Government Commercial Function
Assistant Commercial Director – Pre-Award (Corporate Services)
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Job Title: Assistant Commercial Director – Pre-Award (Corporate Services)
Salary: £82,600 - £100,938
Locations: Telford, London, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester
Reporting to a Commercial Deputy Director for Corporate Services and Property FM (Pre-Award) pillar and alongside three Grade 6 peers within the pillar, the role holder will lead a team of category and sourcing specialists and be accountable for the overall category strategy ensuring that it delivers innovative, competitive and compliant commercial outcomes that are aligned to HMRC objectives and maximise value for money.
We are hosting a virtual recruitment event on Tuesday 25th of August at 13:00 – 13:50 to discuss this role in further detail. You’ll hear from the senior management team talk about duties and responsibilities, but also what it’s like to work for HMRC. A member of the GCO Recruitment team will provide guidance and advice on how to submit a successful application and you’ll also be given the opportunity to ask the panel questions.
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Responsibilities include:
- Lead and provide direction for an overall category plan and future requirements, in conjunction with key stakeholders across all functions, overseeing the procurement process across the category scope.
- Develop and maintain strategic stakeholder relationships across relevant business areas providing focused commercial and category advice.
- Using commercial acumen and extensive category knowledge, influence business needs, organisational objectives and policy, ensuring market and sector intelligence is maximised and emerging and/or innovative solutions and suppliers are considered for all commercial activities.
- Using an well-established pipeline, proactively identify opportunities across micro and macro environments, which are then to drive improved value through innovative solutions.
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What we're looking for:
- Driving and leading delivery of the Category Strategy, you will have end-to-end multiple category lifecycle experience within complex business environments.
- Develop specialist category knowledge of market, suppliers, commercial models and value levers as well as responsibility for ensuring procurements comply with HMG & HMRC policies and regulations.
- Demonstrate strong team leadership, stakeholder relationship management, risk management and planning skills.
- Responsible for overseeing the procurement process in relation to the category including Category specific pre-market engagement.
Closing date: Monday 7th September 2026, 23:55
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