Army - Commercial Procurement Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 12 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £29,580 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | A pension contribution of 28.97% based on the listed salary. |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 12 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | BT28 3NP |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Ministry of Defence |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 406727 |
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We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join this fast paced and constantly evolving professional environment and form the core of the Army’s commercial professionals. This is a fascinating, challenging role in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Commercial Function, with a direct impact on procuring and purchasing the key items to enable the British military to conduct its various operational functions.
The Northern Ireland team is a small specialist team based in Lisburn whose primary role is to respond to our most urgent, mission critical and operational requirements, while also managing a portfolio of high value and often complex contracts. The team is made up of experienced commercial officers and as the role is forward deployed the team must be able to function unsupervised.
The role offers an exciting and challenging opportunity to develop or enhance a professional career in the commercial function within the context of the Army and the MOD.
Key responsibilities:
Procurement of nominated requirements as allocated by the Field Army (FA) Commercial Business Partner or Team Leader (TL) ensuring the requirements are pro-actively managed from definition to contract award.
Defining the requirement and route to market, ensuring all approvals are in place, advertising, evaluating, and awarding the contract in collaboration with the Army customer and building and maintaining good working relationships with the customer team, the supplier, and other key stakeholders and ensuring the contract is managed once live.
Build and maintain their effectiveness by ensuring that they keep up to date with procurement, broader commercial and HR policy developments that affect them or their team. They will ensure they keep up to date with the tools and systems used to support procurements and payments including Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) and Contract, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) and they must be familiar with these.
The Northern Ireland Team, while forward deployed, is part of the Army Commercial team, and the postholder is expected to contribute to wider activities that contribute to the overall team’s objectives when requested.
Management:
Ensure all data required for planning and reporting is up-to-date and that the team fully understand the importance of accurate MI and the impact that this has on business decisions.
Ensure commercial activity is conducted in accordance with current Procurement Regulations and Government procurement policy.
Ensure up to date knowledge management on all new commercial policy and directive changes. Liaise with other peer groups and commercial colleagues within and Pan MOD to ensure best commercial practice has been adopted in developing strategies.
Improve commercial awareness throughout the Army customer base and promote the Commercial team.
Procure and Contract Manage:
Establishing and maintaining positive working relationships within all areas within the Army, specifically Northern Ireland, ensuring requirements are placed on contract in a timely and effective manner, meeting both Army Commercial and Customer needs.
The preparation, drafting, approval, issue, evaluation and award documentation (within Commercial Licence delegation) of all contracts within the team’s remit.
Implementation of procurement strategies, creating taut contract terms both financially and commercially, chairing Tender Evaluation Boards and taking the lead in negotiations with commercial firms within delegated authority.
Make full use of the MOD systems for contract drafting and procurement activities.
Ensure all contracts and amendments are placed and payments made MOD payment tool and ensuring that Government Transparency policy is implemented through use of the DSP where appropriate.
Examine, negotiate and authorise non-competitive contract amendments within delegated authority.
Provide a reactive and resourceful response to emerging commercial issues and risks, often delivering crisis management/problem solving when required to the local team, commercial senior management, and the Army customer.
Remote working within this role is something that can be discussed at interview stages or with your future line manager if you are found successful.
Please note, candidates will be redirected to the Civil Service Jobs website where you will need to submit your application form. Please note the closing date above is incorrect and cannot be amended so please check the closing date on Civil Service Jobs and allow enough time to submit your application form.
The Northern Ireland team is a small specialist team based in Lisburn whose primary role is to respond to our most urgent, mission critical and operational requirements, while also managing a portfolio of high value and often complex contracts. The team is made up of experienced commercial officers and as the role is forward deployed the team must be able to function unsupervised.
The role offers an exciting and challenging opportunity to develop or enhance a professional career in the commercial function within the context of the Army and the MOD.
Key responsibilities:
Procurement of nominated requirements as allocated by the Field Army (FA) Commercial Business Partner or Team Leader (TL) ensuring the requirements are pro-actively managed from definition to contract award.
Defining the requirement and route to market, ensuring all approvals are in place, advertising, evaluating, and awarding the contract in collaboration with the Army customer and building and maintaining good working relationships with the customer team, the supplier, and other key stakeholders and ensuring the contract is managed once live.
Build and maintain their effectiveness by ensuring that they keep up to date with procurement, broader commercial and HR policy developments that affect them or their team. They will ensure they keep up to date with the tools and systems used to support procurements and payments including Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) and Contract, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) and they must be familiar with these.
The Northern Ireland Team, while forward deployed, is part of the Army Commercial team, and the postholder is expected to contribute to wider activities that contribute to the overall team’s objectives when requested.
Management:
Ensure all data required for planning and reporting is up-to-date and that the team fully understand the importance of accurate MI and the impact that this has on business decisions.
Ensure commercial activity is conducted in accordance with current Procurement Regulations and Government procurement policy.
Ensure up to date knowledge management on all new commercial policy and directive changes. Liaise with other peer groups and commercial colleagues within and Pan MOD to ensure best commercial practice has been adopted in developing strategies.
Improve commercial awareness throughout the Army customer base and promote the Commercial team.
Procure and Contract Manage:
Establishing and maintaining positive working relationships within all areas within the Army, specifically Northern Ireland, ensuring requirements are placed on contract in a timely and effective manner, meeting both Army Commercial and Customer needs.
The preparation, drafting, approval, issue, evaluation and award documentation (within Commercial Licence delegation) of all contracts within the team’s remit.
Implementation of procurement strategies, creating taut contract terms both financially and commercially, chairing Tender Evaluation Boards and taking the lead in negotiations with commercial firms within delegated authority.
Make full use of the MOD systems for contract drafting and procurement activities.
Ensure all contracts and amendments are placed and payments made MOD payment tool and ensuring that Government Transparency policy is implemented through use of the DSP where appropriate.
Examine, negotiate and authorise non-competitive contract amendments within delegated authority.
Provide a reactive and resourceful response to emerging commercial issues and risks, often delivering crisis management/problem solving when required to the local team, commercial senior management, and the Army customer.
Remote working within this role is something that can be discussed at interview stages or with your future line manager if you are found successful.
Please note, candidates will be redirected to the Civil Service Jobs website where you will need to submit your application form. Please note the closing date above is incorrect and cannot be amended so please check the closing date on Civil Service Jobs and allow enough time to submit your application form.