Role: Commercial Officer
Salary/Rate: £300 - £400 per day inside IR35
Location: Mainly remote
Contract Duration: 6-months
We are currently looking for a Commercial Officer for our government client.
This Commercial Officer role is mainly remote, with occasional travel for ad-hoc meetings in London and Liverpool. There is no further flexibility with expected time on site, or the office locations.
The contract for this Commercial Officer position is for 6-months, with potential to extend, operating inside IR35.
This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role, it will now be based on an Umbrella solution.
Essential Skills / Experience required:
- Experience and knowledge of PCR 2015
- Experience of working with a portfolio of Stakeholders
- Supplier management experience
- Public Sector experience
- Experience of handling complex agreements
- Knowledge of PA2023
- Worked in professional services procurement
- Contract management background
- This is an officer level role and is a support role, but the candidate will be working independently supporting the contract leads.
Desirable:
- CIPS
Role / Responsibilities:
- Organise and develop market engagement and drive deep understanding of customer requirements and their conversion into viable commercial options
- Embed savings methodology for the category and deliver savings targets
- Support and develop the category's knowledge and advise customers about commercial excellence and share knowledge and contribute to thought leadership in the category
- Profile and develop engagement using digitalised solutions or media's which are specifically fragmented for a diverse stakeholder community such as Small and Medium Enterprises and the Wider Public Sector
- Review and monitor customer buying behaviours from management information to ensure continuously driving improvements to buying behaviours across the public sector
- Ensure production of collateral to market and advise customers on how to buy better
- Maintain key focus on savings, spend under management, customer service and strategic SRM
- Liaison with stakeholders and customers on a variety of levels to support the promotion of new commercial products and initiatives/procurement strategy via working groups, customer meetings, trade events, seminars, exhibitions and other events
- Liaise with Account Managers and other relevant personnel to ensure "one voice".
- Support and coordinate initiatives that develop the sub-category offering.
- Support the creation and execution of the category management strategy, which will provide the best-in-class procurement off er to government
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