Role : Senior Commercial Officer

Market : Aerospace / Security

Location : Scotland

Remote / Hybrid : A range of hybrid and flexible arrangements options on offer

Salary : Up to £50K + Excellent Corparate Package

1st Executive are delighted to bring to the market this fantastic Senior Commercial Officer role for our clients largest defence contract, valued at £60Bn.

You will be joining a Commercial team, with a flexible culture, that represents North America's largest defence Procurement Programme - with the build due to commence in 2025. As a Senior Commercial Officer, you will be a vital member of the team, collaborating closely with the Commercial Executives to deliver high-quality commercial services that fulfil the operational requirements of the Programme. During the first 12 months, you will work on the Implementation Contract Mobilisation and then move on to Contract delivery, which will provide a broad experience. There may be the opportunity to work on other contract scopes and will be an opportunity to travel to Canada .

What you'll be doing :

• Producing and submitting commercial deliverables in line with the contract requirements.
• Supporting the generation and commercial management documentation requirements for bids/change proposals and governance in accordance with company procedures (e.g. Phase Reviews and Request for Bid Approvals).
• Interfacing with the customer; providing updates and working collaboratively to resolve issues.
• Providing commercial guidance and instructions to the project team and other internal stakeholders regarding the Implementation bid/contract and other related work.
• Working collaboratively with other functional and programme stakeholders (e.g. Export Control, Legal, Engineering, Procurement, etc.) to solve issues,
• Developing knowledge, relationships and interfaces with central Group functions (eg Commercial, Group IP, Treasury, Tax, Compliance and Regulation etc.)

Your skills and experience :

• Good knowledge of Commercial Contract principles, techniques, and practices
• Have a strong customer focus
• Experience working with contracts, ideally in a commercial role
• Experience of governance processes
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

The successful candidate ideally will have a desired awareness of law, however training will be fully provided

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. Sustainability and Wellbeing underpin the company culture with a work life balance hybrid / flexible option pack.

Overall this is amazing opportunity to join career focused highly organised technology global service provider, that can genuinely help you leave the planet a more sustainable and secure place than you found it !

Please contact Lloyd Norman @ 1st Executive for a confidential company overview. First interviews to commence mid October 2024.