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About the Role
The Assistant Commercial Manager – IT & Digital is responsible for commercial delivery against agreed procurement strategies, supporting the Category Manager in meeting category objectives, primarily within the IT and Digital portfolio. This role requires strong experience in developing and implementing technology procurement and category strategies, leading commercial negotiations, and effectively engaging with SZC digital stakeholders. The position involves managing strategic supplier relationships, ensuring robust governance throughout the contract lifecycle, and driving continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Support and lead sourcing and procurement activities from strategy development through contract award, execution, and implementation.
- Conduct commercial and contractual negotiations with suppliers, manage commercial risk, and secure value-for-money outcomes.
- Adopt commercial best practice approaches and lessons learned in all procurement activities to drive continuous improvement.
- Manage commercial aspects of contracts throughout their lifecycle, including amendments, extensions, change control, and dispute resolution.
- Act as a cost-conscious advisor to stakeholders across IT, Digital, Legal, Finance, and other business functions.
- Collaborate with Legal to negotiate contractual/commercial positions, ensuring risks are assessed, mitigated, and governed.
- Maintain accurate procurement records and reporting dashboards.
- Manage supplier relationships and support supplier performance management activities.
- Coordinate commercial governance activities, including preparing approval papers and ensuring compliance with organizational governance frameworks.
- Support the development and implementation of category strategies, market analysis, and supplier segmentation activities.
Requirements
- Track record in supporting/leading IT procurement and commercial activities, including supplier negotiations and contract management.
- Proven ability in stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience negotiating and managing high-value, complex contracts across multiple stakeholders and suppliers.
- Robust understanding of commercial law and contractual terms.
- Awareness of contract performance measurement, commercial risk management, and change.
Skills
- Technology procurement
- Category strategies
- Commercial negotiations
- Stakeholder engagement
- Supplier relationship management
- Contract lifecycle management
- Continuous improvement
- Best practice
- Commercial risk management
- Contract amendments
- Contract extensions
- Change control
- Dispute resolution
- Cost consciousness
- Contractual negotiation
- Risk assessment
- Risk mitigation
- Procurement records
- Reporting dashboards
- Supplier performance management
- Commercial governance
- Approval papers
- Organizational governance frameworks
- Market analysis
- Supplier segmentation
- Cross-functional teams
- Senior management advising
- Partnership building
- Commercial tension
- Cross-functional relationships
- Commercial systems
- eSourcing
- Purchase to Pay
- Contract Management
Location
- London
- Manchester
- Suffolk
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Hybrid Working
Experience Level
- Assistant Commercial Manager
Education Level
- Graduate / post graduate qualification(s) related to Supply Chain
- MCIPS accreditation is preferable
Salary/Compensations
- Upto £47,000 (depending on experience)
Benefits
- 5% annual incentive
- Pension: Up to 7.5% employee / 15% employer contribution
- 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Clear progression and development opportunities
- Supportive, collaborative team environment
About the Company
- Sizewell C is building one of the UK’s largest and most important energy projects.
- Joining EDF means joining a company with a clear purpose to create a more sustainable energy future.
- We’re leading the charge for electric driving, investing in new carbon-cutting tech and innovating with Smart home technology; building Britain’s low carbon network and our nation’s low carbon economy.
- Together we’re helping Britain achieve Net Zero.
Equal Opportunity
- Recognise the value brought from different cultures and experiences.
- Be open to other’s points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise.
- Positively challenge poor quality and performance.
- Identify solutions at the lowest possible level.
- Encourage others to bring new ideas forward.
- Value the rules and environment in which we operate.
- Give and receive feedback with respect.
- Embrace and engage with new people and ideas.
- One team, working closely together and helping each other.
- Empowered teams always looking forward.
- Shared responsibility for delivery the project outcomes.
- Communicate clearly and consistently.
- Promote collaboration and team alignment.
- Clearer and faster decision making.
- Drive simplification at all levels.