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On behalf of FCDO, we are looking for a Supplier Management Development Lead (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract based Hybrid working (2 days per week in East Kilbride, Glasgow office and remaining WFH)

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) pursues our national interests and projects the UK as a force for good in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK's security, defend our values, reduce poverty, and tackle global challenges with our international partners.

About the role:

Rosa is a central Government IT system that uses latest technologies to enable collaborative working up to SECRET in a secure environment. Rosa provides fixed and mobile SECRET collaboration tools and communications in 166 countries across the globe, allowing users to create and share data securely. This ground breaking work is protecting our national security whilst enabling users to work in far better ways than any previous solutions have allowed.

The Rosa Management Office is responsible for key corporate functions within the Rosa team including the commercial operations for contract and supplier management. It is essential we continue to develop strategic relationships with our critical suppliers and ensure effective partnerships for delivery.

You will use your knowledge and experience to develop our Strategic Relationship Management process, enhancing relationships systems for an effective operations. In addition you will bring industry knowledge to our contract management, continually assessing the quality of service and delivery, to ensure effective, value for money delivery from the supply chain.

Working across our commercial and stakeholder teams you will help in the development of new requirements to ensure that our procurement team can effectively buy within a specialist IT security sector.

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This is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of a growing team in a modern and flexible working environment This is a varied and exciting role for an experienced and enthusiastic individual looking to drive forward the design and delivery of secure capabilities that will transform the Rosa Service.

The main duties and responsibilities of the Supplier Management Development Lead would be to:

• Develop and enhance contract management activities, monitoring performance and adherence to KPI's.
• Negotiate contract change, balancing risk and opportunity to ensure continuous delivery of value for money
• Develop and operate the Strategic Relationship Management programme for key suppliers.
• Lead commercial functional support on all contract management matters, including risk, performance, assurance and reporting.
• Develop strong relationships with stakeholders and suppliers, maximising opportunities to collaborate, deliver efficiencies and improve capability.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge in complex commercial relationship management and contracting processes.
• Develop and manage commercial requirements from operational colleagues, proactively working across the organisation to ensure future needs are understood and documented.
• Manage the requirements pipeline to ensure suitable competitive activities are delivered in time to meet operational schedules.
• Lead the operation and management of Strategic Supplier Review meetings, ensuring that performance and relationship issues are identified, addressed and resolved.
• Manage the commercial team to ensure all commercial documentation is retained, stored and utilised effectively to manage the future pipeline of activities.
• Lead on the development of commercial analysis and metric reporting.
• Enhance process management and tooling across contract and supplier management activities.

Essential:

• Significant experience of successful contract and supplier management, demonstrating improved value, operational effectiveness and reduced risk, identifying opportunities to deliver against your organisation’s priorities
• Senior commercial and procurement experience
• Extensive experience and understanding of regulated procurement, including the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023.
• Effectively builds & maintains a range of colleague, internal and external stakeholder relationships, working collaboratively, providing clear advice & support with a track record of influencing at executive and senior levels
• Able to navigate internal operations at all levels. Understand, manage and balance competing priorities.
• Experience within Government and IT sector is preferable, ideally with experience of operating within secure service delivery.
• Excellent communication skills.

Professional Qualifications

• Recognised commercial qualification would be desirable, MCIPS, ICM, etc

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, FCDO guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Covenant / Commitment

FCDO guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".