Contracts Manager

Ontic; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Ontic as a Contracts Manager, where you'll manage various contracts and foster relationships with suppliers and customers in the aerospace and defense sector. This role includes overseeing contract lifecycles, ensuring governance, and leading a team. Ontic values innovation and offers a supportive work culture with a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Up to 29 days paid leave + bank holidays

10 hours paid volunteering time

Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees

24/7 Employee Assistance Program

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Qualifications

• 3 years’ experience in a Commercial Contracts role.
• Understanding of UK and US defence aerospace markets.
• Experience with US Federal Acquisition regulations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee entire life cycle of contracts, including drafting and reviewing.
• Liaise with customers on contractual matters.
• Support less experienced team members.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Contract Management

Education

Degree

Job description

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Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, are now recruiting for a Contracts Manager to join our team. This role will primarily be based at our Staverton site, with occasional travel to support our other sites in Bishops Cleeve & Tewksbury.

Ontic is a more than just a business, we're a community of innovators who pride ourselves on fostering a culture where talent thrives, ideas flourish, and careers are built. We're committed to excellence, driving us to continuously improve and adapt, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of our industry.

Job Purpose

The purpose of the Contracts Manager role is to manage all contracts the business is negotiating and entering, which will include writing, evaluating, negotiation and executing various contracts covering a range of transactions in addition to creating and maintaining relationships with our suppliers and customers.

Main Responsibilities

• Commercial Governance to ensure and maintain effective governance in line with our policies and procedures.
• Contract Management where you'll oversee the entire life cycle of contracts, including drafting, reviewing, negotiating and executing various agreements.
• Customer Relations where you'll liaise with customers on contractual matters, maintaining and building positive business relationships.
• Bids and Proposals where your role contributes to the commercial aspects of bids and draft terms and conditions.
• Team Leadership where you'll be able to support less experienced team members with their career development.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Ideally degree educated with 3 years’ experience in a Commercial Contracts role.
• Understanding of the UK and US defence aerospace markets including being able to identify and advise the business of the contractual requirements.
• Experience with US Federal Acquisition FARS/DFARS and UK MOD DEFONs
• Knowledge of UK, Europe and US Export regulations.
• Understanding and experience working with different contractual agreements, such as non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), production and aftermarket agreements.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills including a professional, confident and "can do" attitude.
• Able to respond positively to changing situations/priorities to achieve Company objectives.
• Awareness and experience of bids and proposals processes and procedures.
• Confident at working with any stakeholder within the business, being able to build and maintain successful relationships.
  
  

Benefits

At Ontic we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this, we care about what matters to you and have a valued culture of recognition and empowerment, accompanied by benefits that support work/life balance.

Our Benefits Package Highlights Include

• Up to 29 days paid leave + bank holidays
• 10 hours paid volunteering time
• Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounts and offers from a range of retailers
  
  

Best place to work

We are more than the sum of our parts. And we’ve been recognised internally and externally for being so:

• We were ranked #9 in Best Companies’ Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback
• 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic
  
  

We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

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