Senior Commercial Lead

You will lead, manage and be accountable for a Category based Commercial Team with responsibility for a portfolio of supplier contracts and ensure that all resources are focused on delivering sustainable, quality, and innovative commercial solutions, in compliance with legislation.

You will provide professional expertise to formulate, develop and implement long-term strategic plans for the categories and contracts managed by the team, as well as actively engage and collaborate with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and public sector bodies in support of commercial strategies and their effectiveness.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Strategic sourcing and commercial planning, category strategy development, market analysis, and end-to-end procurement delivery.
• Contract and supplier management expertise, managing KPIs, SLAs, governance, and full contract lifecycle (award to exit).
• Commercial acumen and financial management, cost optimisation, budget oversight, pricing models, and value realisation.
• Stakeholder and supplier relationship management, influencing, negotiating, and building strong internal and external partnerships.
• Risk, compliance and governance, ensuring regulatory adherence, managing commercial risks, and maintaining audit-ready processes.
• Performance and continuous improvement, driving supplier performance, resolving issues, and leading service and operational improvements.

The role offers a hybrid working option, and you will be assigned a base location, which could be one of the NHSBT main centres or blood centres.

We offer:

• Hybrid working arrangements
• Flexible working options
• Generous annual leave - 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years service and to 33 days after 10 years.
• Inclusive pension scheme - the NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme.
• Supportive learning culture - we've fostered a culture of continuous learning.
• Health and wellbeing support - we offer confidential services including occupational health, employee assistance programme, and wellbeing resources.