Commercial Category Officer 34 views

Your role will be to provide support to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA’s) category teams for contract activities and related issues, including all aspects of the commercial cycle, pre-procurement/pre-market engagement, procurement and contract management.

Commercial Category Officers are expected to be flexible in their approach and may on occasion be required to support more than one category, delivering a range of products and services required or supplied by DVSA. The role may also include the administration and commercial management of Authorised Testing Facilities (ATF) contracts.

This role will support DVSA’s adherence to the appropriate legal standard and best practice across the entire spectrum of commercial activities. To include contracting activities with third parties and maintaining awareness of legal (national and international), departmental and Government policy and regulations.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Providing support to Commercial Category Managers and category team; covering all aspects of the commercial cycle.
• Establishing the relevant contractual information for tender and bid documentation for engagement with third parties, to establish formal contractual arrangements.
• Managing commercial and category-specific inboxes, providing timely responses to queries and ensuring issues are resolved.
• Managing low value procurements.
• Liaising with internal customers and external contractors, verbally, in meetings and in writing to ensure that any issues arising from existing contracts are resolved without delay.

To thrive in this role, you will have excellent communication skills, allowing you to work closely with others and to build and maintain strong working relationships.

You are highly organised with strong attention to detail, able to effectively plan and prioritise your workload to produce work that is accurate and to a high standard.

We are seeking individuals who can pick up new skills with ease. You will be team player with the ability to work on your own initiative. You will be highly adaptable and flexible, adjusting to the requirements of the role.