Commercial Manager - 12 month contract - Portsmouth, Filton or New Malden - £66.63 ph UMB or £49.38 ph PAYE (Inside IR35)
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The Role
This role is the Commercial lead for the RECODE project. The role holder will commercially manage a particularly challenging commercial landscape. The RECODE project is strategically important due to the aim to leverage our successful relational contract for future MoD work, particularly through the Hybrid Navy plan, where we potentially have a great opportunity for future success.
The role holder will need to ensure robust commercial management, working across business boundaries to manage dependencies across contracts. Stakeholder management, managing strategic priorities, reporting and effective contact management are key to ensuring Core activities are completed and contractual obligations are adhered to. The role holder is expected to have the capability and experience to be autonomous and provide strong commercial advice and guidance to the team, manage change, and support other commercial colleagues who will be working on the RECODE contract through TAFs, as well as manage the Commercial governance and key priorities. The role holder will focus on augmenting their experience and understanding of the commercial role to manage and deliver specific tasks, provide support to operations and offer guidance and support for the development of individuals in more junior roles.
Role Responsibilities:
Not limited to…
Working autonomously, providing commercial guidance and leadership to the RECODE project team and working closely with other projects to ensure RECODE meets the cross project dependencies and avoids operational, financial or reputational impact.
Managing the UKMOD customer relationship, in line with relational contracting.
Be the commercial approver for TAFs, ensuring clearly bound requirements, AEDs and favourable terms.
Managing the commercial aspects of contract change and business winning, including ownership of the RBA process and commercial management plans.
Being the focal point for resolution of project issues including provision of commercial guidance to maximise profit and minimise risk.
Building strong working relationships with integrated project teams, ensure commercial aspects are properly considered and influence outcomes to ensure commercially sound solutions.
Supporting all contract activity including the drafting and negotiation of complex terms and conditions and associated agreements with customers ensuring the interests of BAE Systems are protected.
Managing contract activities including negotiation of contract change and management of claims.
Responsible for ensuring that contract activity is undertaken in accordance with BAE Systems Operational Framework and relevant business unit commercial processes including Request for Bid Approval.
Responsible for delivery of commercial interface with Procurement and flow down of commercial contract requirements.
What are BAE Systems looking for from you?
Strong commercial and business acumen
Able to operate with minimal guidance, direction and supervision
Experience in operational Commercial roles, in particular contract management of large and complex inter-dependent programmes.
Strong communication skills, with an ability to take on-board multiple views and generate acceptable solutions.
Critical thinking and problem solving, with the ability to take people on the journey with you.
Security Requirements: SC
This role will require you to hold or be eligible to obtain Security Clearance (SC). You will need to obtain a BPSS check as part of this process. You must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum 5 year period. If you are unsure as to whether you are eligible, please contact me to discuss