Commercial Manager

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is a trusted leader in solving the world’s toughest challenges through advanced engineering technologies in Space Systems, Commercial Solutions, and National Security and Defence. With applications including navigation and guidance, communication and surveillance systems, electronic warfare, aircraft systems and telemedicine.

SNC Mission Systems UK is an established mission partner and “go to” company in the UK for Tactical and Operational Communication Information Systems and service integration. Driven to continuously improve services at pace for customers through research and development whilst also leveraging the wider SNC Corporation to deliver the best of breed capabilities and solutions to Defence and other areas of the UK Government.

Job Description

Within our South West region our team has strong positions with key clients in Defence. Due to our continued support to the MoD on various national long-term frameworks we have a number of opportunities and are currently seeking applications from Commercial Managers interested in working in the Defence Sector. As the SNCMSUK Commercial Manager your role could include Sourcing, Procurement, Contract Management, Sales, Disposals and Corporate activities. Along with strong core commercial management experience across a broad range of sectors and projects, we are seeking candidates who have extensive Category Management and supply change management experience. SNCMSUK are looking for dynamic individuals to join our team who have a positive outlook, are seeking development opportunities and have a strong foundation of technical understanding in their core area of activity.

Job Role:

 • Accountable for ensuring that commercial strategies contribute to cross government and departmental procurement agenda.

• Conducting commercial assurance of business cases, commercial strategies, and contracting approaches, to ensure that sound commercial practices are being applied.

• Accountable for providing commercial service delivery within budget, on time, and for providing commercial inputs to the project schedule (project action tracker);

• Managing complex and business critical or strategically important negotiations.

• Examining risks to project commercial success and implements appropriate mitigations.

• Developing supplier management strategies to maximise commercial leverage; and

 • Devising and develops the strategy for transition to contract management.

• Development and implementation of effective contract and supplier management strategies, to extract maximum value from contracts, motivate performance and drive innovation.

• Proactive monitoring and contract management, to deliver enduring thru-life value-for-money solutions.

• Monitoring supplier performance against KPIs, to deliver successful outcomes (time, cost, performance);

• Providing timely feedback on supplier performance issues, successes, and contractual risk to senior project leaders.

• Enforcing contracts through generating considerations, identifying performance trends and taking appropriate action, evaluating non-conformance, dispute resolution, and applying enforcement tools and remedies to secure consideration and compensation as appropriate; and

 • Conducting peer contract assurance prior to internal MOD approvals, ensuring the correct commercial policy has been implemented Required Skills:

 • Significant experience of Procurement, Contract Management or Contract Placement (sourcing) with some experience of the other, in single source and competitive markets.

• Identifying the most suitable commercial approach to the circumstance, including assessing the potential trade-offs and the level of risk mitigation required to achieve the best commercial outcome.

• Understanding and applying programme, portfolio and project management tools.

• Taking ownership of decisions at tender evaluation stage and applying commercial expertise and judgement; accordingly, and

•Understanding and applying tools to monitor supplier performance including EVM, cost analysis, and contract related management information systems.

• Will have at least 10 years’ commercial experience; • Experience leading teams and providing strategic direction.

• Commercial Functional competence and skills at Practitioner or Expert level, for pre-market, sourcing, and post-award contract management

• The role has responsibility for dealing regularly with clients/customers on complex, controversial and contentious issues. The role will typically be able to chair internal and external meetings involving senior participants.

Skill and Experience

• Single source/direct award procurements

• UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015

• NEC contract knowledge and experience would be a nice to have Qualifications •

  Must have a degree in Project Management, Commercial Management, Business, Law or equivalent.

• The role requires specific knowledge acquired by obtaining CIPS level 7 / Chartered status as well as additional in-depth relevant work experience.

• Must have or being able to attain UK MoD Security Clearance - British Nationals only need apply

•Knowledge of Defence and Defence contracting

This Commercial Manger role offers a great opportunity for personal and professional development. It is a chance to be part of a dynamic team that works alongside exciting future projects.

• Competitive salary of £70,000-£91,770,00 depending on experience Excellent benefit package with a 10% bonus subject to work performance targets being achieved. The post is in Bristol with some travel to St Athan and UK sites. The post requires some travel to customer sites throughout the UK and potentially the US Closing date April 2024 The post is full time. 28 days a year paid leave excluding bank holiday entitlemnts

SNC MS UK are Armed Forces Covenant members. The company strongly endorses our Armed Forces, and offers 15 days paid leave for reservists and 5 days a year paid leave for Cadet Forces Adult Volunteers