Commercial Business Partner

Description: Role OverviewNest are recruiting for Commercial Business Partner for a 12 month Fixed Term Contract. We are looking for an experienced public sector procurement professional with knowledge of PCR 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023 to provide professional and effective procurement, commercial and contract support across the business ensuring value for money and transparency are achieved.The employee will be able to demonstrate the following experience and technical skills,

• hybrid of office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, once - twice a week, or more, as required)


• reduce or vary working hours


• reduce or vary the days worked


• work from home (or a different location)


• work compressed hours


• job share
  
  Good understanding of Managing Public Money, PCR 2015


• Excellent knowledge of the Procurement Act 2023 (including relevant training), legal and regulatory requirements


• A thorough understanding of the new Procurement Reforms


• Experience of running end to end procurement exercises including premarket engagement, drafting tender and contractual documents and evaluating tenders


• Experience of managing more complex, high value procurements


• Experience of supporting commercial agreements in either the public or private sector and reviewing terms and conditions


• Experience of using on-line tender portals


• Experience of purchasing a wide variety of goods and services


• A good understanding of Social Value in procurements


• Good understanding of how contractual arrangements work at an operational level.


• Fair knowledge of contract law and an ability to advise on contract and commercial aspects including those instances where a claim or conflict arises.


• Demonstrable experience of contract law or legal knowledge advantageous


• Experience in the private sector


• A team player willing to support other team members
  
  Directorate/Department OverviewThe Commercial Procurement team is a part of the Central Support Services Directorate which also includes the Finance, HR, IT, Central Change, Facilities, Internal Comms and Commercial Management teams. The Commercial Procurement team consists of a Head of, three commercial business partners, a commercial procurement co-ordinator and a commercial procurement analyst.The Commercial Procurement team are responsible for providing professional and effective procurement, commercial and contract support across the business ensuring value for money and transparency are achieved.The bulk of the Corporation's expenditure is on external services. Third party spend is around £20m/£25m p.a. and growing. Procurement and contract management activity on the scale and complexity of Nest Corporation's demands an exceptionally strong team of experienced people from a variety of backgrounds, including procurement expertise, programme and project management