Commercial Specialist

TN United Kingdom; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Commercial Specialist to provide essential support for high-value contracts. In this dynamic role, you'll manage day-to-day commercial activities, interface with customers, and contribute to bidding strategies. You'll be part of a collaborative team that values flexibility and personal development while ensuring the highest standards of commercial management. With opportunities for career growth and a comprehensive benefits package, this position is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in a supportive environment. Join us to help shape a secure and successful future!

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Flexible working options

Autonomy in role

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience managing high-value and complex contracts.
• Strong legal and commercial awareness essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Act as the commercial interface for the SPTC contract.
• Support negotiations on disputes and contractual issues.
• Prepare commercial risk assessments for contracts and bids.

Skills

Commercial management

Legal awareness

Risk assessment

Contract negotiation

P&L impact analysis

Education

Professional qualification in Contract Management

Post Graduate Certificate in Commercial Management

Job description

Job Title: Commercial Specialist
Location: United Kingdom + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Commercial Specialist at one of our many sites, across the UK.

The Role
As a Commercial Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Being responsible for the day-to-day commercial support of the Service Provision and Transformation Contract (SPTC) contract; whilst reporting directly to the Senior Commercial Manager and working closely with the SPTC Contract Director and SPTC Operations Team.

Day-to-day, you’ll be the commercial interface with the customer and outside agencies / organisations in respect of this contract. You will also provide commercial support to the wider Land business, including new business winning activities (bids) and supply chain contracting:

• Be the point of contact with customers on the day-to-day management of the SPTC contract.
• Support in negotiations on disputes and contractual issues for contract or portfolio of contracts within area of responsibility.
• Assist in the preparation and development of commercial responses and pricing strategies for bids and change proposals.
• Prepare and develop commercial risk assessments for contracts and bids / proposals by judging acceptability of overall risk level of deal and mitigating options.
• Manage commercial aspects of the contracts and contract change.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel across a range of internal and customer sites on a regular basis alongside home working arrangements.

Essential Experience of the Commercial Specialist:

• Experience of commercial management of high value and / or complex contracts.
• Good legal and commercial awareness.
• Experience with Risk assessment and mitigation.
• Ability to translate impact of negotiated terms on P&L, risk to delivery etc.
• Ideally, possess experience of MoD processes and dealing with Government customers but, this is not essential.
• Good knowledge of contracts including experience of drafting and interpreting contract clauses.

Qualifications for the Commercial Specialist:

• Preferably, you will hold or be working towards a relevant professional qualification (International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) or Post Graduate Certificate in Commercial Management (PGCCM)) or equivalent / similar however, this is not essential provided you have relevant experience.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

What we Offer:

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
• Autonomy to perform the role.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.