Senior Contracts Manager
Location: Crawley– Hybrid working (Minimum 3 days per week from office vs home)
Do you have a proven background in Contract Management? Do you want to work on mission-critical Projects with cutting-edge technology? If so, then we may just have the role for you!
Our Opportunity
Join Thales as a Senior Contracts Manager and you will be welcomed to Europe’s number one supplier of defence electronics and a leading provider of integrated air defence systems. Our people don’t just work with incredibly advanced technology. Together, our people make the world safer.
As the Senior Contracts Manager, you will join our team working across our Training and Simulation, Flight Avionics and our Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance businesses. In this role you will be customer facing, dealing with domestic and export commercial activities. There will be some travel involved, both in the UK and occasionally overseas.
Roles & Responsibilities
You will carry out some or all (as may be relevant) of the following activities:
Serve as a focal point of contact for customers regarding contractual matters by establishing good customer relationship and communications.
Prepare and negotiate new contracts and amendments to existing contracts and arrange for their approval.
Proactive participation in the business winning Core Bid Team
Generate the Commercial Responses to RFQ’s, ensuring that proposals to customers are priced, developed and approved in accordance with company procedures
Prepare and/or review (as appropriate) the response to customers proposed contractual agreements (NDAs, Teaming Agreements, TAAs, Contracts etc).
Support development and implementation of negotiation strategies.
Ensure a robust Contract Baseline is established and maintained throughout the contract lifecycle, including pro-active management of change.
Provide guidance on compliance to terms and conditions, and appropriate flow down to the supply chain.
Develop appropriate commercial (including pricing and payment) strategies and commercial models.
Participate in Bid Reviews and ensure that the requirements of company procedures are met.
Analyze Commercial and Contractual risk within a construct / offer and propose appropriate mitigations.
Proactively identify any significant business risk and take all necessary mitigating actions relating thereto.
Management of Company’s IPR and its appropriate use and protection.
To undertake all other reasonable tasks assigned by the Head of Commercial.
About you:
Experience in preparation of commercial responses to contract terms and conditions.
Experience in drafting and negotiation of contracts and agreements.
Awareness of commercial issues such as the significance of a change in customer requirements.
Strong interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills.
Good working knowledge of defence contracting (UK Government/export) and/or civil/commercial aerospace contracting.
Ability to identify change and support change process to improve effectiveness of the business and/or commercial function.
Ideally previous experience in a defence and/or civil contracting environment with government and platform or tier 1 customers.
Experience of many contract and programme types (e.g. Study, development, R&D, manufacturing and support)
Experience of large scale and complex contracts of high value
Public Procurement/Pricing Policy – preferably with some MoD experience
Ability to create value in the management of a contract
Proven ability to resolve disputes.
Security Clearance statement:
Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment.
To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.
For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
What We Can Offer:
We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.
Flexibility
Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Other Benefits:
Alongside a competitive base salary, we offer a variable compensation plan bonus and benefits package, which includes
Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pmHybrid working Pension Scheme201Hrs annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays) Life CoverProgression and Development Opportunities24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing appEmployee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailersDevelopment focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities.Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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