Commercial Category Manager - Commercial Lead
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 01 Mehefin 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £57,515 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 14 Mehefin 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Swansea |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 462937/1 |
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Do you enjoy networking and building strong, effective stakeholder relationships?
Do you thrive on guiding and developing capability in others?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
We have 2 fantastic opportunities for a Commercial Lead to join our dedicated Commercial Directorate within the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). Both roles will be as Category Managers in multi-faceted roles where you will work with numerous stakeholders, providing outstanding exposure to learn a wide range of skills, and experience fresh opportunities.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - Department for Transport Careers
The Category Manager leads a team of commercial professionals, providing expert advice to senior stakeholders. Roles sit within either Data Contracts and Professional Services or Commercial Compliance and Capability, covering areas such as procurement, contract management, policy development, and mapping capability. The role ensures compliance with DVLA policies and national regulations while managing the full commercial lifecycle. Strong stakeholder engagement with internal teams, suppliers, and public bodies is essential, alongside contributing to wider organisational objectives.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Trusted for the development of the commercial category expertise, acting as escalation point for commercial queries, and is able to put technical considerations in plain language for stakeholders.
- Timely delivery of business requirements balancing compliance with the Agency’s commercial and legal obligations, applying commercial principles to deliver of optimum outcomes. Resolves legal issues in collaboration with experts.
- To identify and mitigate commercial risk, providing practical advice and strategic direction.
- To proactively manage and support a team through understanding own and team’s strengths. To identify skill gaps and work to build the teams capability in line with the standards applied by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply and wider Government initiatives.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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