Overview

Providing advice and guidance and engaging customers and stakeholders in a timely and appropriate manner demonstrating and promoting MOD Commercial policies and practices.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle for your area of responsibility, producing sourcing strategies, actively contribute to the creation of project plans and sourcing strategies, contract negotiation and award, and contract management.
• Ensure that all procurement activities represent best value for money.
• Provide commercial advice on systems which support procurement – in particular CP&F (the MOD’s Contracting, Purchasing & Finance Tool, used to manage requisitions, Purchase Orders, Agreements, and the On-Boarding of new suppliers) and our Defence Sourcing Portal.
• Manage stakeholders within the MOD, Other Government Departments and Industry Partners.
• Network actively across Head Office Commercial, MOD and OGD’s, Crown Commercial Services and externally in accessing current trends and best practice, as well as potential routes to market.
• Act as a role model for others, demonstrating effective communication and appropriate behaviours while ensuring compliance with standards and policies.

Development and environment

This is an ideal time for you to join us, developing a broader understanding of end-to-end procurement within a challenging commercial team, and opening opportunities to progress across the wider MOD Commercial function. Remote working within this role is something that can be discussed at interview stages or with your future line manager if you are found successful.

Application

Please note, candidates will be redirected to the Civil Service Jobs website where you will need to submit your application form. Please note the closing date above is incorrect and cannot be amended so please check the closing date on Civil Service Jobs and allow enough time to submit your application form.