Commercial Manager with MOD Defense/Defence Exp

JOB LOCATION: Stevenage

SECURITY: SC Before Starting

DURATION: 12months + (Possibility for Extensions)

TYPE: Contract

WORK PATTERN: 3 Days onsite needed. 2 Days WFH.

PAY RATE: £ 60.00 - £ 80.00/PER HOUR (Umbrella Inside IR35)

TRAVEL REQUIRED - FREQUENCY/DURATION/LOCATIONS

Potential travel to Bristol & occasional European travel

PAY RATE

£60 UMB-£80 UMB

Interview Process & HM Availability to interview

Phone screening call, followed by a F2F interview (in STV)

REASON FOR VACANCY (new role or replacement)

Workload

Essential QUALIFICATIONS

Skillset focussed

TARGET INDUSTRIES AND COMPANIES. Is Defence a must?

If not what industries can be considered

Defence Commercial background is desired.

Essential Skillset & Tools

A confident communicator, both written and verbal.
Comfortable building working relationships.
Adaptable and Approachable.
Strong attention to detail.
Analytical in approach.
Determined to succeed.
Experience as Commercial Manager working into UK MOD; experience in Defence sector.

Overview of department:

Working across a number of UK products. To operate within an active, involved and motivated commercial team, in a sector committed to delivering Defence Capability to the UK Armed Forces and other World Governments, covering all aspects of the product life cycle from concept to disposal.

Responsibilities:

• Business Strategy - maximising identified business opportunities.
• Business Winning - Being a key player in the winning of new work. Responsible for the full Route to Contract, including being the driving force during the Bidding process, ensuring cross functional working to deliver costs in time, generation of proposals, and contract negotiations, whilst maintaining the viability.
• Contract Delivery - Being a vital part of the delivery chain that ensures meets its promises to our customers.
• Negotiations - Gaining acceptance and agreement on issues and amendments to ensure contractual compliance
• Building and maintaining relationships with new and existing customers, focusing on collaboration.
• Being the point of contact for your project(s) for any contractual information and agreements including obtaining and providing legal advice.
• Communicating with personnel at all levels.
• Reporting to senior management on the progress of your contracts.
• Representing the commercial team in progress/reviews and/or customer meetings.
• Analysing and problem solving complex issues every day, with the help of a multi-functional team where required.
• Working under pressure to achieve deadlines.
• Day-to-day administration and maintenance of the company systems.

Skillset/Experience Required:

• A confident communicator, both written and verbal.
• Comfortable building working relationships.
• Adaptable and Approachable.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Analytical in approach.
• Determined to succeed.
• You might have a legal background, have experience working in an in house contracts team, but you will be used to working with contracts and negotiating with customers.

Ideal:

• Experience as Commercial Manager working into UK MOD