Commercial Contracts Manager

Leading defence technology business require a Commercial Contracts Manager. Applicants need experience of contract management or contract negotiation within a B2B or commercial environment.

The Commercial Contracts Manager will join a large and supportive team of Contract Managers and Contract Officers. An exciting full-lifecycle commercial role, the Commercial Contracts Manager will support front-end (bids, customer ITT, proposal) in life (contract management, change, negotiation) and post-signature (claims, close out) contract management activities. Given the diversity and variation in the role, the Commercial Contract Manager will work closely with stakeholders in; bids, engineering, finance and programmes. Typical bids are in the £1-£10m range.

Specific duties of the Commercial Contracts Manager include:

• Draft commercial responses to customer ITTs, support bids and proposals activities
• Contribute to the development of commercial strategies - quotations, pricing, proposals etc
• Pre-bid negotiation of customer T&Cs (NDAs, Teaming, IP agreements etc)
• Day-to-day management of in life contracts, manage associated change, amendments etc.
• Advise stakeholders of commercial and contractual risk and identify liabilities
• Ensure compliance with T&Cs in how these are flowed-down to the supply chain

Commercial Contract Manager applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Experienced in managing and negotiating contracts in a commercial environment
• Previous exposure to defence sector, government or national infrastructure customers - desirable
• Proactive, positive, self-starter
• Exposure to the full commercial contract lifecycle - bids/proposals, award and closure - desirable
• Seeking a progressive career within commercial contract management