Methods are currently looking for a Commercial Manager on a contract basis. This is a short 5-6 week interim role to cover a paternity leave.
Client: Central Government Department
Commercial Manager
£400 per day inside of IR35
Start date: Immediate
Hybrid working – on site in London when needed.
Must have active SC clearance
Role responsibilities:
* Maintain and own formal channels of communication with suppliers, identifying and resolving commercial issues. This includes keeping risk and issue logs, setting agendas, ensuring minutes are provided and raising issues where you are unable to resolve them.
* Manage suppliers against their contractual Service Level Agreements/Key Performance Indicators, ensuring contractual obligations are met, and all contract related risks or issues are addressed.
* Lead the commercial elements for procurements and supplier negotiation processes to ensure legally and commercially sound outcomes. Work with Crown Commercial Service to ensure procurements achieve HMT’s objectives in a productive and compliant way.
* Review and analyse supplier spend, identifying areas for saving and efficiencies.
* Build professional and effective supplier relationships and contract management initiatives within the team, to improve the capability of non-commercial professionals and facilitate the delivery of value from contracts post-award.