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  • Contract/temp
  • Transport & Logistics
  • Posted 21 days ago

Job Description

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE


Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

 

  • Strategic and hands on role
  • Unique opportunity to come in at a senior level and help deliver commercial goals
  • Collaborative, flexible, friendly, and professional working environment 
  • Wellington based, permanent role
  • Salary range - $118,390 - $143,639
Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

 

Standards New Zealand (SNZ) is New Zealand's leading developer of standards and standards-based solutions. We work closely with government, industry, consumer, and stakeholder groups to create and provide access to standards that shape and improve the lives of all New Zealanders.

 

Standards help safe lives and ensure the reliability and effectiveness of goods and services within New Zealand.
 
 

We are seeking a Senior Commercial Advisor to support Standards New Zealand with the development and maintenance of a financially sustainable business model in order to grow value for New Zealand. 
 
 

In this role, you will be responsible for developing and driving a strategic commercial approach and framework so that Standards New Zealand takes a consistent, deliberate and planned, end-to-end business view to our financial sustainability. This includes operating on a cost recovery basis, supporting revenue diversification initiatives, developing and using a range of pricing models, managing contractual arrangements with third parties and improvements to internal processes to recognise financial efficiencies.  


 

The core responsibilities for the role are:

 

  • Leading the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of specific commercial and related strategies, frameworks and solutions to drive improved commercial outcomes
  • Developing and driving a financially sustainable business model which includes pricing models to support operating on a cost recovery basis
  • Prepare business cases using Treasury’s best-practice guidance to present commercial opportunities and investment options to the Standards New Zealand management team and external stakeholders
  • Provide strategic and problem-solving support to the Standards New Zealand Management team in relation to achieving a financially sustainable business
  • Carrying out analysis of benchmark data to drive better outcomes
  • Delivering timely and accurate pricing models for new customers, products and services
  • Engaging with third party providers to ensure agreements are fit for purpose and commercially sound to meet our financially sustainable objectives.
Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana -

Skills and Experience Required
 

We are looking for someone that is proactive, enthusiastic, has a hands-on work ethic, likes a challenge and brings the following:


 

  • Significant experience working in a senior commercial advisor, management accountant or financial analyst type role
  • Demonstrated understanding of effective financial modelling techniques and NZ Treasury’s Better Business Case™ process
  • Strong understanding of each stage of commercial process, in particular pricing principles and operating to the principle of a cost recovery model
  • Demonstrated experience in leading the development and implementation of commercial strategies, policies and programmes, including monitoring and evaluation
  • Experience with commercial contracts including negotiation and development of terms and conditions
  • Proven ability to think strategically, develop frameworks, and manage systems and processes
  • Excellent influencing, interpersonal communication and report-writing skills. 
  • Highly organised with excellent attention to detail, strong numeric and analytical capabilities as well as experience managing projects
  • Sound judgement especially around consideration of risk management and commercial propositions
  • Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand
Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:

 

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

  • Mahi Tahi – Better Together
  • Māia – Bold and brave
  • Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
  • Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

 

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

 

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Me pēhea te tono - How to Apply:


Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process and include a Cover Letter and CV outlining your interest and suitability for the role. 

 

We will be reviewing applications as they come in throughout the advertising period.

 

Email Sarah Hutcheson at sarah.hutcheson@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/16479 if you have any further questions.

 

Applications close on Friday 31 January 2025.