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DDaT Supplier and Contract Manager
Job Posted: 23 days ago
Salary: £ 56,500 - 62,775 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Expire in: 5 days
Job Description
Supplier and Contract Manager, hybrid/Brighton, up to £62,775
Are you a DDaT Supplier & Contract Manager, looking to join a leading organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.
As a DDat Supplier and Contract Manager you will have oversight of all contracts within the DDaT portfolio and will seek to drive value for money, implement the DDaT strategy and commercial roadmap and drive long-term service outcomes and cost reductions through roadmap alignment of commercial contracts, architecture and delivery plans and effective coordination of supplier management processes. You will act as key liaison and coordination between DDaT operational and technical teams and Finance and Commercial Teams.
Benefits you’ll get:
• Public Sector Pension arrangements
• Discretionary bonus arrangements
• Access to performance related pay progression
• 25 days annual leave provision
• Flexible working arrangements
• Development opportunities
• Enhanced parental leave arrangements
• A free employee assistance programme
What you’ll be doing:
* Take ownership and development of the strategic DDaT commercial roadmap to optimise value for money, service efficiencies and long-term cost reductions through technology and contract consolidations.
* Evaluation of existing suppliers and contracts to advise on current capabilities, needs and future requirements and develop supply chain strategy and plans.
* Analyse supplier and contract data to predict trends in demand and costs.
* Market research and analysis to advise and identify opportunities to enable DDaT strategies, improve products and services and reduce costs.
* Acting as the primary point of contact to assure effective management of all DDaT contracts
* Identify, assess, manage and report on contract and supply chain risks relating to DDaT.
* Performance and cost management of suppliers using SLAs, benchmarks and KPIs and identify and oversee performance improvement opportunities.
* Assist service transition plans to ensure contractual support of production systems is clear and understood.
* Work closely with and in collaboration with Commercial, Finance and DDaT digital and service delivery teams.
* Create annual DDaT budget relating to commercial contracts (excluding employee costs)
* Perform ongoing budget management including spend tracking/forecasting, reporting and invoice/purchase requests approvals.
* Ongoing understanding of the external DDaT supplier landscape and emerging technologies and opportunities.
* Promote commercial awareness and activities across DDaT and oversee cost savings initiatives.
What you’ll need
* Extensive knowledge and experience of commercial lifecycle within the public sector.
* Roadmap management: Experience of creating and delivering a long-term commercial roadmap for digital function.
* Understanding of using 3rd parties to deliver technology programmes, as well as key technology considerations. Ability to work with very technically knowledgeable people and disseminate the outputs to non-technical business areas.
* In-depth awareness and experience of Government standards and industry best practice within Supplier Relationship Management e.g.: Government Commercial Function Guidance
* Supplier Relationship and Contract Management: comprehensive understanding and experience of managing suppliers including supplier performance, service levels, development, benchmarking, role of cost drivers in the supply chain, understanding of sub-contract markets and supplier relationship management.
* Commercial acumen: sound understanding of economic factors which will impact on market sectors and approaches to minimise cost pressures and reduce commercial risk combined with the ability to understand contracts, identify key supplier responsibilities and leverage value.
* Negotiation: Proven track record delivering savings through optimising commercial solutions whilst maintaining credibility and a long-term supplier relationship.
* Stakeholder Management: experience of liaising, consulting, and meeting with key stakeholders to understand business drivers and short-, medium- and long-term goals.
If this sounds like you and you are highly motivated to drive change and deliver value for money across the business please get in touch.
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