Commercial Procurement Manager Digital
| Posting date: | 01 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 May 2024 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK42 9AW |
| Company: | Reed Talent Solutions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | MaPS00379-288210 |
Summary
Commercial Procurement Manager Digital
c.£70,000 per annum
Bedford
Permanent
Hybrid Working
As a Commercial Procurement Manager Digital, you will be responsible for managing and delivering commercial activity in the digital sector, as well as supporting the business category when needed. Your main responsibilities will be to design and implement commercial models that drive value for money and align with the strategic objectives of the organisation. You will also lead and conduct market engagement, analysis and testing to inform the commercial and operational decisions. Your role will involve negotiating and drafting contracts with key suppliers, ensuring quality and business continuity.
Your role will also involve supporting contract mobilisation and management and provide commercial support in situations of under-performance. You will act as a commercial leader and champion in the organisation and contribute to the transformation of the commercial function. It is important for you to demonstrate experience and knowledge across the full commercial lifecycle, as well as skills in managing complexity, risk, market insight, decisiveness, and relationship building.
The Role
The Commercial Procurement Manager will report directly to the Category Lead for Corporate and Business Services. In this role you will be responsible for the following:
- Primarily this role will be working in the digital sector alongside assisting the business category on occasion.
- Manage and deliver commercial activity effectively and in accordance with EU Procurement Directives and HMG procurement policies, manage and mitigate financial, legal, commercial, operational and reputational risks.
- Design commercial models including payment and performance framework which drive value for money while also enabling the achievement of the strategic objectives of programmes and projects.
- Promote and lead market engagement activity pre-procurement to shape the requirements and test the commercial model and T&Cs.
- Undertake market analysis and testing in order to inform the commercial and operational decisions while also keeping abreast of markets and costs.
- Negotiate with key suppliers, ensuring value for money without compromising quality and business continuity.
- Develop and draft agreements and contracts in collaboration with commercial lawyers and contract business owners, ensuring they are fit for purpose and protect MaPS without limiting the competition and market interest.
- Support contract mobilisation activities
- Contribute to manage suppliers’ performance monitoring KPIs and achievement of milestones and providing commercial support in situations of under-performance.
- Develop working relationships with Contracts Managers and Suppliers so that good working practices are introduced, maintained/improved and roles and responsibilities are clearly set out and robust.
- Manage contract variations and payments of suppliers in line with the payment model agreed in the contract
- Act as first line of response for all queries related to the contract, escalating to line manager and when appropriate to commercial lawyers.
- Act as a commercial leader in MaPS raising commercial awareness across the organisation and championing the value of commercial
- Take responsibility to shape and deliver the transformation of MaPS commercial function.
Skills and Experience:
You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
- Commercial Focus: experience and/or demonstrable knowledge across the full commercial lifecycle in the digital and/or technology category of spend.
- Risk Mindset: ability to offer strong judgement and decision making around risk and risk mitigations keeping in mind the ultimate goal.
- Market Insight: knowledge of market drivers and behaviours
- Decisive: Able to operate in a dynamic and fast-pacing environment and to make sound decisions and recommendations.
- Builds Relationships and Influencing: Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to build credibility with partners/stakeholders and constructively challenge situations where needed to improve outcomes.
If you’re already a MaPS employee, and as part of our Talent Strategy, we’re committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress, and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we're passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing recruitment@maps.org.uk
The Money and Pensions Service is in the process of moving our head office to Bedford, where we will be a key employer in the town. We are keen and excited to be recruiting for a variety of roles as we build our new team(s) over the coming months.
We are already forging great relationships with Bedford Borough Council and other local organisations to ensure that we are an active part of the community and fully integrated to play our part in the Government’s “levelling-up” strategy. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to be one of the first colleagues to join us in Bedford and to be an integral part of helping us establish ourselves in the town.
At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people in and around Bedford to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves to our values: -
- Caring
We care about our colleagues and people whose lives we are here to transform. - Connecting
We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections. - Transforming
We are committed to transforming lives and make a positive societal impact.
About MaPS
At MaPS, we help people – particularly those most in need – to improve their financial wellbeing and build a better, more confident future. Working collaboratively across the UK, we make sure customers can access high-quality money and pensions guidance and debt advice throughout their lives, however and whenever they need it.
About our people
In our move to Bedford, we aim to attract and retain the absolute best talent, so we can achieve our objectives and continue to make a difference to millions of people’s lives. We are keen to encourage applications from individuals across the whole community with the skills, knowledge, and behaviours for the job, and who show a strong commitment to MaPS’ objectives, values, and vision. It is important to us that we continue our ambition to be a genuinely diverse and inclusive organisation, so that we reflect the people we are here to help.
Our inclusive working environment
By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds.
We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to “bring their whole selves to work.”
By way of brief example, we have an enviable ethnic diversity mix, equal gender balance with a zero mean gender pay gap and thriving colleague and ally networks, including LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women’s health, men's health, ethnicity, and diversity.
What Money and Pensions Service can offer you:
- Generous Annual Leave – 30 days plus Bank Holidays
- Pension scheme – contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary)
- Interest-free loan to help you buy season tickets for buses and trains
- Cycle to work Scheme
- Subsidised eye test & flu jabs
- Life assurance scheme
- Give as you earn scheme
- Employee assistance programme (EAP)
- PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing)
- Enhanced family and sick pay
- Paid volunteering (2 days a year)
- Recognition Scheme
- Discounts portal to numerous retailers
At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. Most of our roles can operate on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, noncontractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Job Reference: MaPS00379
Close Date: Monday 13th March 2024
What Money and Pensions Service can offer you:
- Generous Annual Leave – 30 days plus Bank Holidays
- Pension scheme – contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary)
- Interest-free loan to help you buy season tickets for buses and trains
- Cycle to work Scheme
- Subsidised eye test & flu jabs
- Life assurance scheme
- Give as you earn scheme
- Employee assistance programme (EAP)
- PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing)
- Enhanced family and sick pay
- Paid volunteering (2 days a year)
- Recognition Scheme
- Discounts portal to numerous retailers
At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. Most of our roles can operate on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, noncontractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Job Reference: MaPS00379
Close Date: Monday 13th March 2024
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