Commercial Specialist

Job Title:              Commercial Specialist
Location:              Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:    £45,000 - £55,000 dependent upon experience + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF58110

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Commercial Specialist at our Babcock Technology Centre or Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Commercial Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be working on a range of interesting marine system and equipment contracts providing procurement and engineering support services. The position will play a key role in ensuring the successful outcomes of our projects and offers the chance to collaborate with us and our partners as we drive forward making a positive impact for our customer the Royal Navy.

Day-to-day, you’ll have responsibility across a range of projects, performing key tasks identified below and be keen to demonstrate a positive impact in each of the following areas, challenging the status quo when necessary and championing the high performance this team strives to deliver:  

• To act as a focal point of contact for customers and key stakeholders (internal and external) regarding contractual matters by establishing and maintaining beneficial and effective customer relationships and communications.
• Provide support across the Commercial team and into the wider business with input to pricing, proposal preparation, pre-bid/contract documents, customer deliverables, stakeholder reviews and maintenance of records. 
• Provide support to the development of appropriate sub-contract arrangements that mitigate commercial risk through the application of appropriate flow down of terms and conditions or bespoke contracting methods.
• Support the maintenance and provide compliance to commercial policies, processes, procedures and regulatory requirements ensuring they are followed consistently across the business streams. 
• Support the commercial focal point to the business stream reporting on commercial activity, commercial risk mitigation strategies and any emergent commercial issues which may impact contract performance.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements in the office/onsite and working from home.

Essential experience of the Commercial Specialist:

• Experience of contract and bid management within UK defence or other highly regulated industry.
• Experience of dealing with high value, complex contractual arrangements.
• Awareness and understanding of commercial terms and types of agreements including knowledge of intellectual property principles and its application.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and problem solving skills with an emphasis on relationship management.

Qualifications for the Commercial Specialist:

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Business, Law or demonstrable time served experience essential.  

And/or 

• Functional qualifications which may include Membership of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS), International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) or Post Graduate Certificate in Commercial Management (PGCCM) or willingness to work towards as part of continuous professional development.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer 

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. 
• Flexible locations.

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 05/11/2024

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