Senior Commercial Manager

Babcock International Group; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in defense and security is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager in Bristol. This role involves managing contracts, overseeing negotiations, and supporting commercial strategies within a hybrid working environment. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in contract management and the ability to thrive under pressure while meeting deadlines.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance

Access to a Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefits

Generous volunteering policy - 'Be Kind Day'

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience leading contract management across the lifecycle in matrix organisations.
• Ability to create proposals for organic growth and new opportunities.
• Significant relationship management experience at a senior level.

Responsibilities

• Provide contract management and governance support to commercial teams.
• Undertake negotiations and pricing activities for growth opportunities.
• Mentor and guide other commercial staff, sharing best practices.

Skills

Contract management

Negotiation

Commercial awareness

Relationship management

Education

Degree in Engineering, Business, Law, or Accountancy

Job description

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Job Title: Senior Commercial Manager
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + 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 Senior Commercial Manager at our Ashton Vale and Babcock Technology Centre, Bristol sites.

The Role
As a Senior Commercial Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. The Senior Commercial Manager will make a difference every day in managing existing contracts, undertaking negotiations, pricing activities and dynamic contractual risk assessments along with supporting tender and organic growth activities at every level to achieve our customer’s mission.

Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Provide contract management and governance support to business and commercial teams.
• Undertake negotiations and pricing activities in support of organic or new growth opportunities.
• Identify and implement pragmatic commercial solutions to achieve a win:win.
• Support, implement and co-ordinate the execution of commercial strategies to achieve success.
• Be a mentor and guide to other commercial staff sharing best practice, advise and recommendations to commercial scenarios.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides flexible hybrid working arrangements with working days at Ashton Vale, Bristol and Stoke Gifford, Bristol and working days working from home.

Essential Experience of the Senior Commercial Manager

• Experience of leading all contract management activities across all aspects of the life cycle in matrix organisations from across industry.
• Some who is commercially driven and can identify commercial innovation with a good business awareness of customers and competitors.
• You understand and have experience in the creation of proposals whether as organic growth or for new opportunities.
• Able to thrive under pressure and meet deadlines critical to our customer’s mission.
• Someone who is able to use significant relationship management experience to work at a senior level with our customers to identify and implement pragmatic commercial frameworks.

Qualifications for the Senior Commercial Manager

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Engineering, Business, Law, Accountancy but not essential.
• Functional qualifications achieved, or would be willing to work towards, may include Membership of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS), International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) or Post Graduate Certificate in Commercial Management (PGCCM).

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. However, the successful candidate will be eligible to start on Standard (BPSS) security clearance but will need to obtain and achieve Security Check (SC) security clearance once in post.

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 at

What We Offer

• 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 the majority of 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