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Defence Business Services (DBS) - Procurement Services Lead

Job details
Posting date: 23 April 2025
Salary: £44,590 per year, pro rata
Additional salary information: A pension contribution of 28.97% based on the listed salary
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 23 May 2025
Location: Norcross - Tomlinson House, FY5 3WP
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week
Company: Ministry of Defence
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 402294

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Summary

DBS Procurement Services Team supports MOD operations by providing systems based support to procurement activity. Our aim is to utilise MOD's contracting, purchasing and finance system to support the delivery of a single end to end e-procurement capability that provides a modern and transformed procurement to pay process.

As a Senior Executive Officer you will have responsibility for managing business operations and performance in three Procurement Services teams in the DBS Finance Procurement Civilian Services Business Area. As MOD transforms its current systems to a cloud based solution you will support and manage the implementation of any strategic decisions made in terms of organisational design or service delivery changes.

In this role you will:

Ensure the delivery of satisfactory performance across teams
Behave in accordance with DBS values and partnering principles.
Fulfill Line Management responsibilities in accordance with Departmental guidance and timetable.
Provide and managing any relevant statistical data in accordance with Departmental requirements, ensuring productivity measurements and targets are met.
Support major system change activities including Journey to Cloud (J2C) and other system changes and implementations.
Build capability and knowledge across the teams to manage peaks and troughs in demand for services.
Ensure training guides are regularly reviewed and updated as required.
Provide advice and guidance to users and stakeholders through delivery of User Groups, Operational Guides, complex incident resolution and Help Desk guides.
Meet management information reporting obligations including KPIs & PIs and any targets in the SLA.
Maintain and build effective working relationships with MOD Finance & Commercial Functions.
Have responsibility for business continuity arrangements & continuous improvement within the Procurement Services area

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