Job Title: SC Cleared Commercial Delivery Lead - Contract Management
Location: London/Hybrid - 2 days per week working onsite in London
Start Date: Immediately
Job Type: 6 month contract - with likely extension
Important Information: CANDIDATES MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE. Client will accept lapsed SC Clearance.
Company Introduction
Coltech is partnered with a prestigious banking client who are looking for an experienced SC Cleared Commercial Delivery Lead to join their team for a 6 month contract.
The client's commercial team is part of Shared Service, which has responsibility to the central services 2025 design to drive improvements in delivery of services across the organisation.
The client ensures monetary stability and to contribute to financial stability; the Shared Services Directorate provides the infrastructure and services required to support the organisation's critical functions.
Key Responsibilities:
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Liaising with peers in the business areas and the other parts of Commercial, to agree your teams support of the split of responsibilities and ensure the business areas are trained according to their role as Contract Owners or otherwise.
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Influencing stakeholders in the business areas to promote and implement the internal procurement policy and supplier management standards developed by the Commercial Policy and Supplier Management teams
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Assisting with the development of long-term category strategies to meet the long-term objectives of the company.
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Agreeing and commercially challenging strategic Commercial priorities with business areas
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Assuring the delivery of the pipeline of work agreed with the business areas, including all procurement exercises, developing the markets as needed, and realising value
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Helping to maintain the multi-year procurement pipeline of work to ensure the team can deliver effectively
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Managing the continued development of commercial competencies across the business areas in your category through regular engagement and formal training, and aligning commercial and subject-matter expertise
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Manage any supplier dispute processes or complex negotiations
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Promoting and managing the support of effective contract and supplier management, helping to implement the Bank-wide framework developed by the Supplier Management team, tailoring it to recognise the commercial capability of each business area
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Embedding effective risk management by implementing risk controls to drive compliance to policy
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Driving sustainability in the category, by notably working closely with Subject Matter Specialists
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Identifying and maintaining a set of metrics to show performance and continual service improvement.
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Align with the Commercial function’s efficient and consistent use of eProcurement systems, in line with the defined workflows (aligned to internal policy)
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Providing effective commercial challenge and complete quality assurance of tender documents (for tenders run by their team’s Commercial Category Managers)
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Managing the workload and development of your team
Essential Skills and Experience:
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Proven track record of managing a complex set of suppliers and stakeholders to achieve Commercial optimisation across a timeline.
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Delivering innovative commercial solutions through the application of strategic planning techniques
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Experience of PCR-level public procurement, including using public-sector frameworks
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Experience of working in a client-focused environment on whole project life cycles
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Experience of supplier and/or contract management (post-contract award)
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MCIPS qualification (or equivalent Commercial experience)
Apply now for immediate consideration