Commercial Procurement Business Partner

We are looking for a Commercial Procurement Business Partner to join our Commercial Procurement team. In this role (reporting to Head of Commercial Procurement), you will provide professional and effective procurement, commercial and contract support across the business ensuring value for money and transparency are achieved. You will deliver a variety of procurement activities in line with Nest’s Procurement Policy, the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023. You will provide procurement and contract management guidance and advice to the team and internal stakeholders in accordance with Nest Policies. You will also manage end‑to‑end tender activities including drafting tender documentation, evaluation, supplier meetings and agreement of contracts, through to contract award and ensure value for money is achieved whilst complying with statutory requirements and guidance.

Minimum Criteria

• Good understanding of Managing Public Money, and compliance with PCR 2015, PA 2023 and legal and regulatory requirements
• Extensive experience as a Business Partner, acting as a trusted partner, providing strong strategic support to internal stakeholders
• Experience of working closely with internal stakeholders to understand the short and long term needs
• Experience of managing the full end‑to‑end procurement lifecycle including pre‑market engagement, drafting tender and contractual documents, and preparing evaluation workbooks and managing the evaluation process
• Experience of managing more complex, high value procurements including competitive procedures and proof of concepts
• Good knowledge of contract law and an ability to advise on contract and commercial aspects including those instances where a claim or conflict arises
• Experience in the public sector

Please download a full job description to see a full person specification and role responsibilities.

Flexible and Agile Working

• Hybrid of office and home working
• Reduce or vary working hours
• Reduce or vary the days worked
• Work from home (or a different location)
• Work compressed hours
• Job share

Directorate/Department Overview

The Finance Directorate, led by the Chief Financial Officer and their leadership team, is made up of four distinct functions: Financial Planning & Governance, Financial Control, Tax, Strategic Sourcing (including Commercial Procurement & Commercial Management).

Organisational Overview

The Commercial Procurement Team is at the heart of Nest Corporation and is responsible for procurement and contract management across the business. The bulk of the Corporation’s expenditure is on external services. Third‑party spend is around £230 m a year. Procurement and contract management activity at the scale and complexity of Nest Corporation’s demands requires a strong team of experienced people from a variety of backgrounds, including procurement expertise, programme and project management expertise, commercial negotiation, contract, and relationship management. Nest is an award‑winning workplace pension scheme, the largest in the country. Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK a place to save, our first‑class responsible investment practice and governance are the backbone of what we do, supported by all the functions you’d expect to find in a thriving business. We’re committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self and offer an inclusive and flexible working environment.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their age, belief, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or caring responsibilities, socio‑economic background, sex, sexual orientation, religion or race or any other legally protected status. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought and other forms of neurocognitive variation. We are a Level 2 Disability Confident Leader under the Disability Confident Scheme. As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we’re part of the guaranteed interview scheme.

Please note that this advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of satisfactory applications. If you have any difficulty in sending your application or need the application pack in an alternative format, or you require any reasonable adjustments please contact careers@nestcorporation.org.uk.