Contracts Manager

Location: Belfast United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land sea and air. From early warning to threat neutralisation our platforms cover all levels from very shortrange systems to extended protection across the entire battlespace including Airspace Mobility Solutions Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence Optronics and Radar.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK we research develop and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace Defence Security and Space. Your health and wellbeing matters to us and thats why we offer you the flexibility to do whats important to you; whether thats part time hours job sharing home working or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Job title:Senior Contracts Manager

Location:Belfast (Northern Ireland) Templecombe (Somerset) or Crawley (West Sussex) hybrid working arrangement 3 days a week in the office

Are you looking for your next challenge where youll have the opportunity to work within a highly regarded team where you will be responsible for proactively managing and directly influencing our bids and projects Would you like to work for a worldrenowned organisation that researches develops and supplies technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better and keep us safer Then look no further

We have a great Senior Contracts Manager opportunity to join our Defence Commercial Legal & Contracts team.

Core Benefits:

On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;

• Performancerelated bonus

• Half day every Friday usually finishing around 13:00pm

• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)

• 24 hours volunteering paid for

• Private healthcare (grade dependent)

• Pension scheme

• Life cover

• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app

• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers

• Gym membership discount

Key responsibilities:

On a daytoday basis youll be involved in:

• Providing advice and recommendations to the business relationship agreements bids and projects under their remit on commercial issues risks liabilities and opportunities

• Commercial proposition development for major winbusiness campaigns.

• Supporting senior management and where required participate in commercial negotiations with customer consortium partners and in conjunction with Procurement subcontractors and other 3rd parties.

• Providing bid and project teams advice recommendations and costings pertaining to UK and International contracts in relation to Direct Selling Costs including but not limited to Credit Insurance Bank Guarantees and Letter of Credits.

• Responding to and negotiating customers proposed contractual agreements and Contract Changes and support senior management in the management of such changes including the preparation approval and negotiation.

• Identifying and managing issues and disputes arising with customers in conjunction with the Legal function.

About you:

Ideally youll:

• Have a commercial background with experience of managing contracts/risks and/or a legal background combined with commercial experience.

• Have demonstrable experience working within in a complex multidisciplinary multisite organisation.

• Possess multidisciplinary qualifications e.g. LLB Engineering Finance Programme Delivery advantageous.

• Be adept at building and managing relationships across all levels and throughout the identify bidding negotiation and delivery phases of bids/projects

• Have proven analytical and written skills and the ability to understand pricing risks and mitigation of contracts.

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