Commercial Officer

COMMERCIAL OFFICER - CONTRACT - DORSET - 6 MONTHS - £300 A DAY

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The role is effectively split into 2 main activities:

Bid Management activity:

- The customer will submit a RFQ (Request for Quote) which must be completed with 60 days of receipt.
- One the RFQ is completed and returned to the customer they will then issue a Purchase Order.
- Supporting the Commercial and Contract Management Teams.

Purchase Order administration:

- Will be required to complete 3/4 PO's per week, these are highly complex low volume/high value typically running into millions of $'s.

OVERALL DUTIES WILL INVOLVE:

- Verifies that customer orders reflect companies commitments to the customer as reflected in the proposal and any subsequent negotiations.
- Flows the requirements of the contract to responsible departments within the company.
- Manages contract change to maximize opportunities. Organize the governance reviews and supporting data necessary to submit customer proposals for Bid Approval Committee review.
- To support bid preparation and ensure proposal are submitted on time.
- To monitor and maintain Commercial Governance and ensure CMS's commercial exposure is minimized.
- Ensures that the obligations of the contract are fulfilled throughout the performance period and ensure contract terms are coordinated with relevant technical specifications and statements of work.
- Maintains positive relations with customers by personal, phone and written communication relative to contract problems, status of orders, specific problems and general marketing trends applicable to account assignments.
- Provide commercial support to the Commercial department in general and the Commercial managers in particular.
- Maximise margins and ensure Company is protected in terms of legalities and liabilities.
- Proposal preparation and presentations, associated documents (in particular Tender Vets) Maintain and challenge Company processes and procedures to support best practice.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

- Previous experience as a Commercial Officer within a complex, highly safety critical environment (Aerospace/Defence or Oil & Gas and Pharmaceuticals).
- Has previously experience of processing low volume/high value Purchase Orders.
- Has experience of Bid Management and to a lesser degree Contract Management.
- Aerospace and Defence preferred, although will also consider people from Oil & Gas and Pharmaceuticals

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