Your new company
You will be joining a major organisation operating within the UK defence landscape, supporting high-value programmes, secure operational environments, and complex estates. This organisation manages a broad mix of PFI-based service contracts, FM delivery, operational support functions and category-specific procurement, requiring strong commercial oversight and reliable supplier performance. Working within a regulated, security-focused environment, you will contribute to critical national capability through robust procurement activity, high-quality sourcing, and excellent supplier and contract management. Working within a regulated, security-focused environment, you will contribute to critical national capability through robust procurement activity, high-quality sourcing, and excellent supplier and contract management.
Your new role
As a Commercial & Procurement Specialist, you will lead and support end-to-end sourcing, supplier management and contract delivery across a varied and commercially diverse portfolio, including:
*Full sourcing and tendering activity for FM, PFI, estates and operationally critical service areas.
*Managing both large, high-value contracts and small, fast-turn procurement exercises.
*Supporting commercial activity within CSOC-type operational environments where reliability, continuity and performance are essential.
*Overseeing supplier performance, service delivery, KPIs and risk mitigation under formal contract structures (NEC/JCT or similar).
*Using CP&F/CPNS systems to manage procurement processes, financial controls and commercial governance.
*Working across multiple defence-related buying areas (education/training services, specialist and generalist equipment, support services).
*Ensuring commercial alignment with security requirements, compliance frameworks and audit standards typical of the defence sector.
This is a hands-on role requiring ownership, commercial confidence and the ability to support stakeholders in time-critical or operational environments.

What you’ll need to succeed
To be successful, you should demonstrate:
*Recent, hands-on sourcing experience - leading tenders and commercial processes within the last 1-3 years.
*Facilities Management (FM) and/or PFI experience, across soft FM, hard FM, lifecycle work, estate services or structured PFI arrangements.
*Experience within defence, secure operations, or other regulated environments, understanding the pace, governance and assurance levels required.
*Familiarity with CSOC-type operational support or experience supporting high-dependability operational services.
*Strong contract and supplier management skills, ideally with NEC or JCT experience.
*Confidence buying across multiple defence aligned categories including; education/training services, equipment (generalist or technical), and wider support services.
*Ability to handle both high-value strategic procurements and smaller, urgent requirements.
*Security Clearance (SC) preferred or eligibility to undergo SC vetting.
*Strong stakeholder engagement skills, comfortable working with engineers, operational teams, project delivery, and senior decision-makers.


What you’ll get in return
*The opportunity to work within one of the UK’s most complex and respected defence-aligned environments.
*A supportive, collaborative environment focused on professional excellence and continuous improvement.
*Competitive day rate with potential long-term development and extension opportunities.
*Hybrid working options


What you need to do now
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