Commercial Officer - Global Contract Management

Rolls-Royce; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Rolls-Royce as a Commercial Officer in the Civil Aerospace Business, where you'll handle complex global transactions, support strategic projects, and develop your commercial skills. With a focus on safety and reliability, this role offers an exciting opportunity for career advancement within a prestigious company known for innovation.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Employee assistance support

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Strong business aptitude, attention to detail for commercial solutions.
• Prior experience with external parties like suppliers or customers.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient Commercial Management service including contract commitments.
• Manage resolution of customer issues and negotiate settlements.
• Assess risks in contracts and propose amendments.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Problem Solving

Job description

Job Description

Commercial Officer

Full-time

Derby / Hybrid

An exciting opportunity to join the Global Contract Management Team as Commercial Officer in the Civil Aerospace Business. The team works with our airline customers to ensure execution of the contracted revenue and liability obligations, resolve disputes and secure opportunities. The role will require the individual to work closely with other functions to support high value, complex and global transactions

This Commercial Officer role represents an ideal opportunity for you to develop your business and commercial skillset as part of your career development. There will also be opportunities to support functional improvement activities and strategic projects across the broader commercial and business development teams.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere and we want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

What you will be doing:

• provide an efficient and timely Commercial Management service, including management of contracted commitments, invoicing, issuing credits, TotalCare escalation and reconciliations, offer letters, contract interpretation and amendments to contracts;
• to manage the resolution of customer issues, claims, disputes and litigation to minimise cost and risk to the company. To draft, negotiate and agree associated commercial settlements and/or contractual amendments as necessary;
• to identify and assess potential risks and liabilities inherent in contracts and to propose and negotiate amendments to manage, minimise or mitigate such risks or liabilities whilst achieving expected financial returns;
• to manage profit, cash and debt relating to allocated contracts to ensure that financial targets are achieved and to provide timely and accurate inputs into the financial forecasting process;
• to interface with specialist departments within the company to obtain advice and guidance. To evaluate such advice and thereafter develop pragmatic solutions to complex, multi-dimensional issues to meet customer and business requirements;
• to ensure delivery of relevant Customer Regional Team objectives in line with Business Plan Deployment, while demonstrating compliance with Commercial / General Counsel function and business policies and procedures;
• to complete business approvals in accordance with applicable business policies and procedures; and to support customer visits as required.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process.

They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles and for this role we are looking for someone with:

• You have a strong business aptitude with the ability to analyse business issues, with an attention to detail, in order to identify and deliver commercial solutions.
• You have some prior experience of working with external parties such as suppliers, partners or customers.
• You have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop relationships and communicate clearly and effectively at all levels.
• You are comfortable dealing with ambiguity and demonstrate strong problem-solving skills (including some financial analysis)
• You are able to overcome challenges to meet goals and deliver results based on sound business judgement.

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.

The professional level and the salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Job Category Commercial Posting Date 12 Jun 2025; 00:06 Posting End Date 25 Jun 2025