Job Title: Commercial Manager
Location: Bristol and Gloucester + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF56386
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Commercial Manager at our North Bristol and Ashchurch sites.
The role
As a Commercial Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Our Commercial Managers make a difference every day in managing existing contracts, undertaking negotiations, pricing activities and dynamic contractual risk assessments along with supporting tender and organic growth activities at every level to achieve our customer's mission.
Day-to-day, you'll deliver innovative and pragmatic commercial solutions for our customers, and our business.
1. Providing pre and post signature commercial management and governance support to internal stakeholders
2. Undertaking negotiations and pricing activities in support of organic or new growth opportunities
3. Identifying and implementing pragmatic commercial solutions to achieve a win:win whilst executing commercial strategies to achieve success
4. Act as the commercial point of contact for any and all queries from the internal stakeholders
5. Be a mentor and guide to other commercial staff sharing best practice, advise and recommendations to commercial scenarios
This role is full time, 37-hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience of the Commercial Manager
6. Experience of managing and understanding contracts in matrix organisations from across the industry
7. Commercially driven and can identify commercial innovation with a good business awareness of customers and competitors
8. Understands and has experience in the creation of proposals whether as organic growth or for new opportunities
9. Able to demonstrate and role model the right behaviours to deliver pragmatic and innovation solutions
10. A balance of public and commercial sector experience in a customer-facing and supplier-facing role
Qualifications for the Commercial Manager
11. Ideally degree qualified (or equivalent) in Engineering, Business, Law, Accountancy but not essential
12. Functional qualifications achieved, or would be willing to work towards, may include Membership of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS), International Association for