Commercial Operations Lead
- Civil Service
- Part Time
- Birmingham
- 59,877 - 66,869
Job Description
Job summary
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Are you an experienced Operations Delivery Lead who is highly technical with operational processes and procedures and who thrives in complex work environments and with enterprise leadership?
Are you looking for a role that bridges the gap between high-level business strategy and day-to-day execution, to ensure services, projects, and continuous improvement plans are delivered efficiently, responsibly, and within budget?
Job Summary
As a trusted Business Operations Professional within the Government Commercial Function, you will lead operational excellence and transformation across more than 400 commercial and procurement professionals.
Reporting to the Head of Commercial Operations, you will support major change programmes to support the agency's ambition to manage 60 billion in annual spend by FY 27/28.
Utilising deep expertise in strategy, finance, capacity, and compliance, you will manage competing priorities and build consensus. You will spearhead continuous improvement and best practices across the entire commercial lifecycle, ensuring the agency adapts swiftly to changing priorities.
Job description
Key Accountabilities:
Support the development and maintenance of strong operational practices across GCA Commercial and the wider business, ensuring end-to-end process efficiency.
Support the Medium Term Financial Planning process.
Working flexibly to lead and/or support the delivery of business as usual activity within commercial operations focus areas, which may include but are not limited to:
Responsible for the successful delivery of key continuous improvement and change projects and supporting delivery across the portfolio of projects at any one time and utilising deep operational expertise to provide strong visible leadership in portfolio areas and developing strategies and approaches to deliver successful change initiatives.
The post holder will build and maintain strong working relationships across GCA and with important internal stakeholders. Developing and owning relationships, building detailed knowledge of stakeholder needs to deliver value through operational excellence.
Supporting the Operational Delivery leadership team to successfully manage change within the Commercial Directorate (as a result of other Directorate changes) and/or supporting change/impact to other Directorates across GCA as appropriate.
Leading on some elements of delivery of key strategic GCA and Civil Service priorities, e.g. Government Commercial Function alignment, Commercial capability advancement, UK Economic Growth
Responsible for the formation, management, maintenance and leadership of working groups and/or cross functional teams to drive delivery on project areas under your control
Person specification
Essential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage):
Experience of developing and maintenance of strong operational practices across a business, ensuring end-to-end process efficiency.
Evidence of supporting annual financial planning processes and financial modelling.
Evidence of working flexibly to lead and/or support the delivery of business as usual activity within an operational delivery focused area
Demonstrable ability for the successful delivery of key continuous improvement and change projects , utilising operational delivery expertise to make informed decisions and actions.
Expert capability of building and maintaining strong working relationships with stakeholders.
