Location: Stevenage
A fantastic opportunity has arisen within the UK Export Contract Management Team for a motivated, experienced and driven contract manager to lead and deliver a portfolio of UK export contracts.
Salary: Circa £60,000 depending on experience.
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification.
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. After the offer stage, all successful candidates must undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS).
What we can offer you
* Company Bonus: bonus of up to 21% of base salary.
* Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%.
* Flexible working: we welcome applicants looking for flexible arrangements.
* Enhanced parental leave: up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, with enhancements for paternity, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
* Facilities: great site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and more.
* Healthcare Cash Plan: option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing.
The opportunity
* Lead the contract and commercial day-to-day interactions with international customers, ensuring good relationships and satisfaction for UK export contracts.
* Manage communications with MBDA and externally with industrial partners.
* Anticipate and proactively resolve issues and concerns to meet contractual commitments and obtain customer acceptance and payment for deliverables.
* Ensure MBDA's business interests are safeguarded through on-time export contract schedule adherence and robust risk mitigation.
* Support Sales & Business Development in acquiring new business.
What we're looking for from you
* Experienced Contract Manager who has led contract delivery in both bid and execution phases, ideally with an international client base.
* High degree of self-motivation and drive, able to work independently and as part of a team.
* Effective interpersonal and communication skills with an open, confident and clear leadership style.
* Experience of people management in a leadership role and of leading internal and external stakeholder relationships.
* 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 and engineering.
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