Title:  Senior Assistant Commercial Manager

Job Title:     Senior Assistant Commercial Manager
Location:     Farnborough or Fort Halstead Site
Package:     Excellent Salary + Benefits Package 

Role Type:   Full-Time / Permanent
Role ID:       SF17675

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Senior Assistant Commercial Manager at our Farnborough or Fort Halstead site, where you will be working within the UK Defence arm of the business and provide commercial and contracts advice and support within multi-disciplined Integrated Delivery Teams (IDT). You will be working within the Maritime and Land area working specifically for Land & Weapons Portfoilo Business area. 

The Role

To provide commercial support within multi-disciplined Integrated Capture Teams and Integrated Delivery Teams as required in accordance with the established commercial strategy. This strategy will contribute to our Business Winning and should include all aspects of legal (T’s and C’s), pricing, Intellectual Property, in addition to contributing to effective and efficient contractual management of contracts within the portfolio.

Day-to-day, you will:

• Be responsible for contributing to commercial and contractual support including customer bidding and contracting, advising on export and import control (in support of our trade solutions team), risk management, change control, contract and document drafting, and issue resolution
• Demonstrate general commercial acumen on tenders and contracts which are typically non-standard, of medium to high complexity, or supporting senior commercial staff on major projects, or new business campaigns
• Be a member of a dynamic commercial and contracts management team, reporting to an experienced Commercial Lead, where your hard work and professional experience will be expected to generate innovative commercial solutions
• Support contract management activities as part of your role, which may include engagement with any phase of the contract lifecycle.  
• You will manage relevant post contract processes, ensuring continued customer satisfaction

This role will be full time, 37 hours a week based at our Farnborough or Fort Halstead site 2-3 days per week on an adaptive working basis.

Experience of the Senior Assistant Commercial Manager:

• Commercial Management experience
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• An accountable self-starter
• A motivated learner
• Active Security Clearance 

Qualifications of the Senior Assistant Commercial Manager:

• Accredited to IACCM (WCC) Advanced Practitioner status or higher, or MCIPS qualified, with around 5 years of practical experience in a commercial role.

Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum. 
UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Our Benefits

• Flexible, adaptive working
• Generous holiday allowance
• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave. 
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community

Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those, which help the defence community.

Why Join QinetiQ?
As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. 

About QinetiQ
As a company of thousands of dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

Security
Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information, which mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Application Guidance
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please contact your regional recruiting team in strictest confidence. 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.