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Principal Commercial Officer

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Job title: Principal Commercial Officer

Location: Barrow-In-Furness - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £43,500 dependant on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Management of administration activities and contract bids, contract configuration management and execution

• Reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and finalising contracts and commercial agreements and providing support with complex contracts

• Being responsive to the needs and wants of the customer by researching and understanding their requirements

• Applying a high degree of customer focus, developing and maintaining customer relationships both internally and externally

• People management responsibilities, including mentoring and developing junior members of the team

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Educated to Degree level and/or proven relevant commercial experience

• Experience of negotiating contracts

• Demonstrable client/customer relationship management

• An understanding of the subject area of writing and drafting, negotiations and contract flow downs

Desirable:

• Knowledge of terms and conditions, types of contracts, commercial risks and opportunities

• Ability to forge strong working relationships across peer groups and confidence to brief managers on key areas

• Ability to develop knowledge of the full life cycle management of a contract

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Submarines Commercial Team:

As a member of the Commercial team you will work cross functionally and with the MOD. Your primary role will be to support the contract preparations negotiating, bidding, writing and drafting, configuring and managing of contracts. These consist of multi-function teams, such as Project management, Engineering, Technical specialists, and Supply Chain.

Career Development is fully supported within the team, with the opportunity to move up to management level along with skillset development through further education and recognised training to facilitate lateral moves within the wider BAE business.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.”

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.