Job Title: Commercial Specialist
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61663
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 Ashton Vale, Bristol site.
The Role
As a Commercial Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Managing existing contracts, undertaking negotiations, pricing activities and dynamic contractual risk assessments along with supporting tender and organic growth activities at every level to achieve our customer’s mission.
Day-to-day, you’ll be working to support a range of contracts from design to through life support of critical systems and equipment’s to our customers whilst driving the business and contracts forward.
- Providing contract management and governance support to project teams.
- Undertaking negotiations and pricing activities in support of organic or new growth opportunities.
- Working collaboratively with our customers and projects teams to support the development innovative and pragmatic commercial solutions in a dynamic environment.
- Act as the commercial point of contact for all queries from the project team.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 1 day per month in the office/onsite and remaining days working from home. However, you may be required to work for longer periods of time if the project demands.
Essential Experience of the Commercial Specialist
- Experience of managing and understanding contracts in matrix organisations from across industry.
- Commercially driven and can support commercial innovation with a good business awareness of customers and competitors.
- Understanding and has experience in the creation of proposals whether as organic growth or for new opportunities.
- Experience of project management and prioritising deliverables to independently manage concurrent and multiple business change projects and day to day operations simultaneously.
Qualifications for the Commercial Specialist
- Ideally be degree qualified (or equivalent) in Engineering, Business, Law, Accountancy but not essential.
- Functional qualifications achieved, or would be willing to work towards, may include, World Commerce and Contracting association (WCC) or Post Graduate 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. However, the successful candidate can start on Standard (BPSS) security clearance but will need to gain Security Clearance (SC). Also, there is a potential for International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) security clearance.
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
- Potential to develop skills
- A dynamic working environment
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme
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: 21/01/2025
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