Commercial Manager

Job Title:              Commercial Manager
Location:              Plymouth, Devon or Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:    £55,000 - £65,000 + Benefits (including Car Allowance, Bonus, Private Healthcare)
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF59438

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 Manager at our Babcock Technology Centre or Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Commercial Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Working on platform, systems, equipment and services tenders for marine vessels to win new business. The role is predominately focused on business development, business winning, and growth strategy as opposed to contract management of operational contracts.

Day-to-day, you’ll manage multiple bids and opportunities concurrently through to governance intervals to achieve approvals from senior stakeholders in order to submit and if won to ensure mobilisation activities enable operational readiness.

• Drafting of counterproposals and/or derogations (mark-up) of terms and conditions
• Lead in the identification of contractual risk, quantification, and mitigation strategies
• Lead in the development of the commercial strategy and governance for tenders/bids
• Develop innovative and pragmatic commercial solutions in a dynamic environment
• Promote and maintain compliance with commercial policies, processes, procedures

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and can be fully remote.

Essential experience of the Commercial Manager 

• Experience in contract and bid management, ideally gained within a highly regulated industry
• Extensive knowledge of commercial terms and types of agreements
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
• Deadline driven to meet critical internal governance and customer timelines, with good attention to detail

Qualifications for the Commercial Manager 

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Engineering, Business, Law or Accountancy, however times served experience will be considered   
• Professional memberships of, or working towards, CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or WCC (World Commerce and Contracting) or willingness to work towards as part of continuous professional development

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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

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: 18/10/2024

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