Commercial Capability Manager - Reading

AWE plc; Tidmarsh; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day working fortnight

Pension scheme (9%–13%)

Maternity Leave (39 weeks) and Paternt

Paternity Leave (4 weeks)

Job summary

AWE plc is seeking a Commercial Capability Manager in Reading, Berkshire. The role focuses on developing a comprehensive capability framework with training, mentoring, and development programs to close skill gaps across Commercial functions.

You will partner with department heads to tailor development plans, manage training resources and budgets, and align with HR and talent teams to support employee growth.

Qualifications

• Proven professional experience.
• Experience in a Procurement / Commercial function.
• Experience within HR or related functions focusing on skills and development.
• High proficiency in stakeholder management and influencing decisions.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and changing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong management and analytical skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to maintain records.
• Able to engage colleagues across teams and levels of seniority.
• Ability to work collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Develop and embed a full capability framework covering competencies, training, development and mentoring.
• Identify and evaluate skill gaps within Commercial and implement training programmes.
• Work with department heads to define required knowledge for each role and create development plans.
• Report to Senior Capability Manager.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Procurement / Commercial experience

HR / learning & development

Communication skills

Ambiguity tolerance

Management skills

Analytical skills

MS Excel proficiency

Organizational skills

Time management

Detail-oriented

Collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Commercial Capability Manager - Reading

Date: 2026-09-26T00:00:00

Location: Tidmarsh, Berkshire, RG8 8, GB

Other Details: Any, 2026-12-26T03:02:52.33

Job Details

Commercial Capability Manager - Reading, Berkshire, RG2 6UA

Job Type: Full-Time

Salary: Additional benefits

Package: 47,760 to 60k (depending on experience)

Location: Reading, with free onsite parking

Working Pattern

AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days onsite in a long week and two days onsite in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative arrangement when you apply.

About the Role

Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?

As the Commercial Capability Manager, your primary responsibility is to develop and embed a full capability framework covering competencies, training, development, and mentoring. You will need to identify and evaluate skill gaps within Commercial and implement training programmes to bridge those gaps. You will work closely with department heads to understand the specific knowledge and expertise required for each role and develop tailored development plans. This role will report into the Senior Capability Manager.

Key Accountabilities

• Managing and fostering effective relationships with external governing bodies (MOD, DNO, CAB) and identifying opportunities for collaboration across government commercial skills and development.
• Defining the Commercial competency framework and career pathways.
• Managing Commercial training plans and working with Commercial training providers to ensure maximum utilization of AWE training resources.
• Collaborating with wider AWE HR and talent teams to align with employee development processes, tools, and procedures.
• Managing the Commercial skills and development programme and budget.
• Understanding capability development demand and market trends to define requirements for best-in-class capability development.
• Analyzing skills gaps and developing plans to address them across Commercial.
• Rolling out a Commercial mentoring programme to nurture internal talent.

Candidate Requirements

• Proven professional experience.
• Experience in a Procurement / Commercial function.
• Experience within HR or related functions focusing on skills and development.
• Highly skilled in stakeholder management with effective tools and strategies to create business alignment and influence decisions.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and changing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong management and analytical skills.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Suite, including Excel.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records.
• Capacity to engage colleagues across teams and levels of seniority.
• Ability to work collaboratively.

Benefits and Rewards

We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return, we offer balance with award-winning benefits including:

• 9-day working fortnight, giving you every other Friday off, plus 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market-leading contributory pension scheme (9% to 13% contribution depending on your contributions).
• Family-friendly policies: Maternity Leave (39 weeks full pay) and Paternity Leave (4 weeks full pay).
• Opportunities for professional development, including funding for professional memberships.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4x annual salary).
• Discounts for everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy for volunteering, public service, and caring duties.

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Commercial Capability Manager - Reading, Berkshire,RG2 6UA Job Type:Full-TimeSalary: Additional benefits Commercial Capability Manager Package: 47,760 to 60k (depending on experience) Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply. Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? As theCommercial Capability Manager, your primary responsibility is to develop and embed a full capability framework covering competencies, training, development and mentoring. As part of this you will need toidentify and evaluate skill gapswithin Commercial and implement training programmes to bridge those gaps. You will work closely with department heads to understand the specific knowledge and expertise required for each role and develop tailored development plans. This role will report into the Senior Capability Manager.

Key Accountabilities

• Accountable for managing and fostering effective relationships with external governing bodies providing visibility and influence of any change (MOD, DNO, CAB) and identifying opportunities for collaboration across government Commercial skills and development.
• Accountable for defining the Commercial competency framework and career pathways.
• Accountable for Commercial training plans and management of associated Commercial training providers, ensuring that AWE training providers are fully leveraged.
• Accountable for working in collaboration with wider AWE HR and talent teams to ensure full alignment with the wider AWE employee development processes, tools and procedures.
• Accountable for the Commercial skills and development programme and budget.
• Accountable for understanding capability development demand.
• Accountable for understanding market trends across people development and capability and define Commercial requirements to ensure best in class capability development.
• Accountable for analysing and understanding skills gaps and developing and implementing a plan to bridge these gaps across Commercial.
• Accountable for rolling out a Commercial mentoring programme in order to nurture and develop internal talent.

Candidate Requirements

• Must have proven professional experience.
• Experience of working in a Procurement / Commercial function.
• Experience within HR or other people related functions with specific experience in skills and development.
• Highly skilled in stakeholder management, with ability to deploy effective tools and strategies to create business alignment and influence decision making.
• Comfortable with a degree of ambiguity and changing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong management skills.
• Good analytical skills.
• Strong proficiency within the Microsoft suite including excel.
• Comfortable with a degree of ambiguity and changing priorities.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to maintain accurate records and documentation.
• Attention to detail.
• Comfortable engaging colleagues across different teams and levels of seniority.
• Ability to work collaboratively .

Work hard, be rewarded

We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

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