Role: Associate Commercial Specialist PFI REF 99116
Contract Length: Until end of financial year
Location: Hybrid/Andover, Wyton, Whittington or Glasgow – 3 days per week onsite
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for an Associate Commercial Specialist PFI for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSOCIATE COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST PFI
General Responsibilities
- Maintaining Commercial and corporate records and compliance
- Sharing knowledge and best practice to achieve better outcomes for the department’s commercial team
- Leading on successions planning and talent management within the business area
- Engaging with stakeholders and understanding their motivations and behaviours to influence decision making
Procurement Responsibilities
- Working effectively with senior staff in the supplier organisation and establishing appropriate governance and relationship arrangements
- Identifying and securing new suppliers to improve competition and strengthen the range of quality options available to government
- Collating and reviewing performance information across their area of responsibility and make recommendations for improvements to senior stakeholders
- Applying the most appropriate evaluation strategy to a sourcing requirement considering the type of commodity being procured, complexity, value and strategic importance
- Leading and managing the end-to-end tendering process
- Justifying commercial activity in accordance with the organisation’s commercial governance and management framework, HM Treasury requirements and Cabinet Office policy and spend controls
- Leading negotiations with data and evidence and for some contracts, act as the signing authority
- Leading supplier engagement across a variety of stages within the procurement process with both strategic and non-strategic suppliers to communicate progress in line with benefits realisation
- Constructing contracts with advice and input from others, e.g. lawyers, usually within a reasonably well-defined framework or with standard rules
- Quantifying and identifying contract management resources to help design and deliver the strategy for transition
- Applying a strong visual project management approach to procurement projects
- Taking calculated risks in the pursuit of implementing efficient sourcing projects to deliver innovative solutions in line with policy
- Applying the concept of ‘value for money’ with respect to political goals and using this to articulate what a successful return on investment looks like for a particular commercial project/programme
Contract Management Responsibilities
- Ensuring control of department spend and specifically critical contracts are continually analysed to develop and drive value adding initiatives
- Legal compliance and risk mitigation of contracts
- Managing underperformance to resolution
- Overseeing contract management governance and reporting activities such as preparing for contract commencement, justifying and controlling contract changes
- Overseeing the realisation of benefits achieved as a result of the performance management regime or change control
- Providing expert advice on relevant regulations and compliance issues
- Ensuring business continuity e.g. security of supply extends during any transition period and throughout the entire contract life, including re-procurement and closedown
- Leading transition management, exit strategy and contract renegotiations, including driving value from the use of performance metrics and success criteria
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE ASSOCIATE COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST PFI
- Senior PFI experience / Senior Procurement experience
- PFI full Lifecycle
- Extensive experience in Cat A public procurement (upwards of £500m)
- High level contract experience
- PCR 2015
- FAMILIAR PA2023 & PA2024
- Large team – ability to work closely
- Strong stakeholder management skills at all levels
- Public Sector – Essential
- Major government department type
- Minimum CIPS level 5 – desirable not essential
If you are an Associate Commercial Specialist PFI, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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