By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.

Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs.

UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for groundbreaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative.

As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:

• Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
• Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
• Flexible working options including family friendly policies and the right to request flexible working from the start of your employment. 
• Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, 
• Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
• Wide range of career development opportunities
• A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive

The salary for this role is

• £61,556 (inclusive of £5,000 if fully MCIPS qualified) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension

This role can be based at the following site; Culham, Oxfordshire.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

The Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As Commercial Lead Professional Services and ICT, you will play a pivotal role is to develop and lead a new corporate procurement category team for Professional Services and ICT.

The services include the full range of HR, Finance, and ICT service requirements. Implementing a category management approach will help to build a better understanding of the market and develop requirements to achieve the best solutions available from the market and achieve value. Your work will also facilitate a streamlined approach to our category sourcing activities, strengthen supplier relationships, improve spend analysis and mitigate risk.

You will hold full responsibility for the strategic direction for developing each subcategory within this service pillar, developing solutions that offer a best-in-class design based on the capability of the market. This will include the development of:

• Appropriate commercial category strategy and policy.
• Development of appropriate commercial assurance and governance for the category.
• Commercial Risk appetite approach.
• Development of commercial intelligence to inform future category plans.
• Carry out regular business analysis.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Manage all sourcing activities for major spend categories and assigned projects, adapting resources to meet strategic deadlines and organizational objectives.
• Foster effective communication and team commitment, building strong working relationships at both project and direct reporting levels.
• Develop and implement supply chain strategies to ensure best value in procurement, providing leadership and influence to support commercial engagements.
• Resolve conflicts constructively with team members and stakeholders, including high-level government entities.
• Oversee procurement and commercial responsibilities for all projects within assigned categories, ensuring compliance with commercial requirements and regulations.
• Guide the creation, development, and implementation of commercial policies, procedures, and processes, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and outcomes.

Essential Requirements:

• MCIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply) fully qualified.
• Category Management Experience.
• Degree level or equivalent experience.
• Experience of working with public contract regulationssince 2015 on end-to-end Procurements and good working knowledge of the Public Procurement Regulations 2023
• Experience at strategic procurement project and programme level acting as the lead expert for complex/critical Procurement and Commercial issues and influence both internal and external stakeholders.
• Dynamic, inspirational and motivational leader

A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.