Senior Commercial Officer

Job Title: Senior Commercial Officer

Location: Glascoed, South Wales

Salary: £53,928

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting all Commercial activity associated with product and service provision to various customers, including UK MOD, international governments, and third-party defence suppliers
• Proving Commercial support to meet the objectives of the Integrated Delivery Team (IDT)
• Ensuring all Commercial activity is completed professionally, aligning with Commercial Delegation of Authority and BAE Systems Operational Framework
• Influencing, reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and finalising complex bids, proposals, contracts, and other commercial agreements
• Tracking assumptions, dependencies, and exclusions to ensure value is maintained between bid and on-contract activities
• Providing Commercial skills and support to internal customers and the Procurement function, particularly in negotiating Supply Chain Contracts and resolving disputes

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Good Commercial awareness
• Prior preparation of robust bid approval documentation, and possesses a good understanding of the financial considerations in bids and contracts
• Knowledge of UK procurement legislations
• Ability to travel to other sites within the UK regularly

Desirable:

• Experience of working with UK MOD and/or defence suppliers
• Risk and opportunity identification management
• Legal/Financial awareness

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The BAE Systems Land Munitions UK MOD Commercial team:

An exciting opportunity for you to join our team on the Next Generation Munitions Solution (NGMS) contract. Reporting into the Senior Commercial Manager and working alongside other Senior Commercial Officer and Commercial Officers you will play a key role in securing the UK’s future within the munitions industry. You will be supporting the Commercial Export team with all export opportunities for light munitions and medium calibre products, allowing you to build and develop export controls knowledge as you work. This role offers you the chance to gain exposure and network as you work closely with internal Programme Managers and with our external customers such as the UK MOD.

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 etc.) 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: 6th February 2025

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.

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