Overview

Role: Senior Commercial Officer REF 94933
Contract Length: Until end of March 2026
Location: Hybrid/Andover, Wyton, Whittington or Glasgow based, candidates can pick any of the 4. Requirement is 3 days on site 2 days remote. Likelihood for candidate to travel to Whittington as that is where bulk of team based and some travel to other PFI sites

IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested

Responsibilities of the Senior Commercial Officer

• Managing the Competitive Flexible Procurement, including Dialogue Phases, ensuring compliance with the Procurement Act
• Updating and maintaining Commercial Strategies
• Engaging with Approving Authorities, including the Cabinet Office
• Conducting pre-sourcing activity for complex PFI replacement projects of high value and high profile
• Undertaking Market engagement, assessment and analysis and reports and supporting Commercial Strategies and Business Cases for Cat A Projects
• Supporting the development and implementation of the procurement processes for the Programme
• Provide input to Commercial strategies for Programme and other PFI replacement contracts
• Procuring all support contracts required to support the Programme
• Lead on commercial work strands both internally and externally

Skills / Experience

• Procurement role – full lifecycle
• Management and delivery of regulated competitions – high value
• PCR 2015
• FAMILIAR PA2023 & PA2024
• Strong stakeholder management skills at all levels
• Evaluation and some moderation (mainly note taking)
• Cat A level
• Public Sector – Essential
• Major government department type

If you are a Senior Commercial Officer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!

We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.

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Equality & Inclusion Statements

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

The client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In case of high volume, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us and quote the role you are applying for.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let us know.