Commercial Specialist

Job Title:                     Commercial Specialist

Location:                     Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           Competitive Salary

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF68763

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.

The role

As a Commercial Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will drive meaningful impact every day by managing existing contracts, leading negotiations, overseeing pricing strategies, and conducting dynamic risk assessments.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Deliver contract management and governance support to project teams, ensuring compliance and commercial integrity
• Lead negotiations and pricing activities to drive organic growth and secure new business opportunities
• Develop and implement practical commercial solutions that achieve mutually beneficial outcomes
• Design and execute strategic commercial plans to maximise programme success and customer satisfaction
• Manage and inspire a team of commercial professionals across a diverse portfolio of support contracts.

This role is full time working 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements, mainly based on site at Ashton Vale, Bristol.

Essential experience of the Commercial Specialist:

• Naturally collaborative, with a strong focus on partnership and teamwork
• Creative thinker who solves complex challenges with clear, elegant solutions
• Motivated to make a meaningful impact every day
• Bold and performance-driven, unafraid to challenge norms and advocate for improvement
• Adaptable and curious, with a passion for learning and embracing change.

Qualifications for the Commercial Specialist:

• Ideally degree-qualified (or equivalent) in Engineering, Business, Law, or Accountancy—though not essential

Holds, or is willing to work towards, relevant functional qualifications such as:

• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS)
• Membership of the World Commerce and Contracting Association (WCC)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Commercial Management (PGCCM)

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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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: 12/11/2025

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