Commercial Manager

Commercial Manager

Guildford

£55,000 - £63,000 + Benefits

Brief

Commercial Manager needed for a leading defence and security organisation with offices in the Guildford area, who are looking to employ a number of experienced and well-rounded Commercial Managers that takes pride in their work.

The role is responsible for providing direct Commercial Management of two large framework contracts (each £100m+), for which close collaboration with MOD and OGD customers will also be required to build a trusted relationship upon which high throughput can be maintained whilst ensuring adherence to our contractual obligations and KPIs.

What the role of the Commercial Manager entails:

Some of the main duties of the Commercial Manager will include:

• Operating within the full commercial life cycle across multiple projects
• Management of the throughput of our framework bids and contracts with a wide customer base
• Maintaining management information and reporting on contract management aspects of our frameworks during internal reviews and external reviews with our customer.
• Development, review, approval (within Delegation of Authority) and submission of bids and pricing within framework contracts to required timescales. This includes management of additional resource to undertake these activities in support of meeting bid timescales.
• Review of contract terms, assessment of commercial risk and generation of appropriate mitigation actions
• Negotiation of proposals with potential customers and ensuring that this results in acceptable business agreements and contracts

What experience you need to be the successful Commercial Manager:

• Knowledge and experience across a breadth of commercial capabilities including estimating, MOD contract terms, negotiation, pricing and proposal development, risk assessment and commercial agreements.
• An understanding of the commercial approach to partnered arrangements and the skills to manage commercial governance responsibilities in this context.
• Problem solving skills required to understand situations, evaluate options and make specific judgements using technical expertise supported by experience
• Operating with a high level of business acumen
• Able to lead a small team to delegate to - will allocate work, check on accuracy, completion

In order to be eligible for this role you will need to undergo Security Clearance Background Checks that require you to be a UK resident and UK passport holder.

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Commercial Manager to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!

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