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Deputy Commercial Manager/ Contracts Manager
Middlesex, England
£40k - 50k per year
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Commercial Manager / Contracts Specialist with this Defence organisation. The role is commutable from Chertsey, High Wycombe, Slough and Watford.
The successful candidate will have experience within Contract Management or a Senior Commercial Officer role within the Aerospace, Defence or Security environment in a customer / supplier facing role. Working across business development and project delivery teams, this role is ideal for candidates seeking to work within a Prime Contract and Systems Engineering business responsible for all aspects of the commercial arrangements with customers and suppliers.
Main responsibilities:
- Lead the commercial evaluation, compliance matrix generation and commercial volume responses to customer enquiries and Invitation to Tenders, and act as the primary commercial interface to customers and suppliers.
- Provide advice and guidance on commercial risks and issues to the Senior Management Team and CEO as part of the company Bid Review process prior to release.
- Negotiating contracts with UK and international customers including the UK Ministry of Defence and other overseas governments, prime-contractors and dockyards.
- Draft, negotiate and maintain sub-contracts with key suppliers ensuring that flow-down of relevant Ts andCs are applied from the prime contract.
- Provide commercial advice and direction and be actively involved in providing support to the Bid/Programme Managers on all contractual matters for contracts/bids to ensure the timely delivery of key contractual activities.
- Raise and negotiate agreements e.g. Non Disclosure/Confidentiality, Teaming, Agency, Software, Memorandum of Understanding, Maintenance, Support and Commercial Exploitation.
- Protection of the company's Intellectual Property within contracts, actively promote an understanding, project awareness and manage the company's expectations in respect of protecting its Intellectual Property Rights.
- Identification of potential issues, risks with customers and suppliers and working with the appropriate bid and project teams to mitigate these.
- Liaison with internal and external customers at all levels.
Key Knowledge and Skills:
- Good understanding of UK Contract Law and UK MoD DEFCONS, contracting terms and procedures
- A track record of gaining the relevant experience of working at a similar level in a Commercial or Contracts Department for a minimum of 5 years
- Experience of working in the Defence, Security or Aerospace business areas.
- Track record of managing a small team
- Experience of drafting/negotiating contract terms
- Generation of contractual change requests against customer contracts, and the management of change requests from suppliers.
- Able to travel overseas for short periods
- Existing UK Defence Clearance or British Citizenship
Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
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