Job Title: Commercial Officer
Location: Portsmouth – Broad Oak. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Up to £38,000 commensurate with skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
- Provide commercial support and contract administration to a project or business stream
- Take responsibility for the preparation of quotations and proposals
- Manage and maintain the company order book in-line with the customer purchase orders
- Assist in negotiation of change proposals with customers in relation to business agreements and contracts
- Develop commercial relationships with UK and International Customers
- Support the Lifecycle Management (LCM) process including compilation, substantiation and presentation of Bid at RBA ensuring the necessary approvals are obtained within governance of the operational framework
- Management and control of contractual documentation
- Support the drafting and negotiating contractual agreements, including acceptable terms and conditions of contract
Your skills and experiences:
- Qualified to A Level or relevant business experience
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with a high level of attention to detail
- Knowledge of Commercial principles, techniques and practices
- Able to develop and work with customers and other stakeholders
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The BAE Systems Training and Simulation Team:
BAE Systems Training & Simulation team combines platform and product expertise with simulation and modelling experience and offers innovative training courses, and high-fidelity simulators to maximise our customer’s operational effectiveness, improving platform availability and reducing operational risk.
BAE Systems is the leading manufacturer of warfare operator training solutions for the UK, and we provide all the Royal Navy’s command team and warfare team trainers across surface, sub-surface and mine warfare. You will have the opportunity to work on some exciting contracts and bids within the training and simulation area.
As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.
We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.
All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 21st November 2024
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
