Role: Commercial Lead REF 94356 Contract Length: Until end of March 2026 Location: Hybrid/Andover, Wyton, Whittington or Glasgow based, candidates can pick any of the 4. Requirement is 3 days on site 2 days remote. Likelihood for candidate to travel to Whittington as that is where bulk of team based and some travel to other PFI sites IR35: Inside Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate Security Clearance: SC requested Spinwell is recruiting for a Commercial Lead for an excellent opportunity within the public sector. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMERCIAL LEAD Hold a Commercial Delegation to make contractual commitments on behalf of the client, with all the accountability and authority to ensure that there are robust procurement strategies for all procurements, that all contractual commitments represent value for money and are affordable within agreed approvals. Contribute to delivering the agreed programme of procurements on time and to a high quality, engaging as necessary with customers, the delivery team and other enabling functions, the scrutiny community and decision makers. Play an active and effective role in meetings, as a representative of the Commercial Function. Lead a team, building their confidence and commercial capability to drive performance and manage setbacks. Provide both decisive and educated leadership, facilitating the engagement and effectiveness of the commercial team. Successfully engage, lead, coach and inspire the team to reinforce the leadership values. Deliver all required line management activities to ensure the team deliver their objectives. Ensure that Projects and programmes adhere to legal and regulatory requirements, contractual obligations and ethical considerations. Advance Government policy, including sustainability and social value, through all commercial relationships. Contribute to the improvement of commercial awareness and capability across the organisation to ensure best practice is applied through all phases of the commercial lifecycle Deliver cash and efficiency savings to support the departments financial position, contributing to the maintenance of a category level savings pipeline, demonstrating delivery against forecast. SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE COMMERCIAL LEAD Strong procurement professionals PCR 2015 FAMILIAR PA2023 & PA2024 Public procurement would be highly desirable – high preference Open to water/hard/soft FM experience High value contracts Competition disciplines Understanding of PFI but not essential Public Sector – Essential Major government department type Minimum CIPS level 4 – highly desirable & preference to hold the qualification If you are a Commercial Lead, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell! We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion. Applying to this or any other vacancy advertised by Spinwell Ltd constitutes an agreement for Spinwell Ltd to hold your details for 24 months for the purpose of assessing suitability for the advertised position and to make you aware of any other positions deemed suitable of which You will make you aware by means of either email, text or phone. In line with GDPR regulations you are able to request your details be removed from the company data at any time by emailing us Disability Confident As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client 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. Armed Forces Covenant The client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all 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. If you qualify for the above, please notify us and quote the role you are applying for. We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview. Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let us know. About You Not Specified About Us