Procurement Business Partner

£44,447, 28.97% pension contributions, hybrid working, and flexible working.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) deliver services that support millions of people across the UK. Behind these services sits one of the largest Commercial functions in Government, helping ensure public money is spent responsibly and delivers the best possible outcomes for citizens and taxpayers.

We are recruiting Procurement Business Partners across two categories of the Commercial Directorate:
Digital and Automated Buying, Business Services & External Resources (ABBSER). These categories alone manage more than 623 active contracts with contract spend of £3.6 billion across some of the UK's largest suppliers.

Digital Category supports the procurement and delivery of technology, infrastructure, software, digital services and specialist resources that underpin some of DWP's most important services. From cloud transformation and cyber security to digital platforms, networks and technology solutions, the team helps ensure DWP has the tools and capability required to deliver services to citizens across the UK.

ABBSER Category supports a diverse portfolio of commercial activity across corporate services, consultancy & professional services and external resourcing. This includes sourcing specialist Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) expertise, agency workers, contractors and consultancy support and corporate services that help DWP deliver strategic priorities, transformation programmes and operational services.

In the public sector, being commercial means understanding business needs, engaging with internal stakeholders, suppliers and markets, managing procurement activity, delivering contracts, and making informed decisions that balance cost, quality and risk to deliver value for money and positive outcomes.

As a Procurement Business Partner, you will manage a portfolio of activity across the full end to end commercial lifecycle, working closely with stakeholders to understand their requirements, develop commercial approaches to deliver contracts with successful outcomes. You'll have the opportunity to influence decisions, build strong relationships and play a key role in supporting services that make a real difference to people's lives.

Working with stakeholders across DWP, you will help shape commercial solutions by understanding business requirements, providing commercial advice and leading activity across different stages of the commercial lifecycle that maximise value for money while achieving policy, operational and citizen-focused outcomes. This may include market engagement, sourcing, procurement, supplier negotiations, contract implementation and contract management.

You will be trusted to take ownership of your portfolio, build strong stakeholder relationships and support informed decision-making that delivers value for money and positive outcomes for citizens and taxpayers.

• Managing a portfolio of commercial projects, procurements and contracts.
• Working with stakeholders to understand requirements and develop effective commercial solutions.
• Leading procurement and sourcing activity, including market engagement and competitive tender exercises.
• Developing recommendations that balance cost, quality, risk and value for money.
• Coordinating and chairing stakeholder meetings to support decision-making and achieve consensus.
• Evaluating supplier proposals and supporting fair, transparent and evidence-based procurement decisions.
• Identifying opportunities to improve commercial outcomes, deliver efficiencies and generate savings.
• Building effective relationships with stakeholders across commercial, finance, digital and…