Job Description
Work in cross-functional and cross-discipline teams to develop and implement risk-based contract and supplier relationship management capabilities and to tackle specific contractual issues, enabling delivery of DBS services;
Provide effective commercial management of DBS supplier contracts in a multi-supplier environment, including:
Manage delivery of suppliers commercial terms, obligations and milestones;
Support the Head of Commercial or Commercial Lead in ensuring a smooth contractual transition in terms of incoming and outgoing DBS contracts;
Achieve and maintain VFM through DBS suppliers;
Manage the commercial aspects of the contract change processes for DBS suppliers;
Monitor SLA performance and support the wider business in managing SLA performance;
Manage the procurement pipeline with input from DBS stakeholders;
Support the Head of Commercial or Commercial Lead in re-tendering exercises for replacement contracts as they arise, ensuring adherence to applicable rules and regulations, due process is followed and value for money outcomes. Where required to do so by the Head of Commercial or Commercial Lead, lead on re-tendering activity;
Work with internal stakeholders to develop requirements, challenging and refining as appropriate;
Review and recommend sourcing options;
Undertake market research, engagement and develop market knowledge;
Create invitation to tender documentation and run tender processes through to contract award, including governance of the appropriate approvals process;
Engage with legal representatives, Crown Commercial Service (CCS), Home Office Commercial Directorate (HOCD), Home Office Digital, Data and Technology (HODDaT), Cabinet Office Commercial / CDDO and any other government department as appropriate re. supplier commercial and relationship management matters;
Develop DBSs use of its electronic contract management tool, delivering increased and improved reporting. Regularly review procurement processes and guidance to ensure they are relevant and appropriate.
Responsibilities
Ability
Essential
to deliver value for money;
to manage suppliers against SLAs and action taken to ensure delivery against contractual obligations and rectification of poor performance / non-delivery;
to manage the commercial change process.
Experience
Essential
Experience of managing contracts of varying nature and size in a middle management role;
Experience of running tender exercises through to contract award;
Experience of EU and UK public sector procurement regulations.
Desirable
preferably in a multi-supplier environment and including IT contracts.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Benefits
DBS offers a number of excellent benefits for its employees. These can include:
Generous annual leave entitlement;
Excellent maternity, paternity and adoption schemes (after a qualifying period);
Commitment to the health and wellbeing of our employees;
Employee Assistance Programme;
Flexible working opportunities;
Eyecare voucher scheme;
Occupational Health Service including referrals for counselling and physiotherapy;
24/7 Counselling and Wellbeing Service
The DBS vision and purpose is to make people safer by being a visible, trusted and influential organisation, providing an outstanding quality of service to all our customers and partners, where our people understand the important safeguarding contributions they make and feel proud to work here. To do this, DBS is committed to being an employer that is able to attract, develop, retain and engage diverse talent that is representative of the communities we serve, and to be an organisation providing outstanding service to all our existing and new customers, who are diverse and have a range of different needs. We want all our staff to be able to bring their whole self to work.
Things you need to know
Security
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
To apply for this post, please provide a CV together with a 500 word suitability statement outlining how your skills, experience and qualifications meet the requirements of the role, including all essential and desirable criteria, and the key responsibilities.
For all candidates who are successful at the initial sifting stage, you will be expected to deliver a short (approximately 10 minutes) presentation to the panel, the topic will be provided on the day that will be measured against some elements of the essential criteria.
This will be followed by a panel interview. The aim of the panel interview will be to assess your ability to demonstrate the following behaviours:
Delivering at Pace
Managing a Quality Service
Making Effective Decisions
Communicating and Influencing
Strength based questions will also be utilised.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Provide effective commercial management of DBS supplier contracts in a multi-supplier environment, including:
Manage delivery of suppliers commercial terms, obligations and milestones;
Support the Head of Commercial or Commercial Lead in ensuring a smooth contractual transition in terms of incoming and outgoing DBS contracts;
Achieve and maintain VFM through DBS suppliers;
Manage the commercial aspects of the contract change processes for DBS suppliers;
Monitor SLA performance and support the wider business in managing SLA performance;
Manage the procurement pipeline with input from DBS stakeholders;
Support the Head of Commercial or Commercial Lead in re-tendering exercises for replacement contracts as they arise, ensuring adherence to applicable rules and regulations, due process is followed and value for money outcomes. Where required to do so by the Head of Commercial or Commercial Lead, lead on re-tendering activity;
Work with internal stakeholders to develop requirements, challenging and refining as appropriate;
Review and recommend sourcing options;
Undertake market research, engagement and develop market knowledge;
Create invitation to tender documentation and run tender processes through to contract award, including governance of the appropriate approvals process;
Engage with legal representatives, Crown Commercial Service (CCS), Home Office Commercial Directorate (HOCD), Home Office Digital, Data and Technology (HODDaT), Cabinet Office Commercial / CDDO and any other government department as appropriate re. supplier commercial and relationship management matters;
Develop DBSs use of its electronic contract management tool, delivering increased and improved reporting. Regularly review procurement processes and guidance to ensure they are relevant and appropriate.
Responsibilities
Ability
Essential
to deliver value for money;
to manage suppliers against SLAs and action taken to ensure delivery against contractual obligations and rectification of poor performance / non-delivery;
to manage the commercial change process.
Experience
Essential
Experience of managing contracts of varying nature and size in a middle management role;
Experience of running tender exercises through to contract award;
Experience of EU and UK public sector procurement regulations.
Desirable
preferably in a multi-supplier environment and including IT contracts.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
DBS offers a number of excellent benefits for its employees. These can include:
Generous annual leave entitlement;
Excellent maternity, paternity and adoption schemes (after a qualifying period);
Commitment to the health and wellbeing of our employees;
Employee Assistance Programme;
Flexible working opportunities;
Eyecare voucher scheme;
Occupational Health Service including referrals for counselling and physiotherapy;
24/7 Counselling and Wellbeing Service
The DBS vision and purpose is to make people safer by being a visible, trusted and influential organisation, providing an outstanding quality of service to all our customers and partners, where our people understand the important safeguarding contributions they make and feel proud to work here. To do this, DBS is committed to being an employer that is able to attract, develop, retain and engage diverse talent that is representative of the communities we serve, and to be an organisation providing outstanding service to all our existing and new customers, who are diverse and have a range of different needs. We want all our staff to be able to bring their whole self to work.
Things you need to know
Security
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
To apply for this post, please provide a CV together with a 500 word suitability statement outlining how your skills, experience and qualifications meet the requirements of the role, including all essential and desirable criteria, and the key responsibilities.
For all candidates who are successful at the initial sifting stage, you will be expected to deliver a short (approximately 10 minutes) presentation to the panel, the topic will be provided on the day that will be measured against some elements of the essential criteria.
This will be followed by a panel interview. The aim of the panel interview will be to assess your ability to demonstrate the following behaviours:
Delivering at Pace
Managing a Quality Service
Making Effective Decisions
Communicating and Influencing
Strength based questions will also be utilised.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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