Service Manager for Commercial & Procurement

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About The Role

Are you ready to lead a transformational journey? Dorset Council is seeking an exceptional individual to join the Finance and Commercial Management team and lead our Commercial and Procurement Service, paving the way for excellence, efficiency, and innovation.

What's in it for you?

As our new Service Manager for Commercial and Procurement , you will work at a strategic level, reporting to the Corporate Director for Finance and Commercial (Deputy 151).

As an experienced leader, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference, using your public procurement skills to benefit Dorset's communities through delivering social value, supporting our climate change agenda, delivering efficiencies, and maximising value for money.

You'll be joining Dorset Council at a truly exciting time. As well as leading the Councils' commercial and procurement function, your service transformation skills will enable you to grow strong relationships, developing joint capability and unlocking positive service outcomes.

You will play an integral part in leading the preparation for the changes that flow national legislation; The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and The Procurement Act 2023.

As an experienced leader, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference, us ing your public procurement skills to benefit Dorset's communities through delivering social value, supporting our climate change agenda, delivering efficiencies, and maximising value for money .

What you can expect to be doing:

In this senior and strategic role, you'll be working with Executive level officers from across the Council , delivering significant influence over the procurement and contract management performance across the entire Council .

At a local level , you'll be a key contributor in supporting the commercial and procurement activity underpinning the successful delivery of the Councils £400m capital plan - including major infrastructure projects such as Levelling Up Fund (LUF), Family Hubs and new Adult Care reablement homes.

You will l ead the development and implementation of a commercial vision and strategy for the Council , including the training , development and resources to drive commercial transformation . Working across the organisation , you'll lead the development of commercial acumen to deliver the commercial strategy and driv e change.

About you:

It is a given that you will be an experienced procurement professional with a sound background in public sector procurement.

You'll be able to apply your public sector procurement expertise to lead a proactive, creative, adaptable, and effective approach to procurement .

If this sounds like you and you would like to use your skills and expertise to help us make a difference to Dorset, we would love to hear from you.

Further Information

To arrange a confidential discussion about the role with Sean Cremer, Corporate Director for Finance and Commercial (Deputy s151) please contact the wonderful Sharon Wyatt ( [email protected] ), who will schedule a Teams call.

Interviews will be held in person in Dorchester, week commencing 13th May 2024.

This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn .

About Us

We're passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

• provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
• have ambitious aspirations
• are excited about our future
• care about Dorset and all the people who live here
• know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

• have access to a range of employee benefits
• be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
• have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours . We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn .

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

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