Head Of Commercial

Job Title: Head of Commercial
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF56868

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as the Head of Commercial at our Ashton House site.

The role
As the Head of Commercial, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Across our contracts, our Head of Commercial make a difference every day in managing existing contracts, undertaking negotiations, conducting 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 responsible for all commercial and contract management (pre and post signature) and appropriate governance across the portfolio
• Undertake significant negotiations in support of organic or new growth opportunities, ensuring well balanced risk and reward, and profitability, is achieved.
• Lead and develop the commercial team across the portfolio, nurturing future commercial talented professionals
• Act as a Business Partner for the portfolio to identify and implement pragmatic commercial solutions and strategies
• Be a point of approval, escalation and sounding board for the portfolio in support of the future strategic business direction

This role is full time, 37-hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Head of Commercial

• Experienced commercial individual who has a track record in bidding for, negotiating and managing complex and/or highly strategic contracts
• Has commercial and contracts experience and demonstrable track record of owning and delivering pre and post contract and commercial activity
• Experienced in defining, driving, and overseeing commercial and contract governance
• Able to identify and implement pragmatic commercial solutions to achieve a win-win
• Strong leadership style focussed on engagement and driving to outcomes

Qualifications for the Head of Commercial

• Ideally qualified to degree level or equivalent achieved through extensive and demonstrably successful 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 up to 8% of salary, 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

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 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: 19/04/2024