Senior Commercial Manager - People Services

The Cabinet Office and HM Treasury operate at the heart of the UK government. These iconic departments are responsible for ensuring the effective running of government, maintaining control over public spending and working to achieve strong and sustainable growth for the UK.
The Cabinet Office & HM Treasury (COHMT) Commercial team has a vision to be a top performing commercial function in government, setting best practices for others to follow. It offers a unique challenge to commercial professionals who want to work on some of the UK’s most important policy issues. The team works in partnership with all areas of the business, providing a commercial service that covers planning, commercial strategy, sourcing and contract management on circa £1bn of third party spend.
The COHMT Commercial team operates with our core values in mind which are:
We are Curious, Collaborative and Kind, we act with Integrity and are Focused on value for money.
We are looking for a Senior Commercial Manager to join our team, who will have a significant impact in strengthening commercial acumen across the departments and ultimately delivering value for taxpayers
The COHMT commercial team has recently undergone a change to its operating model and is now organised into spend category teams which are supplemented by business partners and embedded commercial teams in specialist areas and programmes. The directorate is supported by a central team responsible for the overall strategy and enabling functions.
You will be required to work directly with our customers to influence commercial strategy and decision making, and drive value for money in commercial activity.
You will use your commercial expertise and stakeholder management skills to advise across all areas of the commercial lifecycle, from setting the initial commercial strategy to advising on effective contract and supplier management once a contract is live. You will also be responsible for raising commercial awareness and improving commercial compliance across the business areas you support through proactive engagement with key stakeholders., + Provide front line commercial advice to customers for new procurement activity, advising on commercial strategy and planning, including liaising with Crown Commercial Service (CCS) to enable the procurement activity of the department;
+ Work with business areas to build a robust commercial pipeline, contributing to effective forward planning for commercial activity;
+ Work with the Head of Category and other commercial team members to enable continual improvement and commercial capability development across the department;
+ Advise on and shape requirements, helping business unit customers to act as intelligent customers to CCS;
+ Run procurements from CCS Frameworks;
+ Work with customers to maintain accurate commercial records in the Contract Management System (Atamis);
+ Advise customers on the effective management of contracts for the business area, helping to ensure that Contract Management best practice is implemented for all live contracts;
+ Assess commercial data for both accuracy and audit purposes and provide input to management reports and other requests for information;
+ Actively work to build positive relationships at all levels across the department to increase commercial awareness and engagement;
+ Support commercial colleagues in their development;
+ Ensure effective Supplier Relationship Management across all contracts;
+ Work as directed by the Category Lead to achieve business and department objectives;
+ Contribute to creating a great place to work, championing diversity and inclusive ways of working and proactively participating in improvement activities across the Commercial Directorate, We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Changing and Improving
+ Delivering at Pace, Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.
Any move to Cabinet Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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+ Significant experience in a commercial and/or contract management role where you have demonstrated an analytical approach, good problem-solving and strong negotiation skills, ideally within the public sector;
+ Significant understanding of commercial, contract and supplier relationship management techniques and demonstrable experience of applying them in practice;
+ Demonstrable experience of managing the delivery of multiple activities in parallel within a fast-paced environment with limited oversight;
+ Understanding of commercial governance and approvals processes
+ Experience of building and managing effective relationships with customers, suppliers and senior internal stakeholders
+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
+ Pro-active and forward thinking
+ Strong IT skills - Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint
Desirable Criteria
+ Knowledge of the procurement routes available in Government or experience working in a regulated environment
+ Experience in a leadership or mentoring capacity
+ Hold relevant commercial qualifications such as IACCM/MCIPS

Alongside your salary of £42,382, Cabinet Office contributes £12,278 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
+ Learning and development tailored to your role.
+ An environment with flexible working options.
+ A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
+ A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%.
+ A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.