Commercial Manager

MERITUS are recruiting for a Commercial Manager to join our client in the defence industry on an initial 6 month contract from their site in Portsmouth.

COMMERCIAL MANAGER - MUST HAVE LIVE SC CLEARANCE - INSIDE IR35 - £48 PER HOUR - 6 MONTHS - MOD EXPERIENCE - PORTSMOUTH (60:40 SPLIT ONSITE TIME) - SECTOR: DEFENCE

Reporting directly to the UK Head of Department within the Commercial and Contracts function, you will be responsible for managing a range of Contractual and Commercial topics including:

Providing Commercial support to complex bids which require innovation and creativity
Ongoing management of contracts ranging in values and up to hundreds of millions
Providing Commercial support to manage change on existing contracts
Reviewing and Leading the negotiation of a variety of contractual agreements
Working closely with and managing key stakeholders to deliver profitable solutions ensuring that Commercial risks are highlighted, mitigated and governance is followed
Working with the procurement organisation to advise on key contractual obligations and risks, ensuring flow down of key terms
Managing in accordance with company procedures and contractual requirements, to ensure efficient and accurate performance
Developing relationship with customers to ensure smooth running of existing contracts
Working flexibly to provide support to the wider business in order to provide commercial guidance and management
Employing commercial best practice, efficiency and responsiveness within an ethical environment

Skill Set

Essential skills & experience:

Demonstrated experience within the commercial field
Experience in a customer facing role
Experience in a competitive bid situation
Proven negotiation and contract management skills
Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to interact and influence across a range of stakeholders
Knowledge of the defence industry
Attention to detail
Problem solving ability
Understands the principles of project management, risk management and finance
Security cleared or ability to pass clearance at SC level

Desirable skills & experience

Cross-functional interaction with projects, finance, engineering and sales
Experience working with the UK MOD on a range of proposals and contracts
Knowledge of Single Source Regulations and contracting in accordance with the Defence Reform Act
Experience in preparing and executing winning proposals
A self-starter, capable of delivering a high quality complex workload with minimum supervision
Experience in the subject of continuous improvement