Senior Export Contract Manager

MBDA France société par actions simplifiée; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 30%

Car allowance £300/month

Private medical insurance

Pension up to 14%

Enhanced parental leave

On-site facilities and meals

Job summary

MBDA UK is seeking an experienced Export Contract Manager within the Programs Export Operations Directorate to lead and deliver complex international government and military export contracts.

Reporting to the Export Contract Management UK Executive, you will manage cross‑domain contracts, drive risk management, ensure schedule delivery and maintain strong customer relationships across MBDA's international partners.

Qualifications

• Experience leading contract delivery in bid and execution phases, ideally in an international environment.
• Ability to operate in complex political environments and manage cross‑domain stakeholders.
• Proven leadership and relationship management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial interface into international government and military customers for contract delivery on behalf of MBDA up to 1* level.
• Handle multiple cross domain and geographically diverse contracts simultaneously.
• Deliver the contract schedule to ensure high customer satisfaction and strong relationships.
• Anticipate and resolve delivery issues through risk and opportunity management protecting MBDA's interests.
• Lead customer acceptance events and manage contractual payments.

Skills

Leadership

Relationship management

Strategic thinking

International experience

Bid management

Communication

Willingness to travel

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen within the Programmes Export Operations Directorate for an accomplished and experienced Export Contract Manager.

Reporting to the Export Contract Management UK Executive, the successful candidate will demonstrate a broad and deep set of commercial, financial and project management skills to lead and deliver complex and strategically important export contracts.

Salary: Circa £60,000 - £70,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 30% of base salary
• Car Allowance: £300/month
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...
• Training and Development: Excellent career progression, training and career development opportunities

The opportunity

• Lead the commercial interface into international government and military customers for contract delivery on behalf of MBDA up to 1* level
• Handle multiple cross domain and geographically diverse contracts simultaneously
• Deliver the contract schedule to ensure the highest levels of customer satisfaction whilst fostering strong and long standing customer relationships
• Anticipate and proactively resolve contract delivery issues and concerns through risk and opportunity management that protects MBDA's business interests and international reputation
• Lead customer acceptance events, transport delivery solutions and capture contractual payments.
• Handle coherent and consistent communications into the customer, into government and industrial partners as well as internally within MBDA.
• Lead contract amendment negotiations as well as supporting Sales & Business Development to acquire new international business from current and new customers.
• Collaborate with MBDA national companies (NATCO) in France, Spain and Italy to deliver Inter Company Trading export contracts

What we’re looking for from you

• Leadership, influencing and relationship management skills required to establish and maintain strong internal and external relationships.
• Ability to define, communicate and implement strategic intent with experience of operating in complex political environments
• You are an experienced manager who has led contract delivery in both the bid and execution phases, ideally within an international environment
• You will need to have a high degree of self‑motivation and drive with the ability work independently and as part of a team.
• You will have effective interpersonal and communications skills and an open, confident and clear leadership style.
• Experience of people management in a leadership role as well as experience leading internal and external stakeholder relationships.
• Be prepared for international travel with an open mind to embrace different cultures.
• Experience of preparing and authorising Bid submissions, ideally with exposure in the role of Business Bid Authority;
• Experience of working in large complex organisations (preferably multi‑national) with experience of collaborating with Corporate Functions; new business; finance; legal; customer support; export control; project management; quality; shipping; engineering; corporate compliance.

Our company

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