Contracting Authority: Government Client
Contract Length: 12- Months Contract
Clearance: CTC/NPPV2
Skills and Experience Required
•Strong background in commercial management / procurement, ideally within professional or consultancy services.
•Proven experience managing complex, high-value contracts in fast paced environments.
•Ability to handle urgent and evolving demand, with limited forward pipeline.
•Strong stakeholder engagement skills, particularly with senior and transformation-focused teams.
•Sound understanding of public sector procurement and governance (desirable).
Essential:
• A successful career in procurement with typically 4 + years category management experience with demonstrable achievements centred of best value and efficiency via leading edge category solutions
• A comprehensive understanding of Procurement Legislation (Public Contract Regulations and Procurement Act 2023)
• Demonstrable ability of using MI from systems to inform decision making and deliver optimum commercial solutions
• Experience of working at senior levels with internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrates strategic thinking, able to identify a vision along with the plans that need to be implemented to achieve the end goal
• Extensive Category Management experience and knowledge
• Ability to lead negotiations with suppliers, develop negotiation plans and strategies
• Excellent understanding of sourcing and procurement methodologies, as well as relevant Public Sector processes, policy and governance
• Highly effective communicator who can work with a range of senior stakeholders and managers
• Ability to change and adapt in order to work effectively in a variety of situations
• Ability to understand and appreciate different and opposing perspectives
• Ability to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others. You can draw from a range of strategies to persuade people in a way that results in agreement or behaviour change.