Commercial Officer

SEA Ltd; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense solutions company is seeking a Commercial Officer to support internal staff and customers in commercial matters. You will play a key role in complex bids and provide high-integrity advice on risk mitigation. This role allows for hybrid working at sites in Bristol, Barnstaple, or Beckington. Competitive salary up to £44k depending on experience, with generous benefits including private medical insurance and a strong commitment to work/life balance.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Up to 16 days flexi leave

Private medical health insurance

Group Pension Plan

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Discounts portal

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial matters and contract management.
• Ability to develop business propositions for customer contracts.
• Strong knowledge of risk mitigation strategies.

Responsibilities

• Support and advise on a range of commercial matters.
• Prepare business propositions for customer contracts.
• Develop the commercial function to enhance effectiveness.

Skills

Problem-solving

Commercial awareness

Communication

Collaboration with stakeholders

Job description

About The Role

Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. We're looking for a Commercial Officer to provide support and advice to internal staff, customers and subcontractors on a wide range of commercial matters across some exciting and complex programmes of work in the defence sector.

The Commercial Officer can be based at any of our three sites, Bristol, Barnstaple, or Beckington. This role allows for flexible working.

The salary for this role is up to £44k, depending on experience.

What you'll be doing

• You'll play a key role in identifying solutions and resolving issues in a wide range of situations. You'll take an important role in supporting high value, complex bids, providing high-integrity advice on commercial matters and risk mitigation.
• You'll prepare business propositions for customer contracts, working closely with project managers, internal stakeholders and current and prospective customers.
• You'll help to develop the commercial function at SEA, improving and enhancing the commercial effectiveness of the division through working together with Bid and Project Managers, project teams and through personal contribution.

About our company

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient. We provide state‑of‑the‑art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In‑service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever‑growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on‑the‑ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer

At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out‑of‑the‑box thinking to solve problems, so we’re always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Have a look at the benefits we offer:

Work life balance

• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave

Family & wellbeing

• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning

Join us and be part of something smaller - with 500 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

If you’d like to know more, please give Dave from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on 03330 041 4172. Or reach out to us on [e-mail].