The Commercial Manager (CM) with be responsible for commercial and
legal activities and will be both customer and subcontractor facing.
The position will provide legal specialist commercial support with
the objective of mitigating contract and legal risk and optimising
business performance and effectiveness.
The position will be responsible for the implementation of company
objectives which must be established, achieved and monitored through
relevant company policies and procedures. Responsible for
communication and implementation of such policies and procedures
across all business areas.
Key tasks include, inter alia:
Acting as the single point of contact in the pre and post
contract/order environment to help identify, mitigate and manage
legal/ contractual/ commercial risk within contracts and purchase
orders.
Drafting, negotiating, reviewing, advising, changing/ amending terms
and conditions for RfQs and contracts/ purchase orders;
Supporting relevant business areas in customer and vendor meetings
and negotiations;
Maintaining central contract management system i.e. contract
database (soft and hard copy) with necessary timely updates of all
contracts;
Drafting and negotiating other contractually binding documents such
as confidentiality agreements, teaming agreements and
distributorship agreements;
Providing guidance/ instruction to other business functions on
commercial/ supply chain best practice and how to commercially and
legally improve our service offering;
Managing commercial aspects of customer and vendor disputes;
Managing the tender & contract approval process, alongside the Sales
and Marketing Department;
Ensure that appropriate information for national and international
legislation, relevant to the company, is available and communicated
to those concerned.
Managing the business' export compliance procedures
Skills and
Experience required:
Experience in a senior commercial role within a
comparable environment.
Experience of customer/supplier management, financial evaluation and
reporting.
First class inter-personal and analytical skills.
An appreciation of detailed contractual, commercial and legal
requirements.
Needs to display initiative and overall business awareness; will
have excellent judgement and decision making rationale.
Ability to influence using clear communication skills and capable of
working effectively as a member of a larger team
Competence on MS Office is essential, in particular, MS Word, Excel
and PowerPoint.