About the job

Job summary

The Channel Solutions team within the New Product Development Unit has responsibility for 2 key areas: 

• Evolving the CCS Tail Spend Solution into a broader self-service platform. Working with customers and suppliers on the current agreement to foster adoption and optimise commercial benefits. 
• We are the primary hub for innovating new routes to market and supporting Public Sector customers through dynamic utilisation of the supply market. 

We are currently recruiting to expand our team of six commercial professionals. Our existing Tail Spend solution, though relatively new, is performing well, with value provided to customers steadily increasing. Join us in shaping the future of Commercial solutions and driving continuous success in our dynamic environment.

Job description

Working within the newly established New Product Development unit as well as the broader commercial directorate and wider CCS business.

A direct report to the Head of Channel Solutions you will take responsibility for management of the Tail Spend Solution team (a new, innovative and core proposition for CCS) and the future development of related enterprise solutions including but not limited to the Tail Spend Solution commercial agreement.

In this exciting role you will influence the future development of the new and existing CCS portfolio and work closely with a range of senior stakeholders on the development of new Channel Strategies and Solutions. In this highly collaborative role, you will work across CCS to look at the bigger picture, facilitating smooth customer journeys through utilisation of simplified digital delivery as standard.

Ideal for a driven commercial professional looking for the next step in their career and an opportunity to be involved in major projects and high-profile work. 

This role will give you significant autonomy to work within strategic, technology driven supply markets and across government to support the enablement of digital transformation in the public sector.

Person specification

The successful candidate will:

• Influence the future CCS product portfolio strategy contributing towards the commercial directorate achieving its 2-year growth target of an additional £8b of spend under influence by the end of FY 24/25
• Support the business plan target to increase the delivery of spend related commercial benefits in excess of £3.3b each year 
• Engaging routinely with stakeholders from CCS, across government and supplier organisations to drive the CCS Tail Spend and Low Value Spend strategy going forwards.  Attend various governance boards where necessary
• Line management of Tail Spend operational management team
• Engagement across CCS (inc. Commercial Directorate and Customer Experience Directorate) and customer groups to ensure RoE is delivered and maintained
• Deliver the procurement of the replacement Tail Spend solution
• Manage Strategic Supplier Relationships and stay abreast of market developments across Purchase to Pay, Source to Pay, Marketplaces, Catalogue Management, Digital Facilitation and Spend Automation tools used throughout the Public Sector and new to market
• Work closely with the Head of Channel Solutions, the wider New Product Development unit and Commercial Directorate to support the shaping of the unit's future operating model in line with CCS corporate strategy

Benefits

As a valued employee of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO), you will have access to all the benefits the centre has to offer; including flexible working, generous benefits, Career Coaches, Mentors, L&D, a Commercial College, active talent management and, most importantly, access to commercial projects that will far exceed the scale and complexity on offer elsewhere in the UK.

Please note that any move across the Civil Service on or after 4 October 2018 may have implications on an employee’s ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

Please be advised that the Virtual ADC is taking place on 13th June 2024 and will require a full day's attendance.

If you are invited to attend a virtual ADC, but for any reason are unable to meet the date outlined then please get in touch with the team at commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible. The ADC is booked and paid for in advance by departments, therefore it is only in certain circumstances we are able to accommodate alternative dates.

Details of schemes available are attached in the advert.

For full details of our process, and a likely timeline, please read the explanation provided in the attached candidate pack.

Throughout our selection process, we will make decisions about your capability to do the job, based on evidence you provide against the essential criteria for the role which are detailed in the attached Candidate Pack.

Your application will be reviewed by a panel and should you be successful at sift we will invite you to attend a Virtual commercial Assessment and Development Centre (VADC). The panel will review results of the VADC and determine which candidates will go through to a subsequent final panel interview.

IMPORTANT: If you do not receive an acknowledgement of your application within 2 working days please contact: commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.