Commercial Lead Energy

DIO provides the infrastructure which supports the ability for this country's Defence operation to live, work and train in the UK and abroad. Our teams play a key role in delivering the UK's Defence objectives and are responsible for a land mass which represents 2% of the entire UK. Our estate is incredibly complex but highly interesting, and for the right candidate who's interested in empowering a Commercial team to deliver great supply chains to deliver across the Estate this would be a fantastic role., The Utilities Commercial Team is responsible for delivering the Energy agenda for the MOD estate both in the UK (inc. NI) and Overseas. The Utilities portfolio consists of several key contracts that deliver the supply of electricity, gas and oils to the MOD Estate that total circa £2bn.The Energy workstream is responsible for delivering a programme of commercial requirements that supports the MOD in achieving its Net Zero targets and decarbonisation agenda. This also includes supporting the Future Energy Programme in developing commercial strategies to obtain and generate green energy. The future generation of green energy is pivotal in aiding site resilience, financial challenges and delivering initiatives such as Electric Vehicle Infrastructure to military sites. Summary of the Role

• Hold a Commercial Delegation to make contractual commitments on behalf of the MOD, with all the accountability and authority to ensure that there are robust procurement strategies for all procurements, that all contractual commitments represent value for money and are affordable within agreed approvals.
• Contribute to delivering the agreed programme of procurements on time and to a high quality, engaging as necessary with customers, the delivery team and other enabling functions, the scrutiny community and decision makers
• Play an active and effective role in meetings, as a representative of the Commercial Function.
• Lead a team, building their confidence and commercial capability to drive performance and manage setbacks
• Provide both decisive and educated leadership, facilitating the engagement and effectiveness of the commercial team. Successfully engage, lead, coach and inspire the team to reinforce the MOD and GCO leadership values. Deliver all required line management activities to ensure the team deliver their objectives
• Ensure that DIO Projects and programmes adhere to legal and regulatory requirements, contractual obligations and ethical considerations. Advance Government policy, including sustainability and social value, through all commercial relationships
• Contributing to the improvement of commercial awareness and capability across the organisation to ensure best practice is applied through all phases of the commercial lifecycle
• Deliver cash and efficiency savings to support the departments financial position, contributing to the maintenance of a category level savings pipeline, demonstrating delivery against forecast
• Deliver end-to-end category management strategies ensuring appropriate routes to market are used to procure in the most time efficient way
Must have MCIPS level 6 or be willing to work towards obtaining it within 1 year of taking up the position.
Salary: £72,000 - £79,200 + GCO Pension, GCO Terms. Up to 15% performance-related-pay available on accreditation.