Supply Chains Manager

Commercial is an agile and dynamic team with a positive culture. We embrace change and drive continuous improvement. The Department has grown significantly in recent years, leading to greater demand and need for procurement and commercial support. The Commercial Directorate has embarked on a transformation journey and continue to improve our systems, processes and capabilities to meet the needs of the Department.

The Commercial Directorate is made up of key pillars to provide cross-functional support to government programmes and policies:
Assurance, Governance, Procurement, Policy, and Supply Chains. This allows the team to successfully manage the commercial risk profile of the Department; deliver goods and services that demonstrate value for money; and implement government policy and initiatives to achieve social value. We collaborate and engage with our Arm Lengths Bodies to support our key sectors. The role holder will work within an integrated commercial functional team, working on delivering innovative commercial solutions.

We work flexibly, within a project based, delivery focussed and dynamic environment. We work with pace and are creative, innovative and ambitious. The role holder will work cross-functionally, providing support in a specialised area and the main focus of the role will be in providing project and specialist support to the development of Supply Chain policy and strategy, management and delivery.

This will primarily involve:

• Collate and interpret market intelligence to support effective supply chain management and development of commercial strategies;
• Creation of processes to map and monitor supply chains in DCMS;
• Develop market and category reports, putting in place a process to embed this in BAU, and identification of risks - escalating and providing recommendations/solutions as appropriate to protect DCMS key contracts and supply chains;
• Engage and influence Public Bodies to improve supply chain management capability;
• Work to increase SME and VCSE participation in DCMS procurements and supply chains.
  Disability Confident

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