Senior Subcontract Manager
22 hours ago
Luton
Senior Subcontract Manager Luton 12-month contract Paying up to £85p/h (inside IR35) Please note that due to the nature of the work you will need to be eligible to obtain a high level of UK security clearance – Please only apply if suitable. Responsibilities: • Lead the delivery of sub-contract management activities and other procurement related services which may be required by the business, • Lead relationships with Strategic suppliers, holding Supplier Business Reviews, ensuring performance management, risks and impacts., • Provide leadership and governance in business winning and programme delivery with minimum supervision., • Accountable for the Procurement activities within the Procurement & Development IPTs, • Negotiate complex agreements and risk/reward mechanisms for business case models, • Translate customer / project requirements into commercial documents, particularly pertaining to the design, development and production of bespoke complex electronic systems and sub-systems, • Understand mechanisms of mitigating risk associated with entering into commercial agreements, • Develop and negotiate robust contracts for services, intangible and tangible deliverables, • Working in collaboration with cross functional stakeholders to ensure the flowdown of appropriate terms and conditions from customer contracts to enable compliance with contractual obligations and mitigate commercial / contractual risks, • Promotes customer intimacy in both internal and external relationships, • Focal point for project and suppliers regarding contract and supply base matters, • Drives and leads strategies to influence business decisions throughout the project life cycle, • Identify solutions for complex areas of potential risk /opportunity e.g. sub-contract risk, IPR, liability and exchange rate exposure etc. and deliver solutions/mitigations, • Draft and prepare complex contract documentation using standard and non-standard formats, • Lead the generation and review of 'appropriate' specifications and Statement of Work documents, • Promotes a culture of best practice and sharing of knowledge within the function and across the wider business, • Construct and lead the contracts and supply chain management Life Cycle Management (LCM) deliverables, • Work with stakeholders, at all levels, in order to understand customer requirements and critical success factors, • Management of Export Compliance, restrictions and third party rights for all procured items and services, • Operate as a locally acknowledged expert within the function Experience required: • Requires technical training to degree standard, professional qualification and/or significant domain experience (studying towards or achievement of MCIPS is preferred), • Demonstrated collaboration, communication, planning, problem solving, influencing, decision making and continuous improvement skills, • A good working knowledge and understanding of Procurement within the Defence/Aerospace industry (or a similar sector) and ability to apply them with minimal supervision and direction, • Relationship building skills with cross-functional colleagues, customers and suppliers, • A good understanding of the Commercial and Legal Aspects associated with contracting within the Defence/Aerospace industry (or a similar sector), • An ability to think ‘outside of the box’ offering solutions to enable the function to add value and innovation, • Ability to engage and influence cross-functional/cross site teams