Commercial Leader

Tēnei tūranga – About the role

Providing quality procurement and commercial advice to:

• Achieve higher quality commercial results
• Negotiate better deals
• Meaningfully engage with the market and individual suppliers
• Ensure compliance with the Government Procurement Rules and delivery of Broader Outcomes
• Inject pace/commercial resources into projects of high priority or need; and
• Support and development of in-house procurement and commercial capability.

The Commercial Leader will contribute to projects or work streams across MBIE. They will be accountable for ensuring that the services they provide to business groups deliver the optimum commercial outcome for the host agency, demonstrate best government procurement practice and complement implementation of procurement functional leadership.

Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role

Personal specifications

Experience in Commercial and Procurement:

• Be respected as a trusted advisor in your area of expertise, be commercially savvy with a proven track record for pragmatic problem solving.
• Experience in dealing with ambiguity in a complex and dynamic environment.
• Experience in leading or significantly contributing to the delivery of large projects.
• Demonstrated ability to critically analyse complex commercial and procurement situations.
• Be able to produce high quality commercial and procurement documentation clearly, articulately and succinctly.
• A high level of self-motivation and willingness to help others.
• Relevant qualification in your area of expertise i.e. legal, ICT, property, Construction and/or commercial/ business related discipline is desirable.
• The successful candidate must be a team player who participates and contributes to a positive culture.
• Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables

Critical areas of success

The Commercial Leader will be required to have the following skills and deliver results in the following areas:

• Oversight and leadership of a project or programme of work.
• Ability to drive a project to meet its deliverables and programme.
• Able to develop and implement commercial and procurement strategies and to look for innovative solutions when necessary.
• An understanding of how procurement is aligned to the organisation’s business strategy in terms of priorities and needs.
• Foster good relationships with agencies and clients. Be a trusted advisor and deliver sound procurement and commercial outcomes.
• Work alongside stakeholder and constantly be developing procurement capability across MBIE.
• Accurately assess timelines & workloads, and balances them accordingly. With the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Leverage his/her own networks and indemnify project opportunities.
• Contribute to the MBIE's internal procurement and Commercial team objective of being a cost neutral part of F&P, ability to manage time and resources to meet a target budget.

Relationship management

• Proactively establish and maintain effective working relationships with a network of key stakeholders.
• Demonstrate an understanding of, and focus on, meeting customer needs and identify opportunities and synergies with internal and external stakeholders.
• Develops effective working relationships with other MBIE managers and staff in order to transfer knowledge and learning to the team and wider organisation.
• Represent MBIE internal procurement views and protect the Branch and the Ministry’s reputation in all internal and external interactions.

Wellbeing, health and safety

• Displays commitment through actively supporting all safety and wellbeing initiatives.
• Ensures own and others safety at all times.
• Complies with relevant safety and wellbeing policies, procedures, safe systems of work and event reporting.
• Reports all incidents/accidents, including near misses in a timely fashion.
• Is involved in health and safety through participation and consultation.

Tō tūranga i roto i te Manatū – Your place in the Ministry

The Commercial Leader reports to the Manager Commercial Pool within the Finance Systems and Operations and Procurement.  The branch sits within Finance and Performance group.

More information about MBIE’s structure

To mātou aronga – What we do for Aotearoa New Zealand

Hīkina Whakatutuki is the te reo Māori name for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Hīkina means to uplift. Whakatutuki means to move forward, to make successful. Our name speaks to our purpose, Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All.

To Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All, we put people at the heart of our mahi. Based on the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi, we are committed to upholding authentic partnerships with Māori.

As agile public service leaders, we use our breadth and experience to navigate the ever-changing world. We are service providers, policy makers, investors and regulators. We engage with diverse communities, businesses and regions. Our work touches on the daily lives of New Zealanders. We grow opportunities (Puāwai), guard and protect (Kaihāpai) and innovate and navigate towards a better future (Auaha).

Ngā matatau – Our competencies

Cultivates innovation We create new and better ways for the organisation to be successful by challenging the status quo generating new and creative ideas and translating them into workable solutions.

Nimble learning We are curious and actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems by learning as we go when facing new situations and challenges.

Customer focus We build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions by listening and gaining insights into the needs of the communities we serve and actively seeking and responding to feedback.

Decision quality We make quality and timely decisions that shape the future for our communities and keep the organisation moving forward by relying on an appropriate mix of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement to make valid and reliable decisions.

Action oriented We step up, taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with purpose, urgency and discipline by taking responsibility, ownership and action on challenges, and being accountable for the results.

Collaborates We connect, working together to build partnerships with our communities, working collaboratively to meet shared objectives by gaining trust and support of others; actively seeking the views, experiences, and opinions of others and by working co-operatively with others across MBIE, the public sector and external stakeholder groups.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

As an agency of the public service, MBIE has a responsibility to contribute to the Crown meeting its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti). Meeting our commitment to Te Tiriti will contribute towards us realising the overall aims of Te Ara Amiorangi – Our Path, Our Direction, and achieve the outcome of Growing New Zealand for All. The principles of Te Tiriti - including partnership, good faith, and active protection – are at the core of our work. MBIE is committed to delivering on our obligations as a Treaty partner with authenticity and integrity and to enable Māori interests. We are committed to ensuring that MBIE is well placed to meet our obligations under the Public Service Act 2020 (Te Ao Tūmatanui) to support the Crown in strengthening the Māori/Crown Relationship under the Treaty and to build MBIE’s capability, capacity and cultural intelligence to deliver this.

Mahi i roto i te Ratonga Tūmatanui – Working in the public service

Ka mahitahi mātou o te ratonga tūmatanui kia hei painga mō ngā tāngata o Aotearoa i āianei, ā, hei ngā rā ki tua hoki. He kawenga tino whaitake tā mātou hei tautoko i te Karauna i runga i āna hononga ki a ngāi Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ka tautoko mātou i te kāwanatanga manapori. Ka whakakotahingia mātou e te wairua whakarato ki ō mātou hapori, ā, e arahina ana mātou e ngā mātāpono me ngā tikanga matua o te ratonga tūmatanui i roto i ā mātou mahi.

In the public service we work collectively to make a meaningful difference for New Zealanders now and in the future. We have an important role in supporting the Crown in its relationships with Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi. We support democratic government. We are unified by a spirit of service to our communities and guided by the core principles and values of the public service in our work.

What does it mean to work in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public Service?(external link) — Te Kawa Mataaho The Public Service Commission