Draken Europe are recruiting for a Senior Commercial Officer to work within the existing Commercial team at our Bournemouth Head Office. Our focus is to ensure that our business objectives are met, whilst maintaining the required commercial governance, and to provide leadership and co-ordination across our broad responsibilities as a Function. Working with our Bid Teams, Flight Operations and Core Engineering Functions, you will be engaged in commercial activities relating to bids and current programmes. These include complex contracts with key government and corporate organisations.
The position is based at our Bournemouth International Airport site and requires limited travel. The position reports into a Senior Commercial Manager and has no direct reports.
As a Senior Commercial Officer your skills and qualifications will include:
Preferably qualified to graduate level
Prior experience in a similar level Commercial role as an essential, ideally in an organisation supplying services in the Aerospace or defence sector.
Experience and ability to make considered judgements about the overall impact on the business and people of potential issues
Experience of identifying and managing commercial risk
Broad business awareness enabling an appropriate contribution at a more senior level
Ability to develop relationships with external and internal stakeholders
As a Senior Commercial Officer your main responsibilities will involve:
Leading or supporting negotiations on contractual Terms and Conditions with new and existing customers, minimising liability for the Company, and maximising profit
Specific responsibility for a portfolio of contracts
Liaising with colleagues and customers during the preparation of bids and quotations to ensure a timely response to enquiries
Supporting the Company Tender Vetting and Contract Acceptance approvals
Contract administration including identifying and addressing contract changes, claims and settling all liability issues affecting operations
Providing advice on the best commercial practices to be adopted to achieve business objectives
Summarising key Terms and Conditions, risk and reward for presentation to broader audiences
Ensuring compliance with Draken policies
Acting as a commercial interface with customers
Draken Europe
Draken combines advanced technology with a diverse range of aircraft platforms and highly skilled people to deliver mission-critical global aviation solutions for government customers worldwide.
Our end-to-end capabilities include customised Operational Readiness Training, Aircraft MRO & Engineering, Specialised Helicopter Training as well as Search & Rescue and Surveillance services.
We believe that diversity is bringing your own unique perspective to the conversations, inclusion is having a voice and engagement is having that voice heard.
In line with our Disability Confident Commitments, we provide reasonable adjustments to facilitate our interview process, please liaise with our recruitment partners at AMS if any reasonable adjustments are required.
Draken Europe employees must hold or be able to hold a minimum award of SC (Security Cleared), granted by the UK Security Vetting agency. Draken Europe will sponsor and guide employees through the vetting process with our internal security vetting experts.
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