Commercial Officer

Commercial Officer
Job Description

The opportunity:
An opportunity has arisen to join an active, involved and motivated team, in a sector committed to delivering Defence Capability to the UK Armed Forces and other customers, covering aspects of the early product lifecycle and research and technology.

What will you be doing?

• Business Winning – Being a key player in the winning of new contracts, agreements and opportunities.
• Responsible for supporting the full Route to achieving a Contract, including the Bidding process, cross functional working to deliver inputs and generation of proposals.
• Contract Delivery – Being a vital part of the delivery chain that ensures the business meets its promises to customers including contract management tasks, change management, problem solving and administration.
• Negotiations – With support gaining acceptance and agreement on issues and amendments to ensure contractual compliance within agreed boundaries.
• Building and maintaining relationships with new and existing customers & industry partners, focusing on collaboration.
• Being the interface with internal and external stakeholders.
• Communicating with stakeholders at all levels, including reporting to senior management on the progress of your portfolio of work.
• Representing the commercial team in progress/reviews and/or customer meetings.
• Working under pressure to achieve deadlines.
• Day-to-day administration and maintenance of the Commercial Information Systems.
• Promotes best practice and functional excellence.

What are the benefits for you?

• Work in an area that is high profile and well known as a forefront of technology in Defence.
• Work within a function that is business critical, contributing to the overall company business plan and know that you are making a real difference.
• Meet and develop relationships with external customers and internal stakeholders.
• Working a fast paced, varied role that makes every day a little bit different from the last.
• To be part of a valued team where your opinion counts.
• Work for a function that invests in its people and their development.
• Have on the job support and in role learning and development.

What we're looking for from you:

• Advanced negotiation skills and interpersonal skills.
• Good process and change management.
• Experience of managing more complex, high value contracts.
• Effective team behaviours, influencing and team working skills.
• Experienced in a broad range of commercial issues and skills including contract management skills throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Commercial understanding from customer through to supplier.
• Awareness and practical applicability of Intellectual Property and its protection.
• Good understanding of contract law and its applicability.
• Ability to draft or modify terms and conditions.
• Understanding Liabilities and mitigating Risk.
• Awareness of Import and Export restrictions and licencing requirements.
• Ability to understand and use pricing and costing models.
• Good Knowledge of IT and Business Tools including SAP.

Overview
Position – Commercial Officer (Senior/Principal) – Permanent
Location – Stevenage
Salary – up to £50k

Keywords: Contracts, contract management, contract lifecycle, bidding, negotiation, technology, Defence, MOD, SAP.

Only apply for this role if you currently hold the specific Government Security Clearance or are eligible for Government Security Clearance.

Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to British Citizens, can accept dual nationals with British Citizenship. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.

This is a Permanent Role