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You will be joining a large and complex public sector organisation responsible for supporting critical national infrastructure, operational capability, and secure strategic programmes across the UK. Operating within a highly regulated and security conscious environment, you will play a key role in delivering value through robust procurement practices, strategic sourcing initiatives, and the effective management of supplier and contract relationships. Supporting high-profile programmes and essential services, you will contribute to the successful delivery of outcomes that are critical to national resilience and operational effectiveness.
Your new role
As a Commercial & Procurement Specialist, you will lead and support end-to-end sourcing, supplier management and contract delivery across a varied and commercially diverse portfolio, including:
- Full sourcing and tendering activity inline with PA23 and Public Regulations.
- Managing both large, high value contracts and small, fast turn procurement exercises.
- Supporting commercial activity within operational environments where reliability, continuity and performance are essential.
- Overseeing supplier performance, service delivery, KPIs and risk mitigation.
- Using CP&F/CPNS systems to manage procurement processes, financial controls and commercial governance.
- Working across multiple defence-related buying areas (i.e goods and services; education/training services, specialist and generalist equipment, support services and medical).
- Ensuring commercial alignment with security requirements, compliance frameworks and audit standards typical of the defence sector.
- This is a hands on role requiring ownership, commercial confidence and the ability to support stakeholders in time-critical or operational environments.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful, you should demonstrate:
- Recent, hands on sourcing experience - leading tenders and commercial processes within the last 1-3 years.
- Experience within defence, secure operations, or other regulated environments, understanding the pace, governance and assurance levels required.
- Confident buying across multiple defence aligned categories and demonstrating experience in these relevant key areas.
- Ability to handle both high-value strategic procurements and smaller, urgent requirements.
- Security Clearance (SC) is essential; candidates without this being live will not be considered. xgikmsk
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, comfortable working with engineers, operational teams, project delivery, and senior decision-makers.
What you'll get in return
- The opportunity to work within one of the UK's most complex and respected defence al...
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