Commercial and Procurement Consultant

Summary

Join Evolve, a digital procurement consultancy, as a Senior Commercial & Procurement Consultant to support clients' complex technology programs. This role offers the opportunity to enhance consulting skills, become a future business leader, and influence company development. You will manage client and supplier relationships, develop procurement and commercial strategies, and advise on compliance with Public Contract Regulations. Evolve offers a fully remote working environment with regular team events and social activities, along with a competitive salary, bonus package, and benefits like company share ownership, cycle to work scheme, private health care, and more.

Requirements

• You will be an experienced commercial & procurement professional, with a good background in public sector procurement, as well as a comprehensive understanding of IT procurement
• You will be someone who appreciates the challenges of creating something new and is excited to ‘roll up their sleeves’ to get things done to build the company
• Successful candidate likely to hold or be working towards CIPS/MCIPS or IACCM accreditation
• Strong track record of delivery
• Ability to build effective relationships with clients
• Strong business acumen, able to adapt to different clients and quickly pick up new tasks or use initiative to seek out and resolve problems
• Comprehensive understanding of Public Contract Regulations and ideally experience operating in the Defence or Security sector
• Strong understanding of technology procurement from a business perspective, i.e. knowledge of different types of technologies such as cloud, PaaS, SaaS
• Ability to identify and manage commercial risk & opportunity through effective contracting
• Ability to deliver results to meet contracted deadlines and customer expectations
• Must have or be eligible for SC

Responsibilities

• Manage client and supplier relationship management
• Help to develop the company’s service offering and capability
• Help to deliver suitable sales opportunities to drive company growth
• Develop procurement and commercial strategies
• Owning and assisting on pre-sourcing market analysis
• Authoring and supporting business cases for new procurements
• Manage tender activities using public sector frameworks
• Supplier performance management
• Undertake value-for-money analysis for business cases and tenders
• Advise on compliance with Public Contract Regulations and Defence & Security Public Contract Regulations as well as the clients’ internal policies and procedures
• Carry out Contract Management and ensure that files are up to date, providing an auditable trail of effective management

Benefits

• Annual performance-based bonus of 5-15%
• 25 days annual leave
• Fully remote working, supplemented by regular off-site team events and social activities
• Company share ownership scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Personal performance bonus
• Sales bonus
• Private Health Care