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Commercial management

Commercial management involves exploring commercial opportunities whilst complying with the regulations on how we conduct and manage both internal and third party relationships.

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

This skill level is currently not defined.

2. Working

You can:

  • act as the point of contact for contracted suppliers
  • understand appropriate internal contacts and processes within a government department
  • understand how and when third parties should be brought into digital, data and technology projects
3. Practitioner

You can:

  • take responsibility for complex relationships with contracted suppliers
  • identify appropriate contractual frameworks and identify appropriate suppliers
  • negotiate with contracted suppliers
  • get good value out of contracts and suppliers
4. Expert

You can:

  • act as the escalation point and resolve large or high risk commercial management issues
  • coach others in appropriate commercial management

Contains public sector information from the UK Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (https://understand-digital-data-roles-skills.service.gov.uk/), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

Closest ESCO skills

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role levelRoleBandExpected level
Category manager (digital and technology)Category manager8aPractitioner
Senior category managerCategory manager8bExpert
Head of categoryCategory manager8cExpert
Contract managerContract manager7Working
Senior contract managerContract manager8aPractitioner
Lead contract managerContract manager8bExpert
Associate delivery managerDelivery manager5Working
Delivery managerDelivery manager7Working
Senior delivery managerDelivery manager8aPractitioner
Head of delivery managementDelivery manager8cExpert
Director of financeHead of finance9Practitioner
Head of procurementHead of procurement8cExpert
Head of commercialHead of procurement8dExpert
Director of procurement and commercialHead of procurement9Expert
Finance business partnerManagement accountant8aWorking
Payroll managerPayroll officer6Working
Programme delivery managerProgramme delivery manager8bExpert
Senior programme delivery managerProgramme delivery manager8cExpert
Senior project managerProject manager7Working
Lead project managerProject manager8aPractitioner
Head of testTest manager8cWorking