7131 - Commercial Manager - Business Partnering
| Posting date: | 23 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £41,463 to £52,040 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary range is £41,463 - £45,276, London salary range is £47,657 - £52,040. Your salary will be dependent on your base location |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 July 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7131 |
Summary
Job Title Commercial Manager – Business Partnering
Job Grade SEO
Job Location National
Contract Type Permanent
Business Area Ministry of Justice Commercial
Working pattern Full-time
Number of Posts 1
Commercial
The Ministry of Justice has one of the largest and most complex spending profiles in central government. Each year we spend more than £5 billion with our suppliers and it’s our job to help coordinate the sourcing of what we need. We support the management of our contracts across the department, its agencies and non departmental public bodies.
Commercial is responsible for coordinating procurement and contract management across the MoJ, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies. Commercial is organised into category teams, each with an interesting portfolio of contracts and diverse customers and suppliers to manage. We also have systems, programme management office, supplier relationship and risk management teams who work across all areas.
HMCTS – Commercial Partnering
The HM Courts and Tribunal Services (HMCTS) Commercial Partnering team is a new, exciting and expanding area in Commercial’s already diverse and wide range of commercial support opportunities. Its aim: to ensure HMCTS have the appropriate strategic commercial advice and support, support effective assurance and governance oversight for the directorate by engaging in forward planning, and develop commercial capability and capacity across HMCTS to ensure the business understands what is expected of a “good customer”.
As the Commercial Partner, you will build effective relationships across HMCTS Key stakeholder. You will be responsible for understanding your stakeholders operational priorities and how these translate into commercial pipelines and risks. You will provide commercial expertise and advice where needed, while working across the portfolio to support a variety of initiatives to improve the overall commercial offering to, and capability of HMCTS. This will include developing and delivering training, assessing and building commercial capability and supporting the delivery of the overarching communication/engagement strategy. You may also lead sourcing and/or contract management activity from time to time, where HMCTS requirements cannot be catered for within existing categories.
Role Summary
In this role you will contribute to delivering commercial excellence for the department, providing a customer-focused service, understanding the business need and stakeholder drivers, with the aim of becoming a trusted commercial advisor. You will also develop relationships with the department’s key and strategic suppliers, driving ‘value for money’ and risk management excellence across the category. You will lead and own elements of the overall commercial lifecycle, including strategy and policy development, understanding needs and sourcing options, contract and supplier management and the procurement process itself.
You will work both independently and part of a larger team by drawing on your commercial experience to drive performance and manage setbacks. You will be able to prioritise and manage your own workload to deliver to deadlines, mitigate and escalate any emerging risks and to respond swiftly to changing operational demands.
Job Grade SEO
Job Location National
Contract Type Permanent
Business Area Ministry of Justice Commercial
Working pattern Full-time
Number of Posts 1
Commercial
The Ministry of Justice has one of the largest and most complex spending profiles in central government. Each year we spend more than £5 billion with our suppliers and it’s our job to help coordinate the sourcing of what we need. We support the management of our contracts across the department, its agencies and non departmental public bodies.
Commercial is responsible for coordinating procurement and contract management across the MoJ, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies. Commercial is organised into category teams, each with an interesting portfolio of contracts and diverse customers and suppliers to manage. We also have systems, programme management office, supplier relationship and risk management teams who work across all areas.
HMCTS – Commercial Partnering
The HM Courts and Tribunal Services (HMCTS) Commercial Partnering team is a new, exciting and expanding area in Commercial’s already diverse and wide range of commercial support opportunities. Its aim: to ensure HMCTS have the appropriate strategic commercial advice and support, support effective assurance and governance oversight for the directorate by engaging in forward planning, and develop commercial capability and capacity across HMCTS to ensure the business understands what is expected of a “good customer”.
As the Commercial Partner, you will build effective relationships across HMCTS Key stakeholder. You will be responsible for understanding your stakeholders operational priorities and how these translate into commercial pipelines and risks. You will provide commercial expertise and advice where needed, while working across the portfolio to support a variety of initiatives to improve the overall commercial offering to, and capability of HMCTS. This will include developing and delivering training, assessing and building commercial capability and supporting the delivery of the overarching communication/engagement strategy. You may also lead sourcing and/or contract management activity from time to time, where HMCTS requirements cannot be catered for within existing categories.
Role Summary
In this role you will contribute to delivering commercial excellence for the department, providing a customer-focused service, understanding the business need and stakeholder drivers, with the aim of becoming a trusted commercial advisor. You will also develop relationships with the department’s key and strategic suppliers, driving ‘value for money’ and risk management excellence across the category. You will lead and own elements of the overall commercial lifecycle, including strategy and policy development, understanding needs and sourcing options, contract and supplier management and the procurement process itself.
You will work both independently and part of a larger team by drawing on your commercial experience to drive performance and manage setbacks. You will be able to prioritise and manage your own workload to deliver to deadlines, mitigate and escalate any emerging risks and to respond swiftly to changing operational demands.