Commercial Director

This is an exciting opportunity to bring your professional skills to a highly respected organisation and contribute to the fantastic things that we do every day., The Commercial Director is responsible for the delivery of a wide range of commercial services to NHSBT and is the sole and senior key point of contact within the organisation for all matters relating to procurement and the commercial aspects of sales. Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing, developing, and implementing NHSBTs overarching commercial strategy, developing the associated policies and procedures, and promulgating them effectively. Within this, to work proactively with key business leaders in developing specific strategies for the procurement of NHSBTs key consumables / services and major projects, as well as developing strategies for sales growth in key markets.
• Developing and delivering commercial training and awareness programmes across NHSBT, in order to raise the profile and level of skills, embed common standards and maintain awareness of the legal environment around public sector procurement and associated government and departmental spending rules.
• Leading, developing & coaching a commercial team, which is geographically dispersed, with a significant presence based in Bristol.
• Maintaining a forward pipeline of procurement projects, including many of a highly critical and strategic nature to NHSBTs objectives and leading the team in the delivery thereof, setting priorities and overseeing their completion through to approvals and execution and ensuring effective contract management is in place at all times thereafter.
  
  We are looking for a Commercial Director with exceptional leadership skills as well as strong interpersonal and negotiating ability, to be able to develop and lead high performing teams, acting as an advocate for change.
With responsibility for the overall management of a budget of £180m, you will be accountable for the delivery of a wide range of commercial services to NHSBT and will be the key point of contact within the organisation for all commercial matters. You will lead the finance function to ensure it continues to evolve into an excellent and high functioning team. You will oversee commercial policy, practice and compliance and be a point of guidance on all commercial related matters.

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you'll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too.