Commercial & Procurement Consultants

Job Title: Commercial & Procurement Consultant Location: Home Based, Flexible Working, with travel (UK based) Start Date: ASAP Role type: Permanent Security clearance: Must have or be eligible for SC. We can apply on behalf of successful candidate if SC not currently held. Salary: £30,000 - £50,000 + personal performance bonus + uncapped sales bonus + company share option + benefits package ____________________________________________________________________________________ About Evolve Commercial Evolve Commercial is digital procurement consultancy that provides commercial and procurement services to help our clients successfully deliver their complex and security-sensitive technology programmes. Formed in 2020, we are an exciting, fast-growing, and vibrant SME who are looking for experienced professionals to join our growing team. We can promise that working at Evolve is refreshingly different to working at your typical large corporation or consultancy. You’ll have the opportunity to play an integral part in the company and will participate in a complete range of important business activities, whilst actually influencing company development from day one. To thrive in this environment, we only ask that you bring a high degree of pro-activeness, independent aptitude, and flexibility. If change is something that excites you, then Evolve could be the right career move for you. We are fully digitally native and embrace the freedoms of modern, flexible working arrangements. We understand the challenges of balancing home and work life, so we promote a progressive approach to managing our business, alongside home life, which is based on delivering the outcomes that deliver the best possible value for our clients and our company, as efficiently as possible. This means that effective, valuable, and focused outcomes for our customers, our business, and you is our gold standard, and not ‘presenteeism’. Evolve is a strong, close-knit team, who shares in great fun and great work. We strongly value the social aspects of working as part of a great team, which can be a challenge with remote working, so we enjoy regular face-to-face team workshops and social events. We are growing this business together - so whether this is the kind of fresh venture you’ve always wanted, you’ve come to a point in your career where you need something new and exciting, or if you feel like you want to test your skills in a new environment - then you will never find a better time to join us than right now. Employee Management Incentive Programme Evolve Commercial is, ultimately, the sum of its team. And as such, every member of the team will have the opportunity to own part of the company in return. In 2022 we launched an Employee Management Incentive programme and have ringfenced 20% of the company to put into staff hands. This will enable employees to benefit from additional dividend payments from company profits (on top of bonuses!) as well as share in any benefit from any future business sale. You’d work to benefit Evolve, so why not have it work to benefit you in return? The Role As a Consultant you will be expected to have the capability to lead and deliver procurement activities as well as support the delivery of our more complex programmes, using your proven skills, knowledge, and experience. You will also work closely with the directors to play a key and active role in future company development. Main Responsibilities Company development:

• Support relationship management with clients and suppliers
• Help develop the company’s internal capability and service offering

Provide commercial & procurement support & advice to our clients through:

• Supporting the development of procurement and commercial strategies
• Assisting pre-sourcing market analysis
• Supporting and inputting to business cases for new procurements
• Leading of relevant sized tender projects within public sector frameworks
• Involvement in supplier performance management activities
• Undertaking value-for-money analysis for business cases and tenders
• Advising on procurement processes to ensure compliance with Public Contract Regulations and Defence & Security Public Contract Regulations as well as the clients’ internal policies and procedures
• Carrying out and supporting various Contract Management activities and ensuring that files are up to date, providing an auditable trail of effective management
• Supporting other members of the team to develop skills and experience in more complex procurements
• Deliver against existing and new opportunities, to generate value for our customers

Required Skills, Knowledge & Experience We know that the best indicator of future success, is your recent and past achievements. We’re looking for people who have delivered successful commercial and procurement outcomes in at least one of the following areas:

• Secure environment (Defence, Policing, Nuclear, etc.)
• Public Sector (Government Departments, Government Agencies, Education Establishments, Local Government, etc.)
• IT and Digital programmes (Digital Transformation, Cyber Capability, Software, Hardware procurement, etc.)

What you know and how you put this into practice is essential to how you will work within our team. We’re looking for people that successfully:

• Deliver low risk & complexity activity independently or manage your own contribution to more complex projects
• Develop your own relationships with project stakeholders
• Understand compliance with public and defence & security contract regulations (PCR, DSPCR, SSCR, etc.)
• Deliver work in accordance with key processes, using simple and effective ways of working
• Support business projects and deliverables in a proactive way

Behaviours Our behaviours create our culture, so we look for the same behaviours at all experience levels:

• Being productive and motivated, in the relentless pursuit of our mission
• Acting selflessly to prioritise team and organisational success
• Striving to develop yourself, so you can lead us to success
• Nurturing the leadership spark of all team members
• Working flexibly to be the best you can be
• Acting with best intentions when you communicate and act
• Simplifying the complex to deliver impactful results
• Acting with Integrity and Transparency, to instil confidence

Qualifications

• Successful candidate likely to hold, be working towards, or keen to work towards CIPS/MCIPS or IACCM accreditation
• Other professional qualifications and a relevant degree or degree level qualification are also desirable
• Ability to obtain Security Clearance is essential

How to apply Interested in joining our Team? Please send us an up-to-date CV which meets the following best practice guidelines:

• Skills, Knowledge, and Experience : Highlight your experience in line with the Required Skills, Knowledge & Experience section and anywhere that you exceed our requirements. Your additional skills, knowledge, and experience may just be the thing that set you apart from the rest and align to our culture and ethos.

• Highlighting Success : It’s important to us that you highlight the successes you have achieved in other roles or jobs.

• Layout, style, and quality : Whilst layout and style aren’t essential to a good CV, it’s the first formal document we will see from you – so make sure it counts. This is an opportunity to highlight your attention to detail, your ability to be clear and concise, and your personal style and tone.

 

• Length : We believe in simplifying the complex and we hope you do to. Because of this, we believe a CV should be pithy, concise and articulate. Your CV should be roughly two pages but no more than three.