Job Description
This role is an integral part of Commercial Services and sits in the Technology, Innovation and Solution Delivery team which are responsible for sourcing new technology infrastructure hardware, software and services.
The team's focus is:
- Working with operational policing stakeholders to translate front line policing requirements;
- Leveraging the knowledge of small medium enterprises and leading global Tech companies to create commercial models;
- Delivering market solutions through innovative sourcing to deliver best value for the organisation.
- Providing innovative and flexible commercial solutions and forming strong relationships with stakeholders and suppliers to deliver Data & Digital solutions is the key objective for the team.
To be successful in this role, you'll need to be agile and flexible with a proactive mindset, whilst delivering the best value within a regulatory environment.
During a typical working day, the team will be working on projects of different size and complexity from c.£50k to c.£150m per project, working collaboratively with stakeholders from critical business areas including Transformation, Forensics, and Estates.
You will be providing best value commercial models for; proof of concepts, sourcing technology, applications development, software as a service, platform as a service, turnkey projects and resource technology services.
In this role you will be expected to undertake Category Management, contributing to delivering Commercial Excellence, providing a customer focused service, understanding the business need and stakeholder drivers, with the aim of becoming a trusted commercial advisor. You will also develop relationships with key and strategic suppliers, driving value for money and risk management excellence across the category.
The role is varied and you will play an essential part in supporting the overall commercial life cycle. Whilst your main focus will be on sourcing activities there is also an important focus on aspects relating to Category Management. This will include feeding into Strategy and Policy development, analysing data and using market insight to support the sourcing options, and working on aspects across the procurement process. You will work as part of a larger team, but be expected to work autonomously and independently, and liaise with the wider business to support improved commercial outcomes.