Commercial Manager
Job Title: Commercial Manager
Salary: The starting salary is £59,839, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £56,911 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £69,342 Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Kilburn
We are currently recruiting into a Commercial Manager level opportunity that will work in a team who are delivering commercial / procurement activities across a diverse range of goods and services.
The successful candidate will ideally bring a blend of the following: -
- Managing and developing commercial / procurement solutions.
- Category Management experience, with the ability to work across a number of different goods / services spend areas.
- Excellent senior stakeholder relationship / business partnering skills, with the ability to continually enhance commercial engagement
- Public Sector or regulated environment experience is a desirable
Candidates must be eligible to live / work in the UK and be prepared to go through a security clearance process.
Background to the Role
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Commercial Function are responsible for delivering end-to-end commercial lifecycle management and supporting the wider business in working with third parties. The MPS spends about £800 million each year on a diverse range of goods and services and we aim to procure them in the most cost effective and compliant way, while satisfying often urgent operational needs. We proactively manage thirty large complex and operationally critical outsourced service contracts, to ensure that we receive the quality services we are paying for and achieve value for money through the entire life of the contract.
As a member of the Commercial Services team, you will be directly supporting the MPS mission to make life safer for over 9 million Londoners. This means that there are more opportunities for you to get involved with making London the safest global city in a time of unprecedented change within the UK's largest Police Service.
MORE CHALLENGES. MORE EXCITEMENT. MORE OPPORTUNITIES. BE AT THE HEART OF A CHANGING SERVICE.
Role Description
This role is an integral part of Commercial Services.
In this role you will be expected to undertake Category Management including running Sourcing Events, and support Contract Management activity, contributing to delivering Commercial Excellence. You will develop relationships with MPS’s key and strategic suppliers, driving value for money and risk management across the category.
You will play an essential part in leading parts of the overall commercial life cycle. You will own key aspects of Category Management, including strategy and policy development, understanding needs and sourcing options, and the procurement process itself.
The role is varied, and to carry out successful commercial activity, you will work to source and assist in the mobilization of contracts; advise on the management, delivery and performance of the contract; and assist with the contract transition and exit.
Key Responsibilities
What does the average day look like? Your core duties will include (but are not limited to):
Strategic delivery and management within a category:
- Responsible for planning based on commercial approaches that deliver requirements that are in line with business needs, category strategies and market trends
- Feeding into the development of category strategies and delivery of sourcing requirements, as part of the team supporting business as usual and project activities
- Understanding demand by forecasting and planning requirements with internal stakeholders and suppliers
- Developing and maintaining category plans for key spend areas
Understands relevant sourcing options and analysis, and delivers positive outcomes through the procurement process:
- Leading on end-to-end strategic sourcing activities for MPS
- Working with key stakeholders to develop a clear and agreed view of business requirements, and supporting business units in articulating their commercial requirements
- Advising and providing professional guidance throughout the sourcing process, considering and evaluating a range of sourcing options which meet the Procurement Act ‘23
- Supporting the commercial input into business cases
- Provides a procurement service to the MPS which delivers demonstrable value for money and compliant goods and services contracts as part of a team of procurement professionals on larger procurement activities, including supporting stakeholders to drive productivity opportunities with existing supply base to deliver improved value through savings
- Responsible for negotiation with 3rd parties where necessary, and has knowledge and experience relating to commercial negotiation techniques
- Understanding and being accountable for sourcing compliance and frameworks
Supporting effective Commercial Contract Management within the category:
- Assisting stakeholders when required to evaluate the performance of suppliers against the specification
- Developing and maintaining positive commercial relationships with the supply chain
- Advise on relevant commercial KPIs covering supplier performance, spend, contract compliance etc
- Ensure the control and delivery of all spend through compliant contracts and make available through catalogues (or as otherwise appropriate) online
- Help drive innovation in contracts to demonstrate continuous improvement. Continually analyse contracts in order to develop and drive value
- On an ongoing basis, track operation demand and patterns and introduce demand management mechanisms where applicable
- Work with, and support, commercial colleagues to ensure clarity, resilience and consistency across the team and wider commercial family
- Analysing and assessing supplier risk, understanding impact on contingency and business continuity,
- Tracking and owning risks relating to specific contracts, taking steps to mitigate commercial risks
- Seeking out and integrating with key suppliers, developing relationships at all levels to promote commercial strategies across MPS
Building and maintaining key relationships across the MPS and with external stakeholders:
- Developing effective working relationships with supplier organisations to establish appropriate governance and relationship arrangements
- Provision of commercial advice to stakeholders
- Engaging, where required, with the relevant senior business lead, ensuring that business requirements are supported by category strategies
- Internal stakeholder will include MPS colleagues who are users and buyers of the goods and services within the category, and relevant business units; MPS colleagues within Corporate Services (e.g. Finance, Legal); and Police Staff and Police Officer colleagues
- External stakeholders will include MOPAC officers; Partner Agencies staff as required; and appropriate level supplier relationships
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. The application process requires a comprehensive CV and an online application form. Please ensure that your document is saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 28th November 2025.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence 1-2 weeks after the vacancy has closed.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence 1-2 weeks after the hiring managers review.