Senior Commercial Manager (ICT), HOUSE OF LORDS

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We are looking for a Senior Commercial Manager to join our Parliamentary Commercial Directorate (PCD).

PCD is expected to become a joint department of both Houses later in 2025, led by a new Chief Commercial Officer and strengthening PCD’s position as a cross-parliament function. You will work as part of a growing and ambitious function, committed to ensuring the value for money from our nearly £1bn in annual spend and supporting transformational projects across the organisation and our estate, including at the Palace of Westminster which is a UNECSO world heritage site.

You’ll have responsibility within the ICT category, or for a specific sub-category, supporting on delivering high value and complex procurements which will range from Cloud Software (SAAS) to Hardware or End User Devices to Network Infrastructure. You will also be a trusted partner and advisor to business areas and projects that you are supporting – whilst also being trusted to deliver digital procurement projects with autonomy and drawing upon your extensive knowledge and experience.

This is an opportunity to work on a hybrid basis, with an expectation to be on-site at Parliament for a minimum of 2 days per week. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong experience and knowledge as a commercial professional, with understanding of procurement legislation and who is keen to apply their skills in a dynamic, fast-paced environment across various projects and stakeholders.

You’ll be accountable for –

• Responsibility within the ICT category including supporting the development of category strategies and delivery of sourcing requirements that are in line with business needs, as part of the team supporting business as usual and project activities.
• Responsibility for compliant end-to-end procurements, delivering demonstrable value for money and compliant goods and services contracts.
• Developing key stakeholder relationships and enable critical early engagement that supports the development of effective specifications that deliver requirements in line with business needs, acting as a business partner to provide expert advice to stakeholders on all aspects of the commercial lifecycle.
• Leading work on sensitive projects within a secure environment as required.
• Implementing, managing, improving, and promoting the use of systems, tools and data management to create useful management information to support the business in spend in your category.
  
  
  

• You may have level 5 CIPS, equivalent experience or other relevant qualifications.
• Relevant demonstrable experience of developing and leading commercial strategies and delivering procurement in ICT (or related) categories.
• A successful career in procurement, with the ability to manage a variety of procurement procedures at all stages of lifecycle, demonstrating category management experience and achievements delivering best value and efficiency via category solutions.
• Detailed knowledge and significant relevant experience as a commercial professional including, delivering, advising and managing procurement exercises in compliance with public sector procurement regulations at pace.
• A comprehensive understanding Procurement Legislation (Public Contract Regulations 2015 and Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations) and the Procurement Act 2023.
• Demonstrable ability of using data from systems to inform decision making and deliver optimum commercial solutions
• Experience of working at senior levels with internal and external stakeholders.
  
  
  

• Experience of delivering commercial strategies and procurements in more than one category.
  
  
  

• 30 days annual leave (increasing to 35 after one years’ service)
• Generous Civil Service Pension Scheme which can attract employer contributions currently up to 28.97%.
• Parliamentary health and wellbeing programme
• The opportunity to witness history in the making!
  
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

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  Sales and Business Development

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