Location
Bristol | United Kingdom
Job description
Job Title: Commercial Manager
Location: Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF56258
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 in Bristol.
The role
As a Commercial Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. you’ll 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. The role offers a wide variety of development and personal growth opportunities, and we are looking for people who are not afraid of responsibility, who can challenge the norm and raise the bar and who work collaboratively with project teams, stakeholders and our partners to achieve the best commercially position possible.
- Providing pre and post signature commercial management and governance support to internal stakeholders.
- Undertaking negotiations and pricing activities in support of organic or new growth opportunities.
- Identify and implement pragmatic commercial solutions, whilst executing commercial strategies to achieve success.
- Act as the commercial point of contact for any and all queries from the internal stakeholders – every day is different here!
- Be a mentor and guide to other commercial staff sharing best practice, advise and make recommendations to commercial scenarios.
This role is full time, 37 hours based on site Bristol with hybrid working from home arrangements.
Essential experience of the Commercial Manager:
- Someone with experience of managing and understanding contracts in matrix organisations from across the industry. Defence experience would be desirable but not essential.
- Someone who is commercially driven and can identify commercial innovation with a good business awareness of customers and competitors.
- Someone who understands and has experience in the creation of proposals whether as organic growth or for new opportunities.
- Someone who is able to demonstrate, and role model the right behaviours to deliver pragmatic and innovation solutions.
- A balance of public and commercial sector experience in a customer-facing and supplier-facing role.
Qualifications for the Commercial Manager:
- Ideally be degree qualified (or equivalent) in engineering, business, law, accountancy but not essential.
- Functional qualifications achieved, or would be willing to work towards, may include Membership of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS), International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) or Post Graduate Certificate in Commercial Management (PGCCM
The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.
Our Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 14/03/2024
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