Senior Commercial Manager

Job Description

Job title: Senior Commercial Manager

Location: Barrow-In-Furness or Bristol (travel to Barrow will be required)

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: From £63,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Negotiate and manage complex contracts with key stakeholders, including international partners, to support programme objectives
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with shipbuilding partners, customers, and supply chain members to prepare for the build phase
• Oversee the commercial aspects of securing and implementing IT platforms for the transfer of classified materials
• Provide strategic commercial guidance to ensure the alignment of programme goals with political and industry requirements
• Support the development of shipbuilding programme, such as infrastructure and supply chain readiness
• Facilitate commercial activities, both domestically and internationally, ensuring compliance with programme requirements and delivering commercial solutions

Your skills and experiences:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant field or significant experience in a commercial management role within a defence or complex project environment
• Proven experience in negotiating and managing complex contracts within large-scale, international programmes
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills, with the ability to build partnerships in multi-national environments
• Flexibility to adapt to unstructured and evolving work settings, demonstrating a proactive approach
• Strong financial awareness, capable of managing budgets, pricing strategies, and ensuring commercial viability
• Experience in complex licencing and handling intellectual property rights (IPR) within commercial agreements, ensuring compliance and protection of sensitive information
• Ability to manage risk and provide strategic commercial solutions that align with political and operational objectives
• Development, coaching and management of the commercial team including collaboration with the cost estimating sector of the function

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Commercial Team

As a Senior Commercial Manager working within our AUKUS Programme, this role offers a unique opportunity to be part of a transformative project aimed at establishing a sovereign nuclear shipbuilding capability in Australia, replicating the UK’s expertise in this area.

This programme involves more than just building a vessel; it encompasses the development of critical infrastructure, fostering collaboration with strategic partners, managing secure IT systems for classified information transfer, and supporting the build programme. With the AUKUS Programme still in its early stages, the commercial team is pivotal in translating political agreements into actionable strategies and solutions, working closely with both national governments and industry partners.

This role also requires a proactive and adaptable individual capable of working in dynamic environments and managing complex, multi-national objectives. The successful candidate will also need to have a willingness to travel to other BAE sites within UK and the opportunity to travel to Australia.

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. 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.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 28th November 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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