Do you have excellent communication skills, and would you thrive from a diverse workload in a professional commercial environment?
Can you explain complex information to internal and external customers?
Are you looking to begin a rewarding career in the Commercial Profession?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
This is an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic and hardworking individuals to build their commercial knowledge and skills, support procurement activities and work with stakeholders and suppliers.
Your role will be to provide support to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA’s) category teams for contract activities and related issues, including all aspects of the commercial cycle, pre-procurement/pre-market engagement, procurement and contract management.
Commercial Category Officers are expected to be flexible in their approach and may on occasion be required to support more than one category, delivering a range of products and services required or supplied by DVSA. The role may also include the administration and commercial management of Authorised Testing Facilities (ATF) contracts.
This role will support DVSA’s adherence to the appropriate legal standard and best practice across the entire spectrum of commercial activities. To include contracting activities with third parties and maintaining awareness of legal (national and international), departmental and Government policy and regulations.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
* Providing support to Commercial Category Managers and category team; covering all aspects of the commercial cycle.
* Establishing the relevant contractual information for tender and bid documentation for engagement with third parties, to establish formal contractual arrangements.
* Managing commercial and category-specific inboxes, providing timely responses to queries and ensuring issues are resolved.
* Managing low value procurements.
* Liaising with internal customers and external contractors, verbally, in meetings and in writing to ensure that any issues arising from existing contracts are resolved without delay.
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached Candidate Pack.
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