Senior Export Contracts Manager

TN United Kingdom; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the defence sector is seeking a Senior Export Contracts Manager for a hybrid role based in Stevenage or Bristol. This pivotal position involves leading the delivery of complex export contracts, managing relationships with international clients, and ensuring compliance with strategic objectives. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, a proven track record in contract management, and the ability to navigate complex political environments. Join a forward-thinking organization that values innovation and offers a dynamic work environment where you can make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial and financial acumen to manage export contracts.
• Experience in international contract delivery and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial interface with international customers.
• Manage multiple contracts and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Negotiate contract amendments and support new business acquisition.

Skills

Leadership

Relationship Management

Project Management

Contract Negotiation

Risk Management

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Related Field

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Posted:

26.04.2025

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10.06.2025

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Job Description:

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Senior Export Contract Manager subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract. The role will be a hybrid position of working from home 2 days per week and onsite 3 days per week. The base site can be either Bristol or Stevenage (depending on your preference).

Job Title: Senior Export Contracts Manager

Rate: £80 per hour

Overtime Rate: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at 'time and a quarter'

Location: Stevenage or Bristol (depending on your preference)

Hybrid / Remote working: Working from home 2 days per week and onsite 3 days per week.

Duration: 12 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter)

Senior Export Contract Manager 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.

The role involves:

• Lead the commercial interface into international government and military customers for contract delivery
• 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 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.
• Lead contract amendment negotiations as well as supporting Sales & Business Development to acquire new international business from current and new customers.
• Collaborate with national companies (NATCO) in France, Spain and Italy to deliver Inter Company Trading export contracts

What we are 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.

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Created on 26/04/2025 by TN United Kingdom