the digital transformation of customer-facing elements of large-scale contracts.
PART TWO
Knowledge, Skills and behaviours
- Positive “can do “attitude.
- Is solution and outcome focused.
- Seeks continuous improvement and will challenge the status quo of quality.
- A collegiate team player who can take others with them.
- The ability to support the development of others through sharing technical knowledge, coaching and mentoring.