Assistant Commercial Manager
Posted 1 week ago by JAM Recruitment Ltd
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Southsea, Clwyd, UK
Summary: The Assistant Commercial Manager role is a 6-month contract position based in Broad Oak, focusing on supporting the Commercial team in strategic bids and campaigns within a leading UK Defence company. The position involves customer engagement, contract negotiation, and collaboration with project teams to ensure successful contract management and business development. The role requires a strong commercial acumen and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders while ensuring compliance and governance. This hybrid role allows for 2-3 days of on-site work each week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting the Commercial team on strategic important bids and campaigns.
- Acting in a customer-facing role, building enduring relationships and drafting teaming arrangements.
- Participating in Bid Teams to prepare Bid and Contract materials, ensuring necessary approvals are obtained.
- Working closely with project teams and business development to ensure smooth contract management and new business opportunities.
- Providing commercial strategy on contract development, pricing strategies, governance compliance, and customer negotiation.
- Reviewing and obtaining authorisation for contract terms and conditions, engaging with central functions for compliance issues.
- Leading negotiations of proposals with customers to achieve acceptable business agreements.
- Collaborating with the Supply Chain team to ensure proper flow down of contractual obligations.
- Establishing excellent working relationships with internal and external customers and stakeholders.
Key Skills:
- 4 years plus commercial experience, ideally in a UK defence environment.
- Experience working within a highly collaborative team environment.
- High degree of customer focus and commitment to meet deadlines and targets.
- Broad professional knowledge of Commercial principles, techniques, and practices.
- Good understanding of contract terms and legal frameworks with the ability to identify key contractual risks.
- Desirable: Previous experience in a commercial function and people management experience.
- In-depth knowledge of the defence sector and awareness of international competitors and partners.
- Strong communication, presentation, and influencing skills.
- Problem-solving attitude with good attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Salary (Rate): £38.42 hourly
City: Southsea
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Assistant Commercial Manager
6 Month Contract
Broad Oak Based (Hybrid)
38.42 an hour Umbrella Inside IR35
This is a great opportunity to work within one of the UKs leading Defence companies based in Broad Oak. Hybrid working 2-3 days per week in Broad Oak.
What you'll be doing:
Supporting the Commercial team on strategic important bids and campaigns.
Acting in a customer facing role, building enduring relationships and drafting teaming arrangements.
Actively participating in Bid Teams to prepare Bid and Contract materials including the preparation and presentation of commercial bid reviews, ensuring the necessary approvals are obtained within governance of the Operational Framework
Working closely with a portfolio of project teams as well as business development and our customers to ensure smooth running of the existing contracts and the development of new business opportunities
Responsibility for providing the commercial strategy on issues such as contract development, pricing strategies, governance compliance, customer negotiation, commercial risk and delivering margin growth opportunities
Reviewing and obtaining authorisation to agree contract terms and conditions including engagement with central functions to address specific compliance issues (Legal, IP, Tax etc.)
Leading the negotiation of proposals, of varying complexity, with customers ensuring this results in acceptable business agreements and contracts that align with business objectives
Closely working with Supply Chain team to ensure proper flow down of contractual obligations
Establishing excellent working relationships with both internal and external customers and stakeholders
Your skills and experiences:
4 years plus commercial experience, ideally in UK defence environment
Suitable related experience working within a highly collaborative team environment
High degree of customer focus and a commitment to meet deadlines and targets
Broad professional knowledge of Commercial principles, techniques and practices and application and understanding of the Commercial role in organisations
Good understanding of contract terms, contractual and legal frameworks with the ability to identify key contractual risks
Desirable:
Previous experience working in a commercial function
People management experience
In depth professional knowledge of Commercial principles, techniques and practices with an understanding of how Commercial roles fit into an organisation as a whole
Knowledge of the defence sector with an awareness of international competitors and partners
What we are looking for in you:
An ability to both take and inspire accountability to deliver results
Motivated individual with a desire to learn & contribute
Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills
A problem-solving attitude and the ability to balance differing priorities
Good attention to detail
An ability to work both independently, using your initiative to influence stakeholders, and as part of a team
The ability to balance the demands of the customer with the needs of the business.
For more information please contact Lauren Morley at JAM Recruitment or click apply.
