Head of Category - England, United States - BlueLight Commercial

BlueLight Commercial England, United States

3 weeks ago

Description

Reporting to:
Commercial Director

Dept/Pillar:
Operations

Hours : 37 (potentially flexible)

Grade/Salary :
From £

69,292 (dependent on experience)

Contract Type

Permanent

Vetting Le

vel:
NPPV3 & SC

Role overview (generally what can I expect why does it exist?)

An integral role within the BlueLight Commercial team, leading on the Digital Forensics category.

You will be providing the delivery of procurement and contract management activities, setting the commercial vision for specific categories of spend.

This is an agile role where expertise will be developed from leading on a specific category and acquiring multi-category skills and competence.

You will be leading and managing a team, investing time in their development and performance.

Being responsive to stakeholder needs is key, offering pragmatic solutions whilst developing and nurturing effective networks to exert a positive influence on behalf of BlueLight Commercial.

You will work closely with the Commercial Director to manage and embed a national category portfolio, developing sustainable commercial strategies that deliver value for money and meet the demands of modern 'BlueLight' customers, such as policing etc.

This role is as much about personal qualities as it is about technical knowledge. Calling on influencing and collaboration skills to encourage and effect cultural change.

A trusted and dedicated 'commercial advisor/expert' who can establish positive working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders; This will include Police Chiefs.

Police and Crime Commissioners, Heads of Service and Commercial Leads.

My Team and the BlueLight Team (what is being part of the Team like?)

You will be an integral part of the wider commercial function, contributing to BLC's high-performing team delivering commercial excellence to make a real difference.

Providing effective and consistent services ensuing that products and services purchased from suppliers represent value for money after taking into all other considerations such as social value and environmental impact.

You will act as an internal and external professional adviser on procurement and contract management matters to Directors and colleagues for specific portfolios of spend categories, supporting effective decision making in relation to the procurement of goods and services from suppliers.

We are intent on optimising technology to plan and deliver work visibly, collaboratively, and efficiently. We are fully remote and agile and being a team here is exciting and still a bit unique

We care about your wellbeing and you will have opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

My Responsibilities and accountabilities (examples of what will I be doing?)

Delivery of Commercial work – including commercial vision, category strategies, sourcing, contract management, e

g:
Developing and setting the commercial vision for specific categories of spend which will deliver the best commercial outcomes for policing and partners

Working collaboratively with stakeholders to develop and implement category strategies that include commercial and demand profiles, providing an in-depth understanding of the market, its trends and costing models and innovations.

Leading and supporting a Category Team, managing across the full commercial lifecycle of complex national contracts and commercial arrangements, ensuring that savings opportunities are identified, tracked and delivered

Driving and encouraging innovative thinking across the wider team in addressing the issues around social value and sustainability

Undertaking any other work as directed by your line manager in connection with your job as may be requested

Qualifications & Accreditations

You are someone who has attained:

CIPS Level 6 qualified, or working towards it, or equivalent qualification

Successful completion of a recognised leadership programme

You are someone who has:
Experience & Knowledge:

3 years minimum experience in a senior commercial /category role in either the public or private sector

Experience of managing strategic commercial relationships with key suppliers and major contractors

Excellent knowledge of category management, strategic procurement processes and contract management including emerging practices

Demonstrable commercial awareness and acumen, including an understanding of supply market dynamics and the influence of procurement and service delivery models on those markets relating to their portfolio of spend categories

Experience in sourcing, implementing and managing new contracts and ways of working, including change management models

Proven success in leading the full end-to-end commercial cycle

Successful leadership and team management experience

You are someone who has:
Excellent interpersonal & communication skills (including building and managing credible and positive working relationships with colleagues, stakeholders and partners)

The ability to negotiate and influence in a positive manner to achieve positive outcomes

The ability to identify risks, understanding risk management, anticipating issues and creating commercially astute solutions, and resolving problems in relation to project or service delivery

You have / or are:
A Natural leader with the innate capacity to lead and manage people to achieve collective goals

Commercially and financially astute in business

Resilience, viewing challenges as opportunities to learn and being aware of self and others

Our Values

Our values guide our behaviour.

They inform how we act, the decisions we make and how we collaborate with each other and the organisations we work with.

They were shaped by our Teams purposefully designed to 'inter-connect'.

They remind us of 'how to be' in all we do and strive to achieve as a diverse and agile company.

Be the best

Be responsible

Be a team

Be open

Be the difference

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We foster a work environment that is inclusive as well as diverse, where our people can be themselves. We value every idea and perspective towards helping us to evolve and innovate.

What We Offer – Total Rewards Package

Starting salary from 69,292 (DOE -dependent on experience)

Quality equipment for successful remote working, laptop, mobile phone, monitor, chair & desk and a Welcome 'kit box'

12% Employer pension contribution

Pension salary sacrifice scheme

Life insurance 4 x salary

28 days annual leave (rising on service)

Birthday Leave (1 x extra day per year to be used in birthday month)

Paid bank holiday leave

Occupational sick pay

Wellness – free vouchers for eye test and flu jab

Employee Assistance Programme for health and wellbeing

1 x annual professional subscription

Learning Management System – access to free training & e-learning (more than 80,000 learning resources)

Support for your role and career development success

CLOSING DATE:
Monday, 13 May 2024

Please let us know confidentially if you require any adjustments in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience, this can be prior to applying or when you apply.

"The legal bit"

The successful applicant will be subject to pre-employment checks including medical screening and vetting (carried out externally

NPPV3* )

due to the nature of our business this is important.

As standard you will need to satisfy:
Employment eligibility check (right to work in the UK)

Residency qualification (meaning you must have a 3 year 'checkable history' in the UK, ideally you have been and you are a resident in England or Wales for the last 3 years).

Employment references (last 3 years or educational / personal reference where applicable)

NPPV3:
Vetting process | Warwickshire Police

This level of vetting grants the applicant to have unsupervised, unrestricted access to police premises and systems and could include those working in areas where the police roles have been identified as designated posts.

NPPV3 allows access to classified police material or information up to SECRET and occasional access to TOP SECRET

Clearance at SC level, sits alongside NPPV3 allows applicants access to a higher level of secure information and systems.

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