As Commissioning Manager, you will be responsible for the delivery of the successful tiered commissioning model that provides access to high quality internal and external consultancy skills and resources at pace, whilst ensuring the commercial success of operations.
Key accountabilities:
- Providing inspirational leadership, management, and direction in a manner consistent with the Group’s values and policies.
- Leading, mentoring, training, and managing a team of commercial staff.
- Assisting the Operations Director and Commercial Director in the development of the annual business plan.
- Ensuring accurate data collection and submission in shareholder financial cycles.
- Successfully delivering the tiered commissioning system and the key client and supplier interface for the agreement of project briefs, fees, and performance.
- Proactively engaging with clients and suppliers, ensuring a positive experience that promotes the business.
- Leading the commissioning of consultancy services and overseeing activities for procurement compliance, contractual adherence, performance management, commercial reconciliation and validation.
- Ensuring robust commissioning workflows, processes, standards and reports are in place to effectively deliver Tier 1, 2 and 3 services and manage the development and maintenance of this commissioning toolkit.
- Working closely with the Commercial Director to develop a collaborative and mixed economy approach to service delivery, embedding a culture of continuous improvement throughout all tiers of the supply chain.
- Championing the triple bottom line of economic, environmental, and social benefits through business transactions and in their engagement with stakeholders.
- Advising on procurement strategy and ensuring the client receives value for money.
- Providing specialist advice on commissioning / contract management and leading on consultant contract negotiations.
- Embedding the operational consultant team/s to provide a seamless experience to the client.
- Establishing, monitoring and reviewing performance measures (KPI’s) that are specific, measurable, attainable, resourced and at the required frequency.
- Monitoring and measuring the performance of each project/supplier through management of KPI’s and determining improvement plans as necessary.
- Utilising the client DPS system (and/or any other local/regional/national frameworks as needed) to drive commissioning process efficiencies and achieve consultancy service outputs that meet and exceed client expectations with regards to time, quality, and budget constraints.
- Managing a repository of information and intelligence on regional/national frameworks available at any one time to the client for direct award.
- Ensuring that all documents are filed and archived in a way that is easily accessible ensuring adherence to document retention policies and GDPR.
- Maintaining training records for and proactively looking to enhance knowledge and application of ethics training modules such as money laundering.
- Keeping abreast of client policies, strategies and initiatives and seek to incorporate them into commissioning processes to ensure relevance and alignment of operation to client priorities.
- Achieving innovation, social value and the use of low carbon technologies/sustainable practices, the impact of which can be measured and demonstrated as part of the commissioning process.
- Participating in regular market engagement events to stimulate the local market, encouraging new entrants, and improving supplier diversity.
- Sharing learning and experiences with the client and collaborate to further develop the potential of the existing DPS arrangement and design/launch DPS+ from a strong knowledge and experience base.
- Supporting Norse Group and Evolves business development strategies and activities.
- Ensuring technical integrity of work being carried out by the commercial team on the client’s Pro Contract and DPS systems.
- Fee earning at 80% and contribute to the achievement of business plan objectives and targets.
- Carry out duties appropriate to the grade of the post.
- Inspire a culture of excellence and continuous improvement, ensuring the delivery of demonstrable high quality products and services which embrace quality standards.
- Demonstrate personal commitment to the Norse Way CSR strategy.
For a candidate pack and more information, reach out to the team on norse@osbornethomas.org