Commercial Lead
2 posts, Fixed Term 24 months
Location: Paisley or as agreed
Salary: £50,634-£53,727
Ref: SR-CL-0724-06
Closing: Wednesday 7th August (5pm)
Scotland Excel is an award-winning Centre of Procurement Expertise providing a wide range of procurement, commissioning, consultancy, and learning and development services for our members.
Since 2008, we have helped to establish procurement as an effective driver for local and national economic growth and wellbeing. Our £2bn portfolio of collaborative contracts supports the delivery of savings, social value, community benefits, fair work practices and environmental policy, and covers a wide range of public services including construction, roads, transport, environment, corporate and education.
Scotland Excel also develops and manages arrangements which support the commissioning of care services for children and adults. Our national care contracts are developed in partnership with care professionals, including care providers, to support person-centred outcomes embedded within national policy.
We also provide procurement and consultancy services to help our members get the most from their procurement resources, ranging from ad-hoc tendering support through to transformation programmes and strategic procurement partnerships.
The Scotland Excel Academy offers applied learning programmes leading to accredited qualifications in procurement, leadership and management, coaching and mentoring, project management and business analysis, as well as short courses and workshops.
Scotland Excel is a non-profit organisation working with members from across the public sector including local authorities, health and social care partnerships, housing associations, and other public and third sector organisations.
About the role
Scotland Excel is continuing to experience a growing demand for our expertise as a centre of excellence for public sector procurement from local authorities across Scotland and other organisations in the public domain.
As a result, we are seeking to recruit two Commercial Leads on a 2-year fixed term basis.
Scotland Excel is dedicated to supporting our member Councils, and associate members to identify and realise financial savings across their organisational activities. Our teams engage across all public buying categories from software to construction. It is a fast-paced environment with a wide variety of procurement experience and skills being utilised.
The successful candidates will have a good understanding of public sector procurement and enjoy working across various clients, services and opportunities simultaneously. We are seeking individuals with a strong commercial acumen combined with a thirst to drive procurement savings and efficiencies. Excellent negotiation skills and analysis experience will be key to the role. If this sounds like you, we would like to hear from you.
Relevant documents
Person Specification - Commercial Lead
Online Equality Monitoring Form
What we can offer you
As well as a competitive salary, you will have access to all the benefits of working for a public sector organisation including a defined benefits pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, hybrid working (1 day office, 4 days remote working at present) and other flexible working options. You will have access to staff discounts and a range of other initiatives which reflect our commitment to creating a positive work-life balance for all our employees.
Find out what makes Scotland Excel an employer of choice and what benefits we can offer you https://home.scotland-excel.org.uk/work-for-us/
How to apply
We welcome applications from all backgrounds, whether it is public or private sector.
The fixed term post may be open to secondment for applicants already working within public sector, providing agreement from your current employer.
We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and guarantee an interview to those candidates who meet the essential requirements for the position. If you have a disability, please make us aware of it in your covering letter.
In order to be considered for this post we ask that you submit
- a CV (max.3 pages)
- a covering letter in which you should describe how your work experience to date and personal qualities would make you an excellent fit for this position.
- Complete our online equality monitoring survey. (question 1 quote reference: SR-CL-0724-06)
email applications to recruitment@scotland-excel.org.uk
Submissions without a covering letter or received after the closing date, may not be considered.
All applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences.
Further information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work