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About the Role

As a senior member of the Commercial team, you will support and deliver high quality commercial activities across procurement and contracts. You will work as part of a dynamic Commercial and Procurement team delivering a highly effective service, supporting and advising senior stakeholders and staff across Barnet on Commercial principles and processes to drive maximum benefit and efficiencies, whilst managing an integrated team to deliver all procurement and contract management activity effectively and efficiently. The post holder will support the Business Lead Procurement and Contracts in the provision of effective, high quality and well co-ordinated procurement activity, capable of meeting all statutory, regulatory and Council requirements ensuring alignment with the activity of the organisation.

Responsibilities

Support and deliver high quality commercial activities across procurement and contracts.
Support and advise senior stakeholders and staff across Barnet on Commercial principles and processes.
Manage an integrated team to deliver procurement and contract management activity effectively and efficiently.
Support the Business Lead Procurement and Contracts in the provision of effective, high quality and well co-ordinated procurement activity.
Ensure procurement activity meets all statutory, regulatory and Council requirements.
Ensure procurement activity aligns with the activity of the organisation.

Requirements

Professional membership of MCIPS or equivalent knowledge gained through experience.
Excellent knowledge of Public Procurement Requirements.
Excellent procurement skills, including cost control, contract negotiation and contract management.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to negotiate with senior stakeholders and present complex information to influential groups.
Excellent knowledge of Sustainable Procurement, covering economic, social and environmental sustainability.
All staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers.
All posts with the council are subject to a probationary period of six months.

Skills

Cost control
Contract negotiation
Contract management
Communication skills
Negotiating with senior stakeholders
Presenting complex information to influential groups
Sustainable Procurement knowledge

Location

Barnet

Work Type

Hybrid working
Flexitime
Job share
Home working
Part-time
Flexible working

Experience Level

Senior member of the Commercial team

Education Level

Professional membership of MCIPS or equivalent knowledge gained through experience.

Benefits

31 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
Work-life balance options
Vast range of lifestyle discounts
Broad range of payroll benefits
Excellent training and development opportunities
Employee well-being training programs including confidential employee assistance

About the Company

Barnet is a borough with much to be proud of. Our excellent schools, vibrant town centres, vast green spaces and diverse communities all help make it a great place to live and work.
As a council we want to build on these strengths as we move into the future.
We are growing and developing as an organisation to meet the challenges facing our borough and we are committed to working with partner organisations and residents to make Barnet even better.
As an organisation, our staff are committed to Our Values: Learning to Improve, Caring, Inclusive, Collaborative – which drive everything we do.
We are aiming to reach BarNET Zero as a Council by 2030 and as a borough by 2042.
Our new vision is to put Caring for People, our Places and the Planet at the heart of everything we do.

Equal Opportunity

To deliver Barnet Council’s commitment to equality of opportunity in the provision of services, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers.
As such we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Barnet Council embraces all forms of flexible working (including part-time, compressed hours, and hybrid working) and is committed to offering employees a healthy work-life balance.
Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities.
If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert.
We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process.
We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply.