Principal Contracts Specialist

4 weeks ago

Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom Raytheon Technologies Full time

Job Title: Principal Contracts Specialist P3

Location: Harlow or Glenrothes (Hybrid)

Summary of Role

This is a hybrid role and supports the Raytheon locations in both Harlow and Glenrothes.

As a highly valued contracts and commercial specialist, you are expected to be a business enabler, supporting both the winning and subsequent delivery of a profitable business. Making our company one that our customers see as easy to contract with and work with through the delivery of their programmes.

Main Duties

  • Provide full contractual and commercial support to development, approval and issuance of bids and proposals, whether in response to RFP/ITN etc or as part of the company strategy.
  • Identify any commercial risk, provide input to the overall risk plan and implement effective risk mitigation.
  • Lead in the negotiation of contracts.
  • Manage new and existing contracts effectively, including all contract change control and support to the other functions, including contract flow-downs
  • Resolve all commercial issues promptly and effectively.
  • Manage the financial aspects of the contract, including forecasting and milestone plans (including timely claim submission).
  • Be the commercial face of the organisation to the customer, as the day to day contact and subject matter expert.
  • Be the champion of change and improvement.

Candidate Requirements:

Essential:

  • Relevant degree or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in reviewing and drafting contractual documents.
  • Strong commercial awareness, business principles and governing law.
  • Experience of commercial risk management.
  • An ability to respond to tasks with tenacity and flexibility, whilst working cross functionally in a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Strong communicator and relationship builder with both internal and external customers.
  • An ability to remain calm under pressure and collaborate with others.
  • Positive, self-motivated and the ability to work independently.
  • A willingness and ability to travel occasionally.

Desirable:

  • Previous experience of contracting in the Defence sector.
  • Accreditation in Commercial and Supply Chain management.
  • Obtain security clearance (SC).
  • Basic programme management skill set – Risk Management/Programme Gating/ Metrics.
  • Strong record of problem solving and dispute resolution.
  • Experience of working with international suppliers or customers.
  • Experience of Financial Management.
  • Awareness of Data Protection and other relevant commercial and contract legislation.
  • Familiarity with business process management tools (IPDS, SAP or similar) and the competitive bidding process.

This role is a fantastic opportunity to join the Raytheon Technologies team and contribute to the success of our business.

As a Principal Contracts Specialist, you will be responsible for providing contractual and commercial support to our bid and project teams, as well as managing new and existing contracts.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Providing full contractual and commercial support to development, approval and issuance of bids and proposals.
  • Identifying and mitigating commercial risk.
  • Leading in the negotiation of contracts.
  • Managing new and existing contracts effectively.
  • Resolving commercial issues promptly and effectively.
  • Managing the financial aspects of the contract.
  • Being the commercial face of the organisation to the customer.
  • Being the champion of change and improvement.

Requirements for the role include:

  • Relevant degree or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in reviewing and drafting contractual documents.
  • Strong commercial awareness, business principles and governing law.
  • Experience of commercial risk management.
  • An ability to respond to tasks with tenacity and flexibility.
  • Strong communicator and relationship builder.
  • An ability to remain calm under pressure and collaborate with others.
  • Positive, self-motivated and the ability to work independently.
  • A willingness and ability to travel occasionally.

Desirable skills and experience include:

  • Previous experience of contracting in the Defence sector.
  • Accreditation in Commercial and Supply Chain management.
  • Obtain security clearance (SC).
  • Basic programme management skill set – Risk Management/Programme Gating/ Metrics.
  • Strong record of problem solving and dispute resolution.
  • Experience of working with international suppliers or customers.
  • Experience of Financial Management.
  • Awareness of Data Protection and other relevant commercial and contract legislation.
  • Familiarity with business process management tools (IPDS, SAP or similar) and the competitive bidding process.

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced contracts and commercial specialist to join our team.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in contractual and commercial governance, with experience in reviewing and drafting contractual documents.

They will also have strong commercial awareness, business principles and governing law, as well as experience of commercial risk management.

The successful candidate will be able to provide full contractual and commercial support to our bid and project teams, as well as manage new and existing contracts effectively.

They will also be able to resolve commercial issues promptly and effectively, and manage the financial aspects of the contract.

As a highly valued member of our team, the successful candidate will be able to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, with a strong ability to communicate and build relationships with both internal and external customers.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

Please note that this role is subject to security clearance (SC).

We are committed to diversity and inclusion, and we welcome applications from candidates with a range of skills and experiences.

Please apply online or contact us for more information.

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