Senior Commercial Officer

SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER

This role presents a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Commercial Officer to join a well-established organisation based in Bristol within the Defence and Engineering sectors. This role will be part of a small team that manage major existing critical communication contracts for the MoD.

Main responsibilities of the Senior Commercial Officer

• Developing long lasting relationships with suppliers
• Manage existing contracts and their associated risks
• Carry out contract reviews, both operational and strategic and address any performance issues
• Continue to bring continuous improvement and collaboration from your supplier base, making sure that the suppliers are fully engaged with the organisation
• Analyse risk, and find solutions to any issues and deal with suppliers when they do not meet their contractual obligations
• Provide support and leadership to colleagues

Skills & Experience required of the Senior Commercial Officer

• Excellent relationship management skills
• Sourcing experience - you need to understand the full end to end procurement process
• Strong commercial acumen - these suppliers are sometimes very challenging
• Excellent negotiation skills
• The ability to work under pressure and the ability to prioritise
• Experience with tendering approvals, estimating, risk management and contract law

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS DESIRED:

This role will be well suited to you if you have held a role as a commercial officer, commercial manager, contracts officer, contract officer, contract manager or contracts manager.