Location
Alton, Hampshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Salary Guide £60-£75k depending on experience
Who are you?
You will be an enthusiastic, self-starting individual who is happy to take responsibility for providing subcontract management support across a range of projects and services, interfacing with clients, suppliers and the technical team members.
You will enjoy working as part of a team, willing to flex priorities to support others where necessary and are comfortable with a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment.
You will have experience in creating, editing and negotiating commercial terms for a variety of supplier types for the provision of and procurement of technically specialist equipment and services. It will require leading the procurement of many complex spacecraft subsystem elements at varying levels of maturity and so an understanding of engineering development with respect to space programmes would be beneficial but not essential. You will be the main point of contact between suppliers and the project team so good communication and project management skills are also required. A pragmatic risk-based and resolution focused approach is essential. The right attitude is equally as important as background and experience.
Education and or Experience
- Educated preferably to degree -level or equivalent in an appropriate discipline (engineering or business management);
- Formal Procurement/analogous qualifications and/or memberships such as MCIPS (can be superseded by experience)
- Proven ability to pick up me of the following areas is required:
- Experience in leading commercial negotiations with suppliers of highly complex technical equipment into either a space or aerospace environment;
- Experience in developing and reviewing new commercial terms in an engineering environment;
- Experience in understanding when to employ different commercial approaches. Ranging from simple standard terms to support POs to framework agreements for key suppliers;
- Experience in supporting project teams in interpreting commercial terms;
- Experience in supporting bid teams in appropriately responding to client commercial terms;
- Experience in driving supply delivery in two or more of the following: commercial environment; defence environment; institutional (i.e. ESA or UK government) environment.
- Management of a diverse supplier base to monitor for appropriate quality and delivery performance.
- Experience and/or knowledge of the following is desirable:
- Delivery of space technology and/or space mission studies;
- Knowledge of Space Standards (i.e. ECSS);
- Knowledge of UK Space Industry.
- Proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project);
What will you be doing here?
- Reporting into the Supply Chain Manager, your responsibilities will include:
- Reviewing, negotiating and editing commercial terms for the procurement of equipment and services supplied by In-Space Missions Ltd’s suppliers and partners. This may include everything from small consultancy engagements and service provision through to large, complex technical procurements (supported by the appropriate technical specialist(s)).
- Supplier and sub-contractor management through the life of a space programme. Including managing the performance of suppliers to meet challenging schedules and building strong relationships with both external and internal stakeholders.
- Travel may be required both within UK and abroad to ensure successful delivery of subcontracts.
- Supporting projects in engaging suppliers in appropriate commercial arrangements, schedule and technical management in order to facilitate smooth delivery of each subcontract.
- Regular reporting into the management team around supplier risks held within the business and mitigation approaches.
- Regular financial reporting of expected supplier invoice/payment dates to feed into cashflow forecasting and currency hedge planning.
- Supporting bid activity in supplier engagement activities.
- Co-ordination of appropriate commercial oversight with the Financial and Delivery Directors.
- Resolution of commercial issues with appropriate communication and buy-in from relevant internal and external stakeholders.
- Collaboration with supply chain manager quality manager to ensure supplier base is appropriately controlled and monitored for quality and delivery performance.
About In-Space Missions
In-Space Missions (ISM) are world class experts who design, build and operate space missions for global customers from our UK site. We also offer ‘Space as a Service’ by flying customer payloads on our spacecraft and by providing customers the ability to upload digital applications to operate on our hardware. ISM was founded in 2015 and has grown to comprise approximately 100 staff. The company was acquired by BAE Systems in 2021 and operates from offices and satellite cleanrooms located in Alton, Hampshire in the UK.
Culture
We have a close-knit and supportive team, with diversity and inclusion being a key to our success. Although we are looking to rapidly expand our team, we are passionate about maintaining our small company ethos, something which is at the heart of our culture. We welcome varying backgrounds, skills, perspectives and life experiences. Here at In-Space Missions we are embracing Hybrid Working. Wherever possible, we offer flexible working arrangements to allow us to balance our work and personal life more effectively.
What can we offer you?
- Financial Reward: Competitive salary, 10% Non-Contributory Pension with the option for additional salary sacrifice, free onsite parking, access to BAE Share Incentive Plan, Income protection, 3 x salary life assurance policy, discounted shopping and much more
- Work / Life Balance: 37.5 hour week, hybrid working options, flexible working around core hours, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Personal Development: Personalised development plan along with access to BAE’s E-learning courses
- Health & Wellbeing: Private Medical Scheme with AXA Healthcare (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), travel insurance, cycle-to-work scheme, eye tests
Recruitment Process
If you’ve been shortlisted for the role, our Recruitment team will reach out to schedule a 1st stage Teams interview with you.
We want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible so if you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Additionally, if you don’t meet all of the criteria please still apply. We really enjoy meeting diverse people who might bring a fresh perspective on a problem we need to solve!
Unfortunately, we do not offer sponsorship. Please be aware that many roles working for In-Space Missions will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the company.
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£60k - £75k per annum
