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Commercial Lead - Manchester

CAPTION: Job details

• Posting date: 10 June 2025
• Salary: £600 to £750 per day
• Hours: Full time
• Closing date: 17 June 2025
• Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester, M60 7RA
• Company: Guidant Group
• Job type: Contract
• Job reference: JN -052025-3909_1749565320

Summary

We're currently seeking a number of experienced and ambitious Commercial Lead professionals to work with our exceptional client in a secure environment, supporting challenging and highly rewarding projects.

These contract roles will require you to conduct security clearance prior to assignment. Opportunities are available in Manchester.

You'll have the potential to work effectively across a diverse range of internal projects and teams spanning multiple business units, where you will manage critical relationships and high profile/priority projects as well as leading the development and management of the commercial pipeline for the business. You will be encouraged to showcase your skills on unique projects.

You will be able to demonstrate how commitment, vision and expertise are the hallmarks of your outstanding service to customers and the organisation. You'll lead the commercial strategy and directions for key projects and will use your impact, influence and insight to drive business change throughout the commercial function, bringing strategic plans and commitments to life. You will partner with suppliers to innovate and enhance their performance, bringing colleagues on that journey with you; and you'll set the standard for collaborative working. Therefore, exceptional influencing, negotiation and people skills are a must.

You will also need to be an emotionally astute, visible and active senior contributor and leader, to support others in developing their skills and abilities to achieve goals together.

These Commercial Lead roles are conducted in an environment that is far from ordinary, therefore, we're not looking for ordinary.

Your qualification, experience, skills and behaviours:

As an exceptional commercial professional you will have in previous roles:

• Extensive delivery and strategic experience in commercial, procurement, category management and supply chain environments
• Written commercial plans strategies and plans
• Understood your role in delivering on both tactical and strategic levels
• Led and implemented complex commercial contracts and scenarios
• Outcome focused, driving quality and VFM
• Utilised high level business levers to support complex requirements
• Balanced change and uncertainty with delivery
• Risk analysis
• Key relationship handler (customers, sponsors and suppliers)
• And ideally, commercial experience in technology or digital environments

You will:

• Hold, or be willing to independently attain a professional commercial qualification such as Membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply ("MCIPS") or equivalent, which enables you to land your expertise and drive impactful results through the service you deliver, for this remarkable client.

You can also demonstrate expertise in:

• Prioritisation
• Customer focus & engagement
• Problem-solving
• Continuous Improvement
• Leadership, supporting and upskilling teams/colleagues
• Communication

And you will role model the following behaviours:

• Proactive
• Self-starter
• Rapport building
• Driven
• Resilient
• Inclusive
• Collaborative

In return:

You'll be joining an ambitious, high level team of like-minded and highly skilled individuals, all focussed on delivering the best possible outcome.

This is literally a once in a lifetime opportunity to step away from the mundane and forge your own path in a totally new direction working on life and culture changing projects.

If you're ready for a challenge like no other, apply today.

As an organisation and as a team, Guidant Global are committed to fostering an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace, where every employee and contractor feels valued and empowered throughout their time with us.

We actively seek to recruit talent from all backgrounds, and to draw on a rich blend of experiences, perspectives and creativity. We believe that when people are respected and included, they are motivated to bring their best and whole selves to work, leading to innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes for all parties.

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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

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We're currently seeking a number of experienced and ambitious Commercial Lead professionals to work with our exceptional client in a secure environment, supporting challenging and highly rewarding projects. These contract roles will require you to conduct security clearance prior to assignment. Opportunities are available in Manchester. You'll have the potential to work effectively across a diverse range of internal projects and teams spanning multiple business units, where you will manage critical relationships and high profile/priority projects as well as leading the development and management of the commercial pipeline for the business. You will be encouraged to showcase your skills on unique projects. You will be able to demonstrate how commitment, vision and expertise are the hallmarks of your outstanding service to customers and the organisation. You'll lead the commercial strategy and directions for key projects and will use your impact, influence and insight to drive business change throughout the commercial function, bringing strategic plans and commitments to life. You will partner with suppliers to innovate and enhance their performance, bringing colleagues on that journey with you; and you'll set the standard for collaborative working. Therefore, exceptional influencing, negotiation and people skills are a must. You will also need to be an emotionally astute, visible and active senior contributor and leader, to support others in developing their skills and abilities to achieve goals together. These Commercial Lead roles are conducted in an environment that is far from ordinary, therefore, we're not looking for ordinary. Your qualification, experience, skills and behaviours: As an exceptional commercial professional you will have in previous roles:

• Extensive delivery and strategic experience in commercial, procurement, category management and supply chain environments
• Written commercial plans strategies and plans
• Understood your role in delivering on both tactical and strategic levels
• Led and implemented complex commercial contracts and scenarios
• Outcome focused, driving quality and VFM
• Utilised high level business levers to support complex requirements
• Balanced change and uncertainty with delivery
• Risk analysis
• Key relationship handler (customers, sponsors and suppliers)
• And ideally, commercial experience in technology or digital environments
You will:
• Hold, or be willing to independently attain a professional commercial qualification such as Membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply ("MCIPS") or equivalent, which enables you to land your expertise and drive impactful results through the service you deliver, for this remarkable client.
You can also demonstrate expertise in:
• Prioritisation
• Customer focus & engagement
• Problem-solving
• Continuous Improvement
• Leadership, supporting and upskilling teams/colleagues
• Communication
And you will role model the following behaviours:
• Proactive
• Self-starter
• Rapport building
• Driven
• Resilient
• Inclusive
• Collaborative
In return: You'll be joining an ambitious, high level team of like-minded and highly skilled individuals, all focussed on delivering the best possible outcome. This is literally a once in a lifetime opportunity to step away from the mundane and forge your own path in a totally new direction working on life and culture changing projects., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .

As an organisation and as a team, Guidant Global are committed to fostering an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace, where every employee and contractor feels valued and empowered throughout their time with us. We actively seek to recruit talent from all backgrounds, and to draw on a rich blend of experiences, perspectives and creativity. We believe that when people are respected and included, they are motivated to bring their best and whole selves to work, leading to innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes for all parties.