Description:
The Commercial & Procurement Digital Services & Technology Team are seeking individuals to join us at this exciting time as we support our Digital Roads programme and our Digital data and technology strategy. We have a number of vacancies across a range of digital services and technology categories.
We are adopting a category focused approach. Training will be available.
You will be based at one of our regional offices (Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Guildford). We support a flexible working pattern, which will be agreed with your line manager. Regular travel to various offices is essential in this role.
Experience of working in digital services and technology procurement and/or in the public sector is desirable, but not essential to being successful in this role. Your drive, enthusiasm and willingness to engage to deliver value to the business is more important.
If this interests you, then we want to hear from you!
What you’ll be doing
- Assume commercial responsibility for your category and ownership of the category strategies.
- Development, review, negotiation and execution of allocated contracts and the commercial management of related suppliers.
- Identify and deliver cost reduction and value add initiatives that increase efficiency whilst maintaining performance and managing risk.
- Provide commercial support and guidance to a range of stakeholders, ensuring "best outcome" commercial solutions are delivered in line with National Highways objectives, Commercial/Procurement and Category strategies. Ensure enactment of sound governance and practice.
- Deal with complex contract and procurement documents and be able to provide guidance to others on their meaning and use. Work within agreed contract and financial delegations and ensure integrity of the procurement process.
- Drive continual improvement in health and safety performance demonstrating a strong understanding of National Highways Five Year Health & Safety Plan and how Procurement Division contributes to this.
To be successful you'll need
- Experience in delivering procurement and commercial services in a large technology focussed environment with a good understanding of public procurement and legal processes, policies and their application to complex procurements.
- Work collaboratively across a range of stakeholders to support stakeholder management and gain buy-in using appropriate communication channels articulating requirements and potential commercial and sourcing solutions.
- Lead the the development of category strategies, product road maps and sourcing plans.
- Cultivate and encourage an awareness of cost, using clear simple examples of benefits and how to measure outcomes.
- Enable valued and measurable improvements in developing high performing teams and culture change across the team to improve performance. Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
- A degree or equivalent level qualification related to business or commercial management.