Job summary
The Strategic Commercial Manager is a senior commercial role in Digital Health and Care Wales, a Special Health Authority dedicated to the delivery of Digital and Information Systems/solution and best practice across health and social care in Wales. This role is both strategic and operational in its nature and will require strong and resilient leadership and management skills to develop relationships with a wide range of stakeholders internally and externally as well as having a range of technical commercial, procurement and contracting skills gained ideally via operating at a senior level within the Procurement field and within the public sector. You will need to feel comfortable offering advice, guidance and expertise in delivering multi-million £ contracts at a national level and the risks associated with them together with contractual activity to meet the operational needs of the organisation.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will also be required to demonstrate experience of developing options appraisals and business cases. The post holder will need to be educated to Masters Level or equivalent and is required to be able to demonstrate these skills and experience in the written application and via a robust interview process. The organisation is ISO accredited, and it is essential that all employees operate and ensure that their teams operate to meet these standards and continually strive to improve and "learn".
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is part of the NHS Wales family and has an important role in changing the way health and care services are delivered through technology and data. The organisation supports frontline staff with modern systems and access to important information about their patients, while empowering the people of Wales to manage their own health through digital NHS Wales services.
Working for DHCW offers lots of employee benefits, including flexible working, a competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays and opportunities for career development. We are committed to recognising and celebrating our staff as the most valuable part of our organisation.
Join our game changing, life-saving team and start making a real difference to health and care services in Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working in an agile, complex and category-based environment and reporting directly to the Head of Commercial Services you will be responsible for providing ensuring that each Category team delivers its procurement activity to ensure that it is compliant with extant Procurement Law and Standing Financial Instructions and VFM principles. Whilst the job is more focussed on delivering Procurement activity you will also be required to have a strong practical understanding of managing complex contracts. You will be required to allocate resources in accordance with demand and capacity issues and to ensure that the team is continuously developed and motivated. You will also be required to lead on multimillion £ digital investment procurement activity with multiple stakeholders across Wales in accordance with the organisation's Business Plan, digital strategic directives and Welsh Government Policy Directives. You will need to be able to present complex data sets and information to senior stakeholders in an accessible and understandable format to ensure "buy in" and understanding.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working in an agile, complex and category-based environment and reporting directly to the Head of Commercial Services you will be responsible for providing ensuring that each Category team delivers its procurement activity to ensure that it is compliant with extant Procurement Law and Standing Financial Instructions and VFM principles. Whilst the job is more focussed on delivering Procurement activity you will also be required to have a strong practical understanding of managing complex contracts. You will be required to allocate resources in accordance with demand and capacity issues and to ensure that the team is continuously developed and motivated. You will also be required to lead on multimillion £ digital investment procurement activity with multiple stakeholders across Wales in accordance with the organisation's Business Plan, digital strategic directives and Welsh Government Policy Directives. You will need to be able to present complex data sets and information to senior stakeholders in an accessible and understandable format to ensure "buy in" and understanding.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- CIPS Qualified and professionally to Masters Level or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant procurement and contract management experience especially those of a digital/IT nature
- Awareness of EFQM/Quality techniques
- Worked with ISO procedures
- Awareness of specific contract market
- Awareness of public sector procurement
- Awareness of business planning principles
- People management experience
- Change management experience
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Competent in using Microsoft products
- Familiar with integrated web based products
- Experience of leading complex evaluation, and analysis in relation to Commercial, contracting and procurement activity.
- Competent in utilization of the web/digital technology
- Project management awareness
- Presentation skills
- Evidence of CPD
- Qualified to ECDL
- Welsh language skills are essential levels 1 or above in understanding, speaking, reading and writing in Welsh
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- CIPS Qualified and professionally to Masters Level or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant procurement and contract management experience especially those of a digital/IT nature
- Awareness of EFQM/Quality techniques
- Worked with ISO procedures
- Awareness of specific contract market
- Awareness of public sector procurement
- Awareness of business planning principles
- People management experience
- Change management experience
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Competent in using Microsoft products
- Familiar with integrated web based products
- Experience of leading complex evaluation, and analysis in relation to Commercial, contracting and procurement activity.
- Competent in utilization of the web/digital technology
- Project management awareness
- Presentation skills
- Evidence of CPD
- Qualified to ECDL
- Welsh language skills are essential levels 1 or above in understanding, speaking, reading and writing in Welsh
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
