Senior Contracts Manager

JR United Kingdom; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a world-renowned organization as a Senior Contracts Manager, where you'll manage bids and projects, providing commercial advice and developing winning propositions. Enjoy a hybrid working arrangement and a competitive benefits package, including performance bonuses and generous leave.

Benefits

Performance-related bonus

Half day every Friday

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

24 hours volunteering paid

Life cover

Employee Assistance Program

Employee discount shopping schemes

Qualifications

• Experience managing contracts/risks or legal background with commercial experience.
• Experience in complex, multi-disciplinary organizations.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice on commercial issues, risks, and opportunities.
• Develop commercial propositions for major business campaigns.
• Support senior management in negotiations with customers.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Relationship Management

Written Communication

Education

LLB

Engineering

Finance

Programme Delivery

Job description

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Location: Crawley (West Sussex), Belfast (Northern Ireland), or Templecombe (Somerset) - hybrid working arrangement – 3 days a week in the office

Are you looking for your next challenge where you’ll have the opportunity to work within a highly regarded team where you will be responsible for proactively managing and directly influencing our bids and projects? Would you like to work for a world-renowned organisation that researches, develops and supplies technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better and keep us safer? Then look no further…

We have a great Senior Contracts Manager opportunity to join our Defence Commercial, Legal & Contracts team.

Core Benefits:

On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;

• Performance-related bonus
• Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
• 24 hours volunteering paid for
• Life cover
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers

Key responsibilities:

On a day-to-day basis you’ll be involved in:

• Providing advice and recommendations on commercial issues, risks, liabilities, and opportunities related to business relationship agreements, bids, and projects.
• Developing commercial propositions for major winning business campaigns.
• Supporting senior management and participating in commercial negotiations with customers, consortium partners, procurement, subcontractors, and other third parties.
• Advising bid and project teams on UK and international contracts, including Direct Selling Costs, Credit Insurance, Bank Guarantees, and Letters of Credit.
• Responding to and negotiating contractual agreements and changes proposed by customers, including managing such changes with senior management.
• Identifying and managing issues and disputes with customers in collaboration with the Legal team.

About you:

Ideally, you’ll:

• Have a commercial background with experience in managing contracts/risks and/or a legal background with commercial experience.
• Have experience working within complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-site organizations.
• Possess qualifications such as LLB, Engineering, Finance, or Programme Delivery, which are advantageous.
• Be skilled at building and managing relationships across all levels during bidding, negotiation, and delivery phases.
• Have strong analytical and written skills, with the ability to understand pricing, risks, and contract mitigation.