Commissioning & Procurement Lead Job at Social Value Portal Ltd (Central London)

Job Responsibility

Define the future-state Commissioning & Procurement operating model aligned to Oracle Fusion Cloud, incorporating the three-layer framework (Strategic governance, Tactical Commercial Services Hub, Operational directorate spokes) as set out in the Council’s C&P Future State Model
Clarify roles and accountabilities across strategic commissioning, operational commissioning, brokerage, sourcing, category management, contract management, commercial governance, and end-to-end P2P, ensuring alignment between the Commercial Services Hub and directorate commissioning spokes (Adults, Children’s, Public Health, Place & Resources, Corporate)
Ensure alignment with the Procurement Act 2023, Public Contracts Regulations, Council financial regulations, and the nine C&P design principles (Outcomes-Based, Connected Strategic Commissioning, Council-Wide Scope, Consistent Approach, Commerciality & Value for Money, Public Sector Partnership, Local Enterprise Engagement, Risk Appetite, and Evaluating Options for Consolidation)
Design and embed the commissioning cycle framework within Oracle, ensuring commissioning strategy, needs assessment, market shaping, procurement execution, contract management, and outcome monitoring are supported by integrated Oracle modules and analytics
Lead the integration of social care commissioning requirements with Oracle Procurement Cloud, including the design of OIC interfaces between Oracle and Mosaic/LiquidLogic for Adults’ and Children’s brokerage and placement purchasing
Redesign requisitioning, approvals, supplier onboarding, commissioning workflows, contract lifecycle processes, and brokerage referral pathways to align with Oracle Fusion Cloud best practice and the C&P Hub & Spoke model
Eliminate SAP legacy workarounds, shadow procurement systems, and manual contract registers, replacing them with Oracle Enterprise Contracts, Sourcing, and Supplier Portal capabilities
Drive adoption of standard Oracle-enabled processes across both the Commercial Services Hub (procurement services, contract management, commercial governance) and directorate spokes (self-service procurement, operational commissioning, supplier engagement)
Define and implement the self-service procurement model, ensuring budget holders can raise requisitions from catalogues, approve purchases, and track orders directly, reducing reliance on central procurement for transactional activity
Strengthen commissioning and procurement governance and internal controls, including the design of the Commercial Steering Group, commercial governance standards, and the commissioning performance framework within Oracle OTBI/OAC
Own the commissioning and procurement risk register within the ERP programme, ensuring risks related to Procurement Act 2023 compliance, social care commissioning integration, and contract migration are actively managed
Provide assurance on commissioning and procurement readiness for go-live, including validation of Oracle Sourcing, Enterprise Contracts, Supplier Portal, SQM, and P2P configurations against the C&P design principles
Define and configure the social value evaluation framework within Oracle Sourcing, including weighting methodology, local enterprise scoring, and environmental sustainability criteria aligned to the Council’s social value policy
Oversee cleansing and migration of supplier master data, contract registers, commitment data, and commissioning spend data from SAP and manual systems into Oracle Fusion Cloud
Approve procurement and commissioning data migration rules, including supplier categorisation, contract hierarchies, and SQM qualification criteria for the Oracle Supplier Portal
Ensure alignment between procurement design, commissioning analytics, and finance controls, including real-time budget commitment tracking and cost centre alignment across Oracle Procurement Cloud and Financials Cloud
Specify the OIC integration requirements between Oracle and Mosaic/LiquidLogic for social care brokerage, ensuring financial and contract data flows seamlessly between the commissioning and ERP platforms
Lead stakeholder engagement across all directorates and commissioning spokes, building buy-in for the transition from fragmented SAP procurement to Oracle’s integrated commissioning and procurement platform
Support training and business readiness activities for procurement and commissioning staff, super users, and budget holders, working with the CoH Change, Adoption & Training function to deliver role-based Oracle training
Embed post-go-live continuous improvement, including quarterly Oracle release adoption for procurement modules, commissioning analytics refinement, and capability maturity development across the C&P Hub & Spoke model
Define measurable commissioning and procurement transformation benefits, including procurement compliance rates, maverick spend reduction, contract coverage, commissioning cycle time, social value delivery, supplier diversity, and self-service adoption rates
Track and report benefits aligned to the Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP), including the 11 FTE procurement headcount reduction, contract savings, and process automation efficiencies identified in the Oracle Fusion Skills Ontology
Lead the development of the organisational commissioning strategy and framework, ensuring it is embedded in Oracle through configured KPIs, outcome measures, and performance reporting via OTBI/OAC dashboards
Design the market shaping and provider engagement approach within Oracle SQM and Supplier Portal, enabling systematic supplier development, SME/VCSE capacity building, and local enterprise engagement aligned to the Council’s place-shaping objectives
Coordinate commissioning governance structures that sit outside the ERP platform (Commercial Steering Group, Integrated Commissioning governance, partnership frameworks with ICS and VCSE), ensuring they receive data and analytics from Oracle to support evidence-based commissioning decisions
Work with the Corporate Director – All-Age Commissioning and the Corporate Director – Corporate & Commercial Services to align strategic commissioning priorities across Adults, Children’s, Public Health, and Place & Resources with Oracle’s procurement and analytics capabilities

Requirements

Senior leadership experience in both Procurement and Commissioning within Local Government or public sector, with demonstrable experience of the full commissioning cycle (needs assessment, market shaping, procurement, contract management, outcome monitoring)
Experience leading procurement and commissioning transformation within Local Government, including operating model redesign, process standardisation, and technology-enabled change
ERP implementation experience (SAP and/or Oracle), with the ability to translate commissioning and procurement requirements into system configuration specifications
Strong knowledge of the Procurement Act 2023, Public Contracts Regulations, and local government governance and financial regulations
Experience working at Executive or Cabinet level, with the ability to advise senior leaders on commissioning strategy, commercial governance, and procurement risk
Experience of commissioning in social care or health settings (Adults, Children’s, or Public Health), including an understanding of brokerage, provider markets, and integrated commissioning with NHS/ICS partners
Proven ability to design and implement hub-and-spoke operating models for commissioning and procurement across complex multi-directorate organisations

Nice to have

Direct SAP to Oracle Fusion Cloud transition experience, particularly in Procurement Cloud, Enterprise Contracts, and Sourcing modules
Experience designing and implementing strategic commissioning frameworks in a local authority setting, including outcomes-based commissioning and market shaping strategies
Knowledge of Oracle Fusion Procurement Cloud, Oracle Sourcing, Enterprise Contracts, SQM, Supplier Portal, and OTBI/OAC procurement analytics
MCIPS or equivalent professional procurement qualification
commissioning qualifications (e.g., IPC, AMED) or demonstrable equivalent experience
Experience of social value implementation within procurement, including community wealth building, local enterprise development, and net zero commissioning

Social Value Portal Ltd - All Job Offers

Select Country

Commissioning & Procurement Lead

Job Responsibility

Requirements

Nice to have

Looking for more opportunities?

Commissioning & Procurement Lead

Commissioning Lead

Project Procurement Lead

Lead Procurement Structural Mechanical Piping

Civil Engineering Lead

Project Planner

Mv/lv Electrical Engineering Project Manager

Mechanical Field Engineer

Assistant Portfolio Director

Our AI answers in your language