Commercial Category Manager (6 vacancies)
| Posting date: | 04 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £34,233 to £36,577 per year |
| Additional salary information: | This role attracts an additional allowance of up to £4,000 per annum, depending on level of qualification. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 April 2025 |
| Location: | Swansea |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 399114/3 |
Summary
Do you have experience of public sector procurement?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Commercial Category Manager will deliver an effective, and improving, commercial service covering all aspects of the commercial cycle, including pre-procurement and market engagement activity, procurement, and contract management and benefits realisation.
The job holder will operate within a regulated public sector procurement environment consistent with the Government Commercial Function (GCF) Commercial Operating Standards for Government.
The role holder will be part of be an integral category team responsible for the end-to-end commercial cycle of a category/s. The role holder will support their team through the transition from a disaggregated approach to the commercial cycle to the full introduction of Commercial Category Management.
This particular role will initially operate in a defined category with a value of c£100m. We are looking for dynamic individuals and it is expected that over time staff will be able to operate in any given category.
The role holder will be responsible for supporting the Senior Commercial Category Manager, contributing to category strategies for their Category, which will be signed off by the business and at DVSA board level. The category strategy will inform the category approach, with all members of the category team adhering to the strategy to deliver the required outputs & performance of the category. These strategies will identify cashable and non-cashable efficiencies to directly benefit the business.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Lead and support on procurements throughout the whole
commercial cycle in compliance with the Government Commercial
Function Sourcing Playbooks - Provide commercial guidance and advice to the business in relation
to their assigned sub-category. - Work in collaboration with other managers across all functions for
the good of DVSA and to create a high performing and well-respected Agency. - Engage and collaborate with a range of internal and external
stakeholders.
Please see the Candidate Pack attached to this job advert for more information about the role and responsibilities.
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