Contract Performance Commercial Lead

Description & Requirements

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Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year.

Here in the UK we employ around 5,000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people's lives.

From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.

Job Purpose

A key senior leadership role accountable responsible for leading commercial workstreams within the Contract Performance Team.

Primary elements of the role involve providing recommendations to senior stakeholders based on a complex set of problems, leading various internal groups to identify solutions.

The role will advise the Contract Performance Director on commercial issues, conduct quality assurance and lead on strategy to reduce contractual performance risks

Salary - £50000 - £55000

Home Based.

Closing date 5pm on 3rd March.

Benefits include:



* Holiday trade scheme


* 9% combined pension


* 25 days annual leave


* Flexible benefits package

What does the role entail?

1.

Stakeholder Liaison:

• Provide recommendations to SLT level stakeholders around the approach to volume and resource related contractual negotiations, considering risks and opportunities

• Deliver proposals to DWP explaining complex issues at a level appropriate to the senior audience (e.g., DWP Commercial, DWP Contract Management Performance (CMPD)).

• Maintain strong relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective communication and collaboration.

• Prepare presentations at the appropriate level for stakeholders, to ensuring complex analysis from various independent sources can be collated, communicated and fully understood.

• Lead workstreams across key internal stakeholder groups considering Operational, Commercial, Financial aspects to fully understand the impact to contractual position.

2.

Strategy & process Development:

• Lead sessions with internal stakeholders to develop strategies and provide recommendations around contractual expectations.

• Collaborate with various teams to gather input and develop comprehensive business cases covering risks and opportunities.

• Advise SLT on key commercial issues and prepare evaluations based on expert insights to support decision-making processes.

• Develop, implement and oversee a robust approach to claiming volume relief within the operation.

• Relief process will be capable of identifying and tangibly quantifying issues from across the whole operation that impact upon volume or target performance level attainment.

3.

Quality Assurance:

• Lead the complex analysis required to support impact assessments and options evaluation presented to SLT.

• Implement processes to ensure high standards of work assuring timely and accurate completion of complex tasks from multiple sources, sp...