Job summary
- Main area
- Commercial
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- 10 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-COM-10046-E-A
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leeds or London
- Town
- Leeds or London
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 Plus London weighting if applicable per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Commercial Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
As a Commercial Specialist within the Partnering & Solutions team working alongside the Product & Platforms Sub-directorate, the post holder will lead and work as part of a dynamic, multi-disciplined team.
The NHS is one of the biggest commercial “organisations” in the country, buying on behalf of the fifth biggest employer in the world. Clinicians rely on NHS commercial teams to buy the goods and services they need, making them critical to the delivery of patient care.
Commercial activity covers all supplier-related activity, including procurement of products and services, income generation and supply chain management, and plays a central role in ensuring the financial stability of the NHS. The scale of NHS commercial activity is significant, with around £30 billion spent every year across approximately 80,000 suppliers.
In this role you will be responsible for delivering an excellent commercial service to a specific area of the business. You will be passionate about building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders and colleagues across the Commercial and Product & Platforms sub-Directorates as well as the wider NHS E operation. You will collaborate and engage with programmes and colleagues across all levels influencing commercial outcomes and strategies
Main duties of the job
Work closely with product and service teams, building trusted collaborative relationships ensuring the commercial team is engaged early and throughout the commercial cycle.
· Work closely with business teams and commercial function colleagues to identify and agree present and future needs, linkages to other activity areas and related potential needs for procurement.
· Develop, maintain and manage a pipeline of activity for your area of responsibility.
· Support the development and delivery of complex and novel commercial projects.
· Review and challenge business cases to make sure they are fit for purpose.
· Challenge sourcing strategies, where appropriate, to improve outcomes.
· Build and maintain an understanding of relevant supply markets and business context to inform and support delivery of commercial strategies.
· Support the Commercial team and wider stakeholders to identify and manage commercial risks and issues in a timely and effective manner.
· Oversee the realisation of benefits and cashable savings detailed in commercial sourcing strategies.
· Provide expert advice on relevant regulations and compliance issues.
· Ensure business continuity during any transition period and throughout the contract life, including re-procurement and exit.
· Support commercial colleagues with delivering the overall team ambition and objectives.
· Develop commercial understanding and competence across your area of responsibility
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Commercial Delivery and Governance (CD&G) is a sub directorate of the NHS E Commercial Directorate which has the aim to Deliver commercial excellence in the way that NHS England procures goods and services meeting agreed savings targets and delivering value for money.
Within the DDaT category of CD&G, the Partnering and Solutions (“P&S”) team work with the business teams of the Digital sub-directorate of the NHS E Transformation Directorate to identify and support delivery of commercial solutions to enable TD to achieve its aims and objectives.
This is a key role within the Commercial Partnering & Solutions team reporting to the Head of Commercial Delivery responsible for the Product sub-directorate support. The role is specific to the Digital Citizen portfolio of products and services and is to cover a career break period.
For an informal discussion please contact Mandie Holt, Head of Commercial Delivery ([email protected])
We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, especially disabled, female, and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, who are currently under-represented at this level within our workforce.
Application Form Supporting Statement Guidelines
To help us build a better picture of how you can help us meet our ambitions, we would like you to respond to the following questions in the Supporting Statement section in the job application form:
· What values, behaviours and leadership expertise will you bring to our team and how will this help us in achieving our goals?
· What expertise do you have of leading and coordinating programmes of similar scale?
· What expertise do you have in working with senior, diverse stakeholder groups to effect positive change and influence decision making?
· What expertise do you have of developing and delivering strategic plans in a matrix environment at scale that you believe you can bring to the role?
· What sets you apart from the other candidates?
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Person specification
See attached job description for full details on requirements.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person specification
Skills & Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working at senior level and excellent stakeholder management/communication skills
- Experience of developing and implementing commercial strategies
- Considerable end to end commercial life cycle experience
Knowledge / Qualification
Essential criteria
- Good knowledge of digital products and services and experience in technology sector
Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse complex situations and adapt to emerging priorities
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mandie Holt
- Job title
- Head of Commercial Delivery
- Email address
- [email protected]
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