Commercial Services

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Commercial Function are responsible for delivering end-to-end commercial lifecycle management and supporting the wider business in working with third party suppliers. The MPS spends over £840 million each year on a diverse range of goods and services, from large property service & construction projects to complex IT services, response vehicles to forensics equipment. Managing that expenditure well enables us to make it go further, with better outcomes, underpinning the delivery of our service to London and beyond. The Commercial Services Function's ambition is to be the 'to be the most influential public sector commercial function in the UK' and is working to deliver the following strategic aims:

• Maintain an ethical high performing commercial capability.
• Deliver sustainable value through engagement with our suppliers, customers, partners, and markets.
• Improving and simplifying how we work.
• Realising positive outcomes through commercial policy.
Our commercial activity covers procurement where we buy goods and services as effectively as possible. We also manage the commercial relationships with all outsourced suppliers, working in partnership and through modern contract management practices. The Commercial Services team is organised in a way to work in partnership with the different business areas across the MPS, providing excellent service to our internal customers and stakeholders. Maximising revenue and ensuring value for money for the MPS is our focus and this drives us to work with the business to define new ways of working that are more efficient, effective, and affordable. Like most organisations the MPS is transforming the way we both police London and run the business to meet ever more, demanding challenges - the Commercial Services Function is a key enabler of these changes. This means that there are more opportunities for you to get involved with making London the safest global city in a time of unprecedented change within the UK's largest Police Service. Overview of the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Pillar Relentless data driven delivery and innovation is integral to how the Met will prevent and fight crime now and in the future. As a key enabler to this mission, the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Commercial Pillar Team, within Commercial Services, plays a key role in supporting the DDaT department within the Met to meet this mission. The DDaT Commercial team is service led and people focused. Procuring and managing some of the Met's most strategic suppliers and critical contracts, including infrastructure services, cyber security, Command & Control, Connect, software, radios and body worn video, the team maintains a flexible resource model, working collaboratively across the organisation to lead commercial delivery across the entire commercial life cycle. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team that is working at pace to shape itself and deliver a high quality, end to end commercial service, supporting the Met in seizing the opportunities of data and digital technology to be a world leader in policing. Role Description This is an exciting and varied role, which will give you the chance to support all aspects of the commercial life cycle within MPS. You will provide essential commercial support to senior commercial staff within the Commercial team and the wider business, working on specific tasks within the Software category. This role supports all aspects of Category, Sourcing and Contract Management within the Digital, Data and Technology pillar. You will contribute to delivering Commercial Excellence for the Met, providing a customer focused service, understanding the business need and stakeholder drivers, with the aim of becoming a trusted commercial advisor. You will also support development of relationships with MPS's key and strategic suppliers, driving value for money and risk management excellence across the category. The role will enable you to develop your skills, experience and knowledge of business, commercial and procurement principles, processes, and practices. It will also provide training opportunities for your continued professional development. Primarily, your activity and support will be to sourcing, procurement and contract management teams and staff, working across the life cycle to give strategic advice on major programmes and helping to define the 'needs' on BAU requirements, through the contracting process and onto commercial contract management., What does the average day look like? Your core duties will include (but are not limited to):
• With the support of more experienced commercial colleagues being the commercial lead on a number of sourcing activities across the Software category. Providing commercial support and guidance to stakeholders you will be responsible for running the end-to-end sourcing process through market engagement, assessing procurement routes, evaluating sourcing options, undertaking supplier negotiations, and agreeing contracts.
• Being responsible for a number of contracts and undertaking contract management activities such as executing change control, monitoring supplier performance and managing supplier relationships.
• Using data from a range of systems to create insights to help drive value for money, improvements to efficiency and identify best practice opportunities.
  
  Effective communicator who can build working relationships with a range of colleagues and stakeholders.
• Able to proactively manage and prioritise your own workload to deliver to deadlines and know when to seek support when needing to balance both operationally urgent and important tasks.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to deal with enquiries, requests, complaints/escalations in a professional and proactive manner even under pressure.
• Good numeracy skills and attention to detail, able to analyse and interpret diverse and often complex sets of information.
• Strong written & oral communication, report writing and interpersonal skills.
The following are desirable criteria for the post holder:
• Ability to understand commercial imperatives including trading relationships Experience working within a commercial or similar function or demonstrable experience of applying the principles of value for money.
• Basic understanding of sourcing and procurement methodologies, as well as relevant Public Sector processes, policy, and governance.
• Interest or knowledge of ICT systems, security, and data.
  
  Salary: The starting salary is £37,289, which includes allowances totalling £2,841.
The salary is broken down as £34,448 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £36,864. Plus, a location allowance of £1,841 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.