Procurement Lead- Commercial

Commercial Procurement Specialist required to work for leading consultancy based in Birmingham

Role:
*Accountable for Commercial & Procurement activity across SMP
*Responsible for setting the SMP Commercial & Procurement Strategy
*Responsible for managing the SMP Capital Spend and risk profiles
*Leading Supply Chain Management across the portfolio of SMP suppliers
*Developing collaborative commercial culture and capability across C&P within the SMP delivery teams
Challenges over next 12 months
*Delivering a step change in the way Commercial & Procurement services are provided
*Updating the SMP Commercial & Procurement strategy to set out approach to delivering subsequent tranches, and co-develop related procurement strategies
*Embedding Programme Services in the way that C&P delivers to SMP
*Understanding commercial and procurement skills gap and developing commercial awareness across SMP and C&P directorates by:
*Filling commercial and procurement roles
*Leading strategic supplier engagement with key SMP suppliers and wider market engagement
*Changing collaborative behaviours within the supply chain and the organisation

Key responsibilities:
*Accountable for Commercial & Procurement lead activity across SMP
*Accountable for all commercial and procurement activity in delivering SMP
*Advising the SMP Lead/[SRO] on key commercial and procurement value-risk decisions
*Leading Commercial & Procurement elements of the monthly SMP performance reporting cycle
*Responsible for identifying opportunities to drive commercial efficiencies (eg how to commercially deliver innovation across SMP) and reporting against efficiency targets.

Please email CV and availability to (see below) for full spec and details.