Senior Commercial Partner

AWE; Reading; Híbrido; GBP 63 000 - 85 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

9-day fortnight

Pension scheme

Maternity/Paternity leave

Career development

Employee assistance

Life Assurance

Discounts

Special leave

Resumo da oferta

AWE is seeking a Senior Commercial Partner in Reading. The role operates in a hybrid model with a 9-day working fortnight and every other Friday off, offering strong benefits and a focus on strategic commercial leadership.

You will partner with Programme Directors and senior leaders to shape demand, add value, and deliver cost-effective, compliant commercial solutions. You will provide expert guidance on Make/Buy decisions, total cost of ownership, and supply chain strategies, while

Qualificações

• Proven experience delivering commercial strategies in complex environments.
• Strong procurement and contract management knowledge and governance.
• Excellent commercial acumen with financial literacy to present options.
• Proven stakeholder management and influencing skills with senior leaders.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking to translate priorities into outcomes.
• Experience identifying and mitigating commercial, project and delivery risks.
• Confident communicator able to explain complex strategies to non-specialists.
• Ability to work across cross-functional teams and manage competing priorities.
• Resilient and adaptable, able to work under pressure and changing priorities.

Responsabilidades

• Advise on Make, Buy decisions and total cost of ownership.
• Provide strategic commercial input to senior leaders.
• Collaborate across programmes to translate requirements into commercial strategies.
• Strengthen cross-functional relationships to ensure value for money.
• Support delivery against priorities and mission.

Conhecimentos

Commercial strategy

Procurement

Contract management

Financial literacy

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Risk identification

Cross-functional

Resilience

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Senior Commercial Partner

Location: Reading, with free onsite parking.

Package: Starting from £63,270 to £85k (depending on your suitability and level of experience).

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours.

Ready to play your part?

At AWE, it’s not just a job, it’s far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?

Let us introduce the role.

AWE is looking for a Senior Commercial Partner to act as a trusted adviser and key strategic interface between the Commercial function and senior leaders across the business.

You’ll work closely with Programme Directors and leadership teams to understand and constructively challenge business requirements, shape demand and develop commercially viable solutions that deliver value for money. With early involvement in key commercial decisions, you’ll provide strategic advice on areas including Make, Team, Buy decisions, total cost of ownership and supply chain solutions, ensuring business priorities are clearly understood and translated into effective commercial strategies.

Working collaboratively across AWE, you’ll strengthen cross-functional relationships, improve commercial awareness and help ensure the right solutions are developed to support successful delivery against AWE’s priorities and mission.

Experience we are looking for

We are interested in your experience, judgement, and approach, not only formal qualifications. You will have practical experience in some of the following:

• Proven professional experience developing and delivering commercial strategies within complex environments.
• Strong understanding of procurement and contract management strategies , including relevant legislation, regulation and commercial governance.
• Strong commercial acumen and financial literacy , with the ability to develop and present commercial options to address business challenges.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills , with experience working with senior leaders and building alignment around complex commercial decisions.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking , with the ability to translate business priorities into effective commercial outcomes.
• Experience of identifying and mitigating commercial, project and delivery risks.
• Confident communicator, able to explain complex commercial strategies and decisions to non-specialist audiences.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across cross-functional teams , managing competing priorities and stakeholder requirements.
• Resilient and adaptable, with the ability to work under pressure, manage ambiguity and respond to changing priorities.

Work hard, be rewarded:

We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:

• 9-day working fortnight – meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

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Important things you need to know:

• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.