We're currently seeking a number of experienced and ambitious Associate Commercial Lead/Commercial Manager professionals to work with our exceptional client in a secure environment, supporting challenging and highly rewarding projects.
These contract roles will require you to undergo security clearance prior to assignment. Opportunities are available in London.
You'll have the potential to work effectively across a diverse range of internal projects and teams spanning multiple business units, either as a customer lead or an operational specialist. Your responsibilities will include assessing requirements, providing and managing solutions and services that meet customer needs, and delivering organisational excellence and compliance. You will be encouraged to showcase your skills on unique projects.
You will demonstrate how responsiveness, efficiency, and professionalism are the hallmarks of your outstanding service in supporting the Commercial Lead. You will be accountable for your own portfolio or operational workstreams, ensuring the fulfillment of goods and services across the business. You will employ high standards through your contribution across the entire project lifecycle, including specifications, ITTs, contracts, and contract management. You will support continuous improvement of people and commercial capabilities, and through effective operational management, enable and drive opportunities for new activities to enhance your customer offering. Inspiring and supporting others around you to do the same is essential. Therefore, faultless commercial acumen, exceptional influencing, prioritization, negotiation, and people skills are a must.
With significant expertise in commercial settings, your analytical ability and aptitude to balance risks and benefits, as well as issue resolution, will be critical. You will lead the development of strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and colleagues. You will prioritize delivery of work amidst highly complex activities and competing criteria, being adaptable and experienced enough to deliver on tactical and strategic outputs. You will approach challenges and problem resolution enthusiastically, focusing on the customer and the details to understand and address issues, create solutions, and identify opportunities for new activities to enhance your customer offering.
These commercial roles are conducted in an environment that is far from ordinary, therefore, we're not looking for ordinary candidates.
Your qualification, experience, skills, and behaviors:
As an exceptional commercial professional, you will have:
* Demonstrable experience in commercial roles
* Experience in sourcing, commercial operations, supply chain, or supplier management
* Responsibility for a portfolio of contract and framework agreements
* Experience of the entire project lifecycle (drafting specifications, facilitating ITTs, evaluating contracts, ensuring value for money)
* Experience in writing commercial plans and strategic documents
* Sound knowledge of buying, purchasing, invoicing, billing, and contract creation
* Ability to achieve short- and long-term reductions, efficiencies, and enhancements
* Data analysis skills to support decision-making
* Experience in contractual issue resolution
* Ability to build, nurture, and manage strong working relationships with customers, suppliers, and colleagues
* Ideally, experience in technology or digital environments
You will also:
* Hold or be willing to attain a professional commercial qualification such as CIPS (Level 5) or equivalent
* Demonstrate expertise in coaching, mentoring, knowledge sharing, leadership, issue resolution, upskilling, problem-solving, task management, and communication
Furthermore, you will role model the following behaviors:
* Proactive
* Role model
* Committed to personal development
* Self-starter
* Rapport building
* Driven
* Resilient
* Inclusive
* Collaborative
* Responsive
In return:
You'll join an ambitious, high-level team of like-minded and highly skilled individuals, all focused on delivering the best possible outcomes.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to step away from the mundane and forge your own path in a new direction working on life and culture-changing projects.
If you're ready for a challenge like no other, apply today.
As an organization and team, Guidant Global is committed to fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace where every employee and contractor feels valued and empowered.
We actively seek to recruit talent from all backgrounds, drawing on a rich blend of experiences, perspectives, and creativity. We believe that when people are respected and included, they are motivated to bring their best selves to work, leading to innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes for all.
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