Commercial Manager
6 days ago
Portsmouth
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