Head of Commercial

Babcock; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Head of Commercial for their Bristol site, offering a full-time role with hybrid working arrangements. The successful candidate will manage complex contracts, conduct pricing activities, and support growth initiatives. This position provides significant opportunities for personal and professional development within a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experienced in bidding for and managing complex contracts.
• Track record of delivering pre and post contract activities.
• Ability to implement pragmatic commercial solutions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct pricing activities and contractual risk assessments.
• Support tender and organic growth activities.
• Manage existing contracts and undertake negotiations.

Skills

Commercial experience

Negotiation skills

Contract management

Risk assessment

Education

Degree level or equivalent experience

Job description

Job Title: Head of Commercial
Location: Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF64169

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 Head of Commercial at our Bristol site.

The role
As a Head of Commercial, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. The role offers a wide variety of development and personal growth opportunities, and we are looking for people who are not afraid of responsibility, who can challenge the norm/raise the bar and who work collaboratively with project teams, stakeholders, and our partners to achieve the best commercially position possible.

Day-to-day, you’ll support our drive to transform Mission Systems by delivering innovative and pragmatic commercial solutions for our customers, and our business.

• Conducting pricing activities and dynamic contractual risk assessments
• Supporting tender and organic growth activities at every level to achieve our customer’s mission.
• Managing existing contracts
• Undertaking negotiations

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at Bristol.

Essential experience of the Head of Commercial

• Experienced commercial individual who has a track record in bidding for, negotiating and managing complex and/or Highly strategic contracts.
• Has commercial and contracts experience and demonstrable track record of owning and delivering pre and post contract andcommercial activity.
• Experienced in defining, driving, and overseeing commercial and contract governance.
• Identify and implement pragmatic commercial solutions to achieve a win-win.

Qualifications for the Head of Commercial

• Ideally qualified to degree level or equivalent achieved through extensive and demonstrably successful experience.

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

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available atUnited Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please [e-mail] the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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