Strategic Commercial Manager – Maritime & Defence

1st Executive Ltd; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A maritime technology company in Portsmouth is looking for a Commercial Manager who will drive commercial strategies and negotiate customer contracts. The role involves working within a dynamic commercial team and leading negotiations, ensuring alignment with business objectives. Essential qualifications include strong negotiation skills and a solid grounding in commercial principles. Attractive benefits include a competitive pension, flexible wellbeing options, and opportunities for performance incentives.

Benefits

Competitive pension

Flexible wellbeing benefits

Employee share options

Private health offerings

Discounted schemes

Qualifications

• Solid grounding in commercial principles, ideally within the defence or advanced engineering sector.
• Good awareness of how functions work together as part of integrated bid and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Supporting a busy Commercial team across a broad mix of customer contracts.
• Leading customer negotiations for proposals of varying scale and complexity.
• Reviewing and securing approval for contract terms.

Skills

Strong customer focus

Understanding of contract law

Experience managing teams

Job description

A maritime technology company in Portsmouth is looking for a Commercial Manager who will drive commercial strategies and negotiate customer contracts. The role involves working within a dynamic commercial team and leading negotiations, ensuring alignment with business objectives. Essential qualifications include strong negotiation skills and a solid grounding in commercial principles. Attractive benefits include a competitive pension, flexible wellbeing options, and opportunities for performance incentives.