Contracts Manager

Morson Edge; Slip End; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Edge is seeking an ambitious Contracts Manager to operate in a fast-paced aerospace and defence environment. You will manage complex contracts, bids and pricing, interfacing with UK and international customers within UK export activities.

The role requires strategic commercial leadership and risk management across IPTs. You will negotiate terms, maintain strong stakeholder relationships, and travel within the UK with potential overseas assignments.

Qualifications

• Advocate at senior levels of an organisation.
• Experience with UK Government and international contracts.
• Strong understanding of business finance, P&L, margins and FX.
• Knowledge of export legislation, import taxes and duties.
• High level understanding of contract law.
• Identify commercial risks and mitigation strategies.
• Build cross-functional relationships with colleagues, customers and suppliers.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
• Excellent written, oral and presentation communication.
• Willingness to travel within UK and overseas.
• SC clearance will be needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and tactical oversight to contracts and bid activities.
• Draft, negotiate and administer complex terms with procurement and subcontractors.
• Develop clear commercial strategies to optimize outcomes.
• Produce accurate customer pricing using cost estimates and pricing models.
• Lead in producing clear correspondence and obtain stakeholder input.
• Draft NDAs, licensing agreements and MOUs.
• Provide commercial leadership and manage change control and risks.
• Prepare proposals for customers and bid approvals.
• Ensure adherence to commercial processes and build client relationships.
• Work as part of the Integrated Project Management Team.

Skills

Senior stakeholder advocacy

UK/International contracts

P&L knowledge

Export controls

Contract law

Commercial risk management

Cross-functional relationships

MS Office proficiency

Excellent communication

Travel willingness

Security clearance

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

Morson Edge are looking for an ambitious Contracts Manager to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. You will interface with a variety of UK and International customers focused within both the UK and Export arena, working as part of integrated project teams (IPTs). You will have responsibility for the maintenance of current contracts and development of commercial bids/proposals, providing strategic and commercially sound guidance on challenging contracts and opportunities within the business. The successful candidate will have a successful record of accomplishment in a commercial business winning and contract management capacity in the Aerospace and Defence Sector and have experience working within a fast-paced and challenging environment.

What you'll do as a Contracts Manager:

• Provide strategic and tactical oversight to a number contracts and bid activities.
• Drafting, negotiating and administration of complex terms and conditions of contract, working with Procurement counterparts to ensure appropriate flow through with subcontractors.
• Produce, document, and brief [obtaining any necessary approvals] clear and informed commercial strategies to leverage the best possible outcomes.
• Produce accurate and compliant customer pricing by applying the appropriate pricing strategy and model to cost estimates.
• Take the lead in producing clear and concise correspondence, obtaining stakeholder input as and when required.
• Drafting and reviewing agreements such as Non-Disclosure Agreements, Software Licensing Agreements and Memorandums of Understanding and other T&Cs.
• Providing commercial leadership and administration to projects and/or contracts, including change control management, monitoring performance of its contractual obligations and management of commercial risk.
• Preparing proposals for submission to Customers in conjunction with the preparation of internal documentation required to obtain bid approval.
• Ensuring adherence to commercial and business processes.
• Build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with colleagues and customers to deliver the value to the company.
• Work as an integral member of the Integrated Project Management Team.
• Managing own workload, highlighting areas of conflict or priority and effectively managing stakeholder and customer expectations.

What we need from you:

• Is able to advocate at senior levels of an organisation
• Experience working with UK Government and international Contracts.
• Has a detailed understanding of business finance, profit and loss, margin and mark up, escalation, foreign exchange
• Has a good understanding of export legislation, import taxes and duties
• Has a high level of understanding of contract law and its application.
• Identifies and understand commercial risks and how to implement mitigation strategies
• Has the ability to build effective and strong relationships with cross-functional colleagues, customers and suppliers
• Has Microsoft Office knowledge and application of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Possesses excellent communication skills, written, oral and presentation skills.
• Will travel in the UK to internal and customers sites with possible overseas travel
• SC CLEARENCE WILL BE NEEDED.