Hobson Prior currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Commercial Business Partner on a contract basis located in London.

Please note that to be considered for this role you must have the right to work in this location.

Key Responsibilities:

• Pipeline analysis and reporting.
• Assist Business Owner with development of BJT and approvals and managing touch points with CCS where appropriate.
• Ensuring only high quality, fully completed BJTs are presented to the CCB, with all relevant approvals in place.
• Generating High Quality Contracts (once approved) and managing timely signature process, correct filling and reporting of contract status, and managing touch points with CCS where appropriate.
• Ensuring the PO is raised in a timely fashion, and managing supplier communications to that effect.
• Timely and accurate weekly updates to workplan.
• To act as a trusted advisor in assisting business owners in developing and implementing procurement strategies for projects and services required by the T&T; helping to devise effective commercial/legal contract specifications and to develop a full procurement life cycle.
• Working with business owners to analyse pipeline data over 1,3- and 6-months periods in order to competently manage the delivery of commercial cases, against the backdrop of the wider team objectives.
• Responsible for all aspects of Sub Team/Portfolio management; Required to directly line manage Commercial Business Partners.
• Be proactive in building, owning and developing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders; Establishing a Commercial Business Partnering approach within relevant portfolio, to include identification of requirements, relevant bespoke service levels and KPIs, and ensuring excellent delivery of service against these expectations.
• Assist in identifying areas where savings can be made, being proactive in providing advice on how cost reductions can be achieved, and overall numbers of consultants can be reduced.
• Implement and maintain systems and management information/reporting metrics to support the T&T commercial management process.
• Instilling a 'can do' attitude, and being flexible, accountable and responsible for delivering on ad hoc requests.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years' experience of success in comparable procurement function.
• Experience and understanding of legal and governance requirements within an organisation of similar scale and scope.
• Experience of e-tendering and Bravo would be an advantage.
• Excellent IT skills and experience using wide range of office applications.
• Strong academic background, ideally educated to degree level.
• MCIPS or similar qualification.

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