Assistant Commercial Manager

Great British Energy - Nuclear; Warrington, Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Great British Energy - Nuclear is seeking an Assistant Commercial Manager to support senior leaders in delivering complex procurements and contracts across major projects. You will help shape commercial strategy, governance, and policies while ensuring value for money and compliance with public sector requirements.

You will work with vendors, internal teams and stakeholders to draft tenders, negotiate terms, and manage lifecycle activities from initiation through award and supplier mobilisation.

Qualifications

• Experience managing procurements over £5m across the full lifecycle.
• Experience delivering commercial, procurement and contract management activities.
• Familiarity with HMG approvals processes (Desirable).

Responsibilities

• Support development of commercial and procurement strategies.
• Support development of commercial policy and templates, including library maintenance.
• Assist assurance activities across the commercial lifecycle and audits.

Skills

Procurement

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Pricing strategy

Communications

Time management

NEC contracts

Public sector

Tools

NEC contracts

Contract drafting

Job description

Originally named, Great British Nuclear, Great British Energy - Nuclear is an arm's length body of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, dedicated to supporting the development and deployment of new nuclear technologies in Great Britain. We play a crucial role in advancing nuclear new build, ensuring the UK's energy security and achieving net-zero carbon emissions. Great British Energy - Nuclear focuses on fostering innovation, facilitating investment, and coordinating efforts across the nuclear industry to build a resilient and sustainable energy future.

The Assistant Commercial Manager (ACM) role will be accountable to the Commercial Lead and Commercial Manager for the delivery of first-class commercial activity and advice across GBE-N major project procurements, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and GBE-N Commercial policies, negotiating and managing contracts to achieve value for money.

The ACM will be accountable to the Commercial Manager and Commercial Lead for managing key aspects of procurement activity (e.g. ITT development / Pricing strategy / negotiation strategy/ drafting contracts) to support the delivery of major procurements. It is therefore expected that the Assistant Commercial Manager has experience in managing procurements more than £5m across the whole procurement lifecycle and/or experience in working as part of a team to manage the delivery of discreet aspects as part of a team delivering a complex major procurement. The value of the procurement activity which the ACM will be required to support will likely exceed £100m or otherwise be novel, contentious or repercussive in nature.

Please note, you will be required to occasionally travel to either our Warrington and/or London office.

A full job description is available and attached to this job advert.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

Commercial and Procurement Strategy

• The Assistant Commercial Manager will support the Commercial Manager and Commercial Lead in the development of commercial ("what are we buying") and procurement ("how are we buying") strategies.

Commercial Policy

• The Assistant Commercial Manager will apply their knowledge and understanding to support development of commercial policy, procedures and templates, including maintaining the commercial policy 'library'.

Commercial Assurance and Governance

• The Assistant Commercial Manager will support assurance activities to ensure activity across the commercial lifecycle is controlled and aligned with relevant policies, commercial strategies and relevant security requirements. This may include operational and risk management reviews as well as supporting any internal and/or external audits.

Market Analysis and Commercial Intelligence

• The Assistant Commercial Manager will support analysis required on key supplier markets to understand the key characteristics of the nuclear and related marketplaces to ensure adequate competition exists to continue to drive value for money.

Procurement Process and Tender management

• The Assistant Commercial Manager will work as part of a wider team and be accountable for the delivery of key aspects of procurement activities at all stages of the procurement process from tender initiation to contract award and supplier mobilisation.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience required:

• Planning and delivering results under tight timelines
• Supporting a culture that builds trust, integrity and values diversity and expertise
• Working and adapting with stakeholders at all levels
• Communicating with impact and challenging respectfully
• Be curious and work constructively with team members and stakeholders to get activity completed
• Knowledge and experience of working with complex procurements, of a value more than £5 million is required
• Experience of supporting the delivery of commercial, procurement and contract management activity
• Good personal organisational skills, including time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure within an agile environment
• Experience of supporting NEC suite of contracts, including drafting and negotiation (Desirable)
• Proven skills and experience in supporting business case development and working with multiple stakeholders (Desirable)
• Familiarity with working with HMG approvals processes (Desirable)
• Experience of working within Public Sector Procurements (PCR and Procurement Act) (Desirable).

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in a nuclear, construction, civils, engineering and/or critical infrastructure programme is desirable.

We recognise that candidates may not meet every requirement listed. If your experience is not an exact match but you believe you have the skills, knowledge and potential to succeed in the role, we encourage you to apply.

At GBE-N, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We value diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, including underrepresented groups.