Export Contract Manager

Export Contract Manager
Job Description

The opportunity:
A fantastic opportunity has arisen within the UK Export Contract Management Team for a motivated, experienced and driven contract manager who will lead and deliver a portfolio of UK export contracts.

The role involves:

• Leading the contract and commercial day to day interactions with international Customers, ensuring good customer relationships and satisfaction for UK export contracts.
• Managing communications with the business and externally with industrial partners.
• Anticipate and proactively resolving issues and concerns in order to fulfil the contractual commitments and obtaining customers' acceptance and payment for the deliverables.
• Ensuring the business interests are safeguarded by on time export contract schedule adherence and robust mitigation of risk.
• Supporting Sales & Business Development in the acquisition of new business.

What we're looking for from you:

• You are an experienced Contract Manager who has led contract delivery in both the bid and execution phases, ideally with an international client base.
• You will need to have a high degree of self-motivation and drive with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• You will have effective interpersonal and communications skills and an open, confident and clear leadership style.
• Experience of people management in a leadership role as well as experience leading internal and external stakeholder relationships.
• Be prepared for international travel with an open mind to embrace different cultures!
• Experience of preparing and authorising Bid submissions, ideally with exposure in the role of Business Bid Authority.
• Proven experience of interfacing with Corporate functions such as finance, customer support, export control, project management, quality, shipping & engineering.

Overview:
Position - Export Contract Manager – Permanent
Location – Stevenage / Bristol (May offer relocation)
Salary - £65k - £72k (Plus Car Allowance and Bonus)

Keywords: Export Contract Manager, UK export contracts, contract delivery, Bidding, authorising Bid submissions, Business Bid Authority, Export Control, Shipping, Engineering.

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