Senior Contract Manager – Thales
Location: Templecombe (Somerset) - hybrid working arrangement – 3 days a week in the office
Thales Templecombe, United Kingdom
We have a great Senior Contracts Manager opportunity to join our Defence Commercial, Legal & Contracts team.
Core Benefits:
On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;
* Performance-related bonus
* Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00
* 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
* 24 hours volunteering paid for
* Life cover
* 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
* Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
Key responsibilities:
On a day-to-day basis you’ll be involved in:
* Providing advice and recommendations to the business on commercial issues, risks, liabilities and opportunities in relation to contracts, bids and projects under their remit
* Commercial proposition development for major win-business campaigns
* Supporting senior management and, where required, participating in commercial negotiations with customers, consortium partners and in conjunction with Procurement, sub-contractors and other third parties
* Providing bid and project teams with advice, recommendations and costings pertaining to UK and international contracts related to Direct Selling Costs, including but not limited to Credit Insurance, Bank Guarantees and Letters of Credit
* Responding to and negotiating customer-proposed contractual agreements and contract changes; supporting senior management in the management of such changes, including preparation, approval and negotiation
* Identifying and managing issues and disputes arising with customers in conjunction with the Legal function
About you:
Ideally, you’ll:
* Have a commercial background with experience of managing contracts/risks and/or a legal background combined with commercial experience
* Have demonstrable experience working within a complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-site organisation
* Possess multi-disciplinary qualifications (e.g., LLB, Engineering, Finance, Programme Delivery) – advantageous
* Adept at building and managing relationships across all levels and throughout the bidding, negotiation and delivery phases of bids/projects
* Have proven analytical and written skills and the ability to understand pricing, risks and mitigation of contracts
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Project Management and Legal
* Industries: Engineering Services and Defense and Space Manufacturing
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