Commercial Excellence Director

Commercial Excellence Director (Inside IR35)
Contract Term: Until December 2025
Contracting Authority: AWE
Location: Aldermaston, Reading– Hybrid
Clearance: DV
What if you could work on something that you can’t test… but cannot afford to fail? Something that could have spent years on a submarine, is launched into outer space (where the temperature is below -250c), comes hurtling through the atmosphere, being heated up and shaken and then must work? Some challenge.
That’s exactly what the team of over 6,500 people at AWE do every day: delivering important work, in support of the most important mission – keeping the nation safe.
AWE plays a crucial role in national nuclear security. Their role in nuclear deterrence and their specialist technical assistance to nuclear threat reduction is vital in the defence against the most serious threats faced by the UK. Working to support the defence of our country, AWE has a clear mission: to keep everyone, the environment, their products and information, sites, and everything around them, safe and secure.
As a Commercial Excellence Director your main responsibilities will be:
The role of Commercial Excellent Director entails leading the Supply Chain Management (SCM) Commercial Excellence team to ensure efficient delivery of value to the business through effective commercial planning, processes, data management, and governance. Responsibilities include developing and optimizing SCM processes, ensuring compliance with legislation and license conditions, acting as the global process owner, collaborating with senior leadership to define SCM strategy, and developing risk monitoring methodologies. Additionally, this role involves monitoring supply chain activities with regulators and managing corporate risk structures
Act as trusted advisor to the wider SCM team to ensure they are enabled to deliver commercial value through their delivery whilst ensuring risk and compliance are fully considered. Developing relationships and awareness within the SCM team of the relevant procurement legislation and government spend controls and ensure policy, procedures and templates are timely updated, in alignment with applicable HMG requirements. Ensuring AWE Supply Chain Excellence representation and active contribution in cross government workstreams related to policy, processes and procedures, and act at the AWE lead and point of contact where necessary. Ensuring a solid and longer-term pipeline of applicable procurements is maintained and shared with external stakeholders. Lead the interface with, and develop strong working relationships with other AWE corporate functions including Legal and Security. Developing and delivering high quality and timely market intelligence, reporting and management information to the SCM team to support the development of appropriate category strategies, commercial and sourcing strategies and to support SCM and wider supply chain performance. Leading the central Service Centre team to manage transactional procurement activity. Developing and maintaining the “commercial blueprint document” with the Cabinet Office to reflect the current and future SCM Strategy and Operating Model. Developing and maintaining a clear framework for functional competence development, leading and coordinating functional accreditations as necessary, for the individuals and for the overall SCM department, in alignment with the Government Commercial Function. Oversee the creation of SCM wide overall objectives and performance framework Undertaking the Head of Profession role for SCM, liaising with internal and external stakeholders to develop and deliver training, influence and lead change and champion best practice to develop and promote the Supply Chain Management function. Leading, managing and developing staff, promoting strong customer centric ethos to high professional standards.. Managing resourcing / recruitment for over 100FTE Demonstrating an exemplary enabling leadership approach Acting as a role model for health, safety, environmental and quality management and an advocate of AWE behaviours Lead for Astro and Odin integration, managing dependencies and timelines.
Essential:
Supply Chain Management Expertise:
Strong understanding of supply chain processes, procedures, and best practices. Ability to develop and optimize supply chain processes to deliver value to the business. Experience in managing procurement activities and ensuring compliance with regulations.
Commercial Excellence:
Capability to develop and implement commercial planning strategies. Proficiency in developing policies, procedures, and governance frameworks to support commercial operations. Skilled in developing and implementing sourcing strategies to achieve commercial objectives.
Governance and Compliance:
Experience in developing and maintaining governance frameworks to ensure compliance with regulations and internal policies. Knowledge of procurement legislation and government spend controls.
Strategic Planning:
Ability to develop and maintain supply chain strategies and operating models. Experience in developing and implementing category strategies and commercial strategies.
Stakeholder Management:
Strong relationship-building skills to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders. Ability to represent the organization in cross-government workstreams and act as a point of contact.
Leadership and Management:
Experience in leading and developing teams to drive performance and achieve objectives. Skilled in managing resourcing, recruitment, and staff development. Ability to foster a high-performance culture and promote inclusivity and continuous improvement.
Risk Management:
Proficiency in supply chain risk monitoring, mapping, and reporting.
Experience in managing supply chain-related activities with regulators and corporate risk structures. Data Analysis and Reporting:
Ability to develop and deliver high-quality market intelligence, reporting, and management information. Experience in analyzing data to support decision-making processes.
Change Management:
Experience in leading and managing change initiatives within the organization. Ability to champion best practices and drive continuous improvement.
DV Clearance -Candidates need to be a British National and have resided in the UK for the past 10 years for DV clearance
If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply
AWE’s ambition is to create workplaces that recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and where people feel able to be themselves at work. They strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants.
Disability confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, AWE guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Armed Forces Covenant
AWE guarantees to interviewveterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, wewill interview the best candidates from within that group.
We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at anypoint during the recruitment process or if there is amore accessible way for us to communicate, please dolet me know.
In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following “this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
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