Commercial Specialist

Job Title:               Commercial Specialist
Location:               Plymouth, Devon 
Compensation:     £49,943.00 + Benefits
Role Type:            Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                SF55814

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 Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Commercial Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary where you’ll join our Naval Nuclear Commercial Team, providing support to operations at Devonport Royal Dockyard where we are a key strategic partner to our customers, the MoD and the Royal Navy.

Day to day, you’ll participate as a key member of the commercial team to provide commercial expertise and governance to internal and external stakeholders for tenders, contract reviews/management, inter/intra requests, processes, policies and commercial risks.

• Oversee the production of change orders to a Qualifying Defence Contract (QDC) together with gathering and assessing robust evidence to support contract change
• Interact with stakeholders and work to develop positive customer relationships in order to represent the company to negotiate price, terms and scope
• Actively communicate and embed commercial guidance and expertise, initiatives, policies and procedures across the business
• Provide advice and drafting in relation to client and supplier terms and conditions, ensuring compliance with all internal processes

This role is full time - 35 hours and will be based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Commercial Specialist:

• Significant commercial experience in robust management of large and complex contracts, bids and change initiatives in a regulated environment
• Demonstrable evidence of developing effective customer relationships and confident at negotiating independently within agreed delegations
• Attention to detail with the ability to identify commercial risks, propose steps to mitigate, and communicate effectively.
• Working knowledge of MoD contract terms – desirable 

Qualifications for the Commercial Specialist:

• Educated to degree level with relevant degree (ideally Business or Law) or equivalent qualification or relevant experience – desirable

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 
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• 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

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.

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