Senior Commercial Strategy Manager

1st Executive Ltd; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization in the UK Manufacturing Sector, driving growth and modernization through strategic procurement and commercial management. This hybrid role in Reading offers an opportunity to impact the UK's industrial strategy significantly. Candidates should possess strong commercial acumen and experience in managing complex projects exceeding £500m. SC Clearance is required for this role.

Qualifications

• Experience with complex commercial strategies over £500m.
• Strategic knowledge of Procurement across various sectors.

Responsibilities

• Deliver commercial strategy for £bn R&D programme.
• Create new alliance for £3-£4bn construction programme.

Skills

Commercial Acumen

Leadership & Influence

Data led

Job description

Location: Hybrid - Reading area 2 days per week

Overview

Do you want to be a part of a major Transformation Programme spearheading the wider UK Industrial Strategy boosting productivity by backing Manufacturing businesses to create good sustainable jobs and increase the living conditions earning power and well-being of people throughout the UK with investment in skills, machinery and modern infrastructure?

Join this innovative organisation to drive growth across the UK Manufacturing Sector modernising and improving capability and efficiency throughout the wider UK PLC.

We are looking for capable and credible Senior Commercial Professionals who can navigate the world of Private Commercial Enterprise across Global FTSE 250 businesses and SME's who focus on Manufacturing. You will need strategic knowledge of Procurement across Private, Public and Government Contract regulations. Working closely with Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence.

SC Clearance will be needed to obtain this role and it would be of great benefit if you were already security cleared.

Key Requirement:

Working to Commercial Strategy lead there are three vacancies with each embedded in one of the operations teams below:

Testing Programme

• Deliver commercial strategy for £bn R&D programme with first of a kind products

Manufacturing Capability Programme

• Deliver Make/Buy Assessment and commercial strategy for new capability requirements

Construction Programme

• Create new alliance or enterprise partnership to deliver £3-£4bn programme over 15 year period

The Commercial Managers will report into Commercial Strategy Lead and develop solutions aligned to needs of Head of Strategic Sourcing

• Commercial Acumen - experienced in translating business needs into a commercial strategy and deep understanding of core commercial risks
• Experience - Must have experience of complex commercial strategies in excess of £500m in either a construction/infrastructure projects or major complex programmes (e.g defence or rail project)
• Leadership & Influence - must have core skills to produce effective strategy documents, present to C-suite executive and influence decision making
• Data led - have ability to review and analysis business and commercial data to create insightful recommendations

If you want to work in an innovative and complex organisation on classified programmes with a great opportunity for real impact, and you have the resilience and tenacity to push projects forward in a highly regulated environment then reach out to me directly today [e-mail] or click Apply Now to find out more about this fascinating opportunity.