The Organisation

Crown Commercial Services (CCS) is the largest provider of commercial agreements to Central Government and across the wider public sector, leveraging around £30bn per annum spend. As part of the Commercial Directorate, you will be focused on our Technology category which delivers significant value across all aspects of IT procurement, products and services.

The Role

You will be joining a team of around 130 technology procurement professionals who have a wide range of knowledge across public procurement and IT. You will lead a part of this team in the delivery of CCS’s objectives.

You will lead key initiatives and strategies in conjunction with key central government departments and wider public sector organisations (local and devolved government, health, blue light, transport). Additionally, you will interface into several IT strategic suppliers to the public sector, many being global in size.

As a Head of Category, you will:

• Lead your teams to deliver against the business plan objectives (customer value, operational excellence, growing our capability) for the Commercial Directorate
• Be part of the senior management and leadership team for Technology, collaborating, supporting, and driving our team’s success
• Lead the development of procurement strategies including the production of category strategies, joint planning with customers, and using market insight to drive innovative solutions for our customers.
• Drive operational excellence with our supplier base
• Line manage a team of procurement professionals (typically around 8-10 people)
• Help our commercial capability grow and learn through sharing your experience and driving personal development actions.
• Work with our CCS business partners and wider stakeholder to ensure we deliver compliantly and consistently

Further Details and How to Apply

Please download the attached full Candidate Pack which outlines further details of this exciting opportunity including how to apply. For your application to be considered, you will need to submit a CV AND a Statement of Suitability. Please also pay particular attention to the downloadable document: Guide to writing a Statement of Suitability - this is far more than a simple covering letter and should address the Essential Criteria as detailed in the candidate pack.

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