Description
Are you interested in contributing to the UK's defence and security, with a company developing and delivering advanced communications solutions? Do you have experience in contract management and contract negotiation? Do you want to help close business contracts in a company which offers you excellent personal growth opportunities?
As a leader in the defence and space industry, a Commercial Manager is sought to play a central role in the preparation, negotiation and management of all commercial commitments across all stages from acquisition of project to contract closure relating to UK Space Digital (SD) projects. Our customer's need "Information Superiority" - and SD has been delivering mission critical services for decades and is investing to keep our customers ahead of the game.
Our Commercial and Contracts team is empowered to bring the customer expectations and the internal company requirements into a commercial strategy. We identify and manage the commercial risks from the pre-bid phase up to project closure; as well as acting as focal point for offers and contracts and lead the commercial contract negotiation make informed decisions, building resilience into our network and setting best in class standards. To be successful in this role you will have a passion for developing close working relationships with customers whilst understanding and managing large contracts, in addition to taking satisfaction of employing and sharing best practice whilst improving processes within an organisation and team.
These are exciting times as the scope of work in Secure Communications continues to develop. We are looking for people to join us who share our values which are:
- Team work - We feel, act and behave as one large family - We are One - creating an engaging inclusive workplace that favours wellbeing, fun, trust driving teamwork
- Customer - We partner with our customers delivering valuable sustainable solutions together
- Reliability - Our reliability drives our competences mind-set delivering on time cost quality
- Respect - We treat each other all stakeholders wishing treated respect embracing diversity
- Creativity - We are curious courageous passionate open-minded recognising creativity at all levels
- Integrity - We act integrity taking appropriate consequences eradicate un-ethical non-compliant behaviours
The position on offer is for Commercial Manager within SD Business Unit. You will be joining a Commercial team of approximately 10 people wider multi-disciplined Programme Line 100+. This position can be based Stevenage Portsmouth.
Reporting directly UK Head Department within Commercial Contracts function responsible managing range Contractual Commercial topics including:
- Providing Commercial support complex bids require innovation creativity
- Ongoing management contracts ranging values up hundreds millions
- Providing Commercial support manage change existing contracts
- Reviewing Leading negotiation variety contractual agreements
- Working closely managing key stakeholders deliver profitable solutions ensuring that Commercial risks highlighted mitigated governance followed
- Working procurement organisation advise key contractual obligations risks ensuring flow down key terms
- Managing accordance company procedures contractual requirements ensure efficient accurate performance
- Developing relationship customers ensure smooth running existing contracts
- Working flexibly provide support wider business order provide commercial guidance management
- Employing commercial best practice efficiency responsiveness ethical environment
Essential skills & experience:
* Demonstrated experience within commercial field
* Experience customer facing role
* Experience competitive bid situation
* Proven negotiation contract management skills
* Excellent stakeholder management skills ability interact influence range stakeholders
* Knowledge defence industry
* Attention detail
* Problem solving ability
* Understands principles project management risk management finance
Desirable skills & experience:
* Cross-functional interaction projects finance engineering sales
* Experience working UK MOD range proposals contracts
* Knowledge Single Source Regulations contracting accordance Defence Reform Act
* Experience preparing executing winning proposals
* A self-starter capable delivering high quality complex workload minimum supervision
* Experience subject continuous improvement
* Relevant qualification ideally degree level
Please note: Current SC clearance required this role