Commercial Delivery Lead

PR/006595

Location – Leeds/London

Hybrid – 2 days a week in office

Salary: Leeds – £60-70k London £70-80k depending on level of experience

Job description

This role is responsible for the delivery of responsibilities of the client’s supply chain including Commercial’s strategy and vision by collaborating with both the business areas under this role’s responsibilities as well as the Sourcing and the Policy and Operations Divisions within Commercial.

You will lead a team sized appropriately for the business area of which you are responsible. As part of the role, you may be asked to grow the role and team and maintain a strong demand vs capacity position.

You will be responsible for:

• Liaising with peers in the business areas and the other parts of Commercial, to agree your teams support of the split of responsibilities (depending on the level of commercial maturity of that business area) and ensure the business areas are trained according to their role as Contract Owners or otherwise.
• 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
• Assisting with the development of long-term category strategies to meet the long-term objectives o
• 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
• Helping to maintain the multi-year procurement pipeline of work to ensure the team can deliver effectively
• 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
• Manage any supplier dispute processes or complex negotiations
• Be accountable for Gold suppliers as well as any cross tower (e.g. Framework) suppliers within your business area, working closely with the Relationship Owners within the Business areas.
• 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

Knowledge, Skills and Experience required

• Consistent and significant proven track record of managing a complex set of suppliers and stakeholders to achieve Commercial optimisation across a timeline. Delivering innovative commercial solutions through the application of strategic planning techniques
• Experience of PCR-level public procurement, including using public-sector frameworks
• Experience of working in a client-focused environment on whole project life cycles
• Experience of supplier and/or contract management (post-contract award)

Please contact Abigail Bailey if interested