Commercial Lead | NHS England
| Posting date: | 24 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,972 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 July 2024 |
| Location: | London / Leeds, SE1 8UG |
| Company: | Health Education England |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6421931/990-S3-COR-2-N-2107-A |
Summary
The team has responsibility for all NHS England commercial activity for 3rd party spend, across all areas of the commercial lifecycle including Market Management, Commercial Strategy, Procurement, Contract Management and Strategic Supplier Relationship Management. The scale of the team is significant with responsibility for over 4,400 live contracts with a total lifetime value of over £14bn and a pipeline of over 2,000 procurements with estimated values of over £11bn. This is one of the largest and most complex commercial portfolios across government and gives colleagues the opportunity to work on high value and high complexity commercial delivery that has a direct and positive impact on patient care.
The Commercial Partnering and Solutions Team exists to support the new NHS England Directorates with their commercial requirements and to lead on establishing the commercial strategy for significant commercial projects.
Our Team Objectives are:
• To be the Directorate business partner at all levels.
• To develop a cohesive commercial pipeline to ensure the delivery teams have a forward plan of demand.
• To develop the commercial strategy and solution and help the delivery teams deliver against the requirements.
• To be solution driven and find the right solutions that create the best chance of delivering the business objectives.
There are two Partnering and Solutions teams;
1. Digital (Transformation Directorate)
2. Clinical
This is an exciting new role in the newly formed Commercial Partnering and Solutions - Clinical team. The Commercial Lead – Partnering and Solutions, will report to the Head of Commercial and will act as a business partner to the Directorates, providing strategic commercial advice and supporting with the development of commercial pipelines to aid business planning. The role will support on strategic commercial projects, often for NHS England’s highest-impact commercial arrangements in terms of criticality, reputational risk and value and will therefore need to proactively drive commercial input and ensure best industry practice, added value and reduce risks.
The role will support embedding new ways of working with commercial across NHS England and providing support to Directorates on their commercial activity. It will require working closely and collaboratively with colleagues across the Commercial Directorate, in particular the Commercial Delivery – Clinical team.
This role is for someone with procurement and commercial experience, who is looking to drive strategic and positive commercial outcomes to Directorates and support with complex commercial arrangements.
The role requires experience of operating with a diverse group of senior stakeholders and have effective and extensive stakeholder engagement skills to gain credibility quickly.
NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS. Through our seven regional teams, NHS England supports local integrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care – to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently. From April 2023, NHS England, Health Education England and NHS Digital has become one single organisation “NHS England”, putting workforce, data, digital and technology at the heart of our plans to transform the NHS.
Why join us
People are central to what we do – both in terms of our patient-led care but just as importantly, our brilliant team. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and compassionate workforce supporting everyone to reach their full potential.
You’ll be joining a supportive and friendly team where you can truly be yourself. You’ll also have access to fantastic benefits such as our pension scheme, great annual leave entitlement and flexible working opportunities to give you the work/life balance that suits your lifestyle and caring responsibilities.
If you are passionate about commercial and procurement and want to make a tangible difference to people’s lives, join us on this exciting journey.
Please see job description for more information but for an informal discussion please contact;
Kate Cassidy
Kate.cassidy2@nhs.net
We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, especially disabled, female, and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates.
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This advert closes on Monday 8 Jul 2024