Commercial Policy Lead (Inside IR35) | Ref: PIP0008621

The Commercial Policy team is responsible for developing and advising on public Procurement Policy.
As a Commercial Policy Lead, your main responsibilities will be:
+ Working as part of a senior team, you will ensure implementation and maintenance of excellent commercial contracts/terms and conditions across the Crown Commercial service procurements upholding standardisation and consistency where appropriate.
+ You will lead a small team to review existing contract templates against Commercial Standards, update templates to align to strategic needs and/or design new templates and/or commercial tools and techniques in line with commercial strategy and business plans to improve Commercial Standards in CCS.
+ Take lessons learned from issues and/or work across multiple disciplines within the context of procurement policy and legal in order to develop new documentation and/or reduce issues and disputes.
+ Ensuring compliance with internationally and nationally agreed obligations and regulations, working to align contract development and delivery with the policy and legal framework.
+ Engaging with a range of stakeholders, using collaborative approaches to inform contractual development and/or delivery by a broad range of input and expertise.
+ Looking beyond the initial question in order to understand and address the issues behind it, considering and testing assumptions, focusing on desired outcomes while considering policy and contractual implications, commercial, legal and financial risks of interventions.
+ To present accurate, clear arguments and options, tailoring communication according to its use and its intended audience, including Ministers and senior officials
+ Use public money effectively and ensure that these considerations are included during contract development, delivery and issue management. Delivers value for money even if not directly accountable for a budget

+ Excellent understanding of procurement regulations and UK Government policy landscape.
+ Excellent understanding of commercial terms & conditions and awareness of the issues for buyers and suppliers in commercial deals.
+ Strong knowledge of procurement processes, tools and techniques including commercial strategies.
+ Highly developed oral and written communication skills and stakeholder management skills to advise, influence and positively challenge colleagues.
+ Ability to understand complex issues, to get to grips with the detail and make reasoned decisions based on evidence and commercial experience.
+ Ability to translate policy into practical implementation plans, working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve targets.
+ Excellent people and team leadership skills, proven ability to lead and motivate a small team to deliver excellent results., At CCS, we actively support, promote, and celebrate our differences for the benefit of our employees, suppliers, and customers. CCS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. CCS believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people.
Disability confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, CCS guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Armed Forces Covenant
CCS guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

CCS is the largest public procurement organisation in the UK.