Senior Commercial Officer

General Dynamics Corporation; Hastings; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - GBP 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent defense contractor is seeking a Senior Commercial Officer in Hastings. The role includes managing contracts, supporting multi-functional teams, and engaging with customers on commercial strategies. Candidates should have experience in contract drafting and management, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach to problem-solving. The position offers a salary between £43,000 and £54,000, and supports a hybrid working model, with a compressed work schedule that provides flexibility and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Compressed nine-day fortnight

Personalized career development

Flexible working environment

Qualifications

• Demonstrable contract drafting experience.
• Knowledge of terms and conditions and contractual law.
• Contract management and customer relationship management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support commercial aspects of bids.
• Manage multiple programs and projects.
• Engage with customers and manage contract acceptance processes.

Skills

Contract drafting experience

Knowledge of contractual law

Contract management experience

Effective communication

Organizational skills

Problem-solving skills

Job description

Responsibilities for this Position

Location: Castleham Rd, Hastings, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38, UK

Employment Type: Permanent

Company Description

General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.

General Dynamics in St Leonards-on-Sea currently provide avionic mission computing systems for a wide range of military fast jets, helicopters, and UAVs. Recent success has resulted in General Dynamics developing the next generation of Advanced High Performance, Safety Critical Mission Computer Systems to meet the needs of latest platforms in development by several aircraft manufacturers. These Mission Computing Systems provide the functionality that integrates aircraft systems, sensor systems and stores management systems with the information and control systems required by the aircrew to meet the demanding operational needs of these aircraft.

Job Description

As a Senior Commercial Officer, you will work within the Commercial Team supporting our Mission Systems Air and Naval business unit.

The role will require a highly motivated individual who can work within multi-function bid teams, leading and supporting on commercial aspects of the bids, including providing a clear and compelling commercial strategy in support of business winning.

Leading on Contract Management of multiple programmes and projects, Customer engagement, systems maintenance (Oracle) and change management quotations/contract acceptance/despatch/invoicing

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Qualifications

To be successful in the role you will bring the following:

• Demonstrable contract drafting experience
• Knowledge of terms and conditions and contractual law
• Contract management and customer relationship management experience and able to discuss and resolved complex issues
• An effective communicator, both written & oral and possess good interpersonal skills
• Able to offer flexible solutions to commercial challenges for current and future opportunities
• Awareness of commercial and contract management processes and procedures with an ability to generate audit trails and present approvals to management
• Self-motivated and flexible with good organisational skills
• Highly computer literate
• Able to identify and influence team members in managing commercial risk
• Demonstrable drive for change
• Analytical & problem solving skills

Desired experience, although not essential:

• UK MoD contracting experience
• Knowledge and understanding of Single Source Regulation Office (SSRO)

Additional Information

This role has a salary of between 43,000 and 54,000, depending on experience, plus our flexible benefits package.

We are open to this role being spent with time working from home and in the office (hybrid - typically 3 days working in office) on a weekly basis or fully in our offices.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits:

• A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
• A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!

Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Please email [e-mail] if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme.

All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks

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General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited is a leading prime contractor and complex systems integrator working in partnership with government, military and private companies around the world.