Commercial Specialist

Job Title:               Commercial Specialist 
Location:               UK, Flexible + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:     Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:             Full time / Permanent
Role ID:                 SF55126

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 one of our many sites across the UK.

The Role
As a Commercial Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Being responsible for the day-to-day commercial support of the Service Provision and Transformation Contract (SPTC) contract; whilst reporting directly to the Senior Commercial Manager and working closely with the SPTC Contract Director and SPTC Operations Team.

Day-to-day, you’ll be the commercial interface with the customer and outside agencies / organisations in respect of this contract. You will also provide commercial support to the wider Land business, including new business winning activities (bids) and supply chain contracting:

• Be the point of contact with customers on the day-to-day management of the SPTC contract.
• Support in negotiations on disputes and contractual issues for contract or portfolio of contracts within area of responsibility.
• Assist in the preparation and development of commercial responses and pricing strategies for bids and change proposals.
• Prepare and develop commercial risk assessments for contracts and bids / proposals by judging acceptability of overall risk level of deal and mitigating options.
• Manage commercial aspects of the contracts and contract change.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel across a range of internal and customer sites on a regular basis alongside home working arrangements.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview. 

Essential Experience of the Commercial Specialist

• Experience of commercial management of high value and / or complex contracts.
• Good legal and commercial awareness.
• Experience with Risk assessment and mitigation.
• Ability to translate impact of negotiated terms on P&L, risk to delivery etc.
• Ideally, possess experience of MoD processes and dealing with Government customers but, this is not essential.
• Good knowledge of contracts including experience of drafting and interpreting contract clauses.

Qualifications for the Commercial Specialist

• Preferably, you will hold or be working towards a relevant professional qualification (International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) or Post Graduate Certificate in Commercial Management (PGCCM)) or equivalent / similar however, this is not essential provided you have relevant experience.

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
• 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. 
• Autonomy to perform the role.
• 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: 07/08/2024

#LI-POST
#LI-HYBRID