Air - Commercial Contract Performance & Management Senior Officer

Air Commercial's CP&M team offers an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of developing best practice in contract management. You will work alongside military and civilian colleagues as well as engaging collaboratively with contracted service providers. The role is challenging and extremely rewarding with the opportunity to develop core and functional skills and to support Air Commercial's Senior Leadership Team with cross team objectives and broader government initiatives.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and have a proactive approach, excellent communication skills with the ability to brief up and down the civilian, military hierarchy and industry management chain. Previous Commercial and or Contract Management experience is highly desirable.

Some travel will also be required as the CP&M team undertake site visits and engage with key stakeholders in managing contractor performance and contract delivery. They will be expected to work on cross team initiatives with other parts of Air Commercial to improve overall performance and development of the wider Air Commercial Team.

The right candidate will be self-motivated, commercially astute and enthusiastic. They will develop and drive new initiatives to meet contract management best practice requirements. There are significant opportunities and you will be encouraged to develop yourself as well as the staff you are responsible for.

Responsibilities

This job description is a general outline of the position duties and responsibilities and may be amended as the team evolves. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time.

Develop and deliver a high standard of contract management including, but not limited to; contract administration, negotiations, performance management, variations, stakeholder management and contract exit management.
Develop and maintain robust contract management plans, in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, that are proportionate to the scale and complexity of the requirement.
Undertake deep dives of existing contracts as appropriate, to ensure VfM is realised with savings and benefits optimised.
Supplier and stakeholder management, provide guidance, challenge service delivery to drive better performance and work collaboratively with stakeholders and suppliers to drive out inefficiencies and promote continuous improvement.
Challenging key stakeholder direction and decisions where appropriate is a key attribute of this role but always, crucially, by working collaboratively.
Work closely with the Define and Procure and Major Projects teams to transfer contracts across to CP&M in an efficient and timely manner.
Share best practice within the Air Commercial team and the wider MOD commercial function.
Seek out opportunities to promote and to pro-actively engage with stakeholders to undertake further commercial awareness/upskilling and non-commercial training to support them in their roles.
Administer internal Management Information's Systems and ensure records and data are up to date and correct and that policy is adopted and applied accordingly.
Prepare contract management briefs and statistical data for management purposes and ensure management of contract files is compliant with policy.
Identification, analysis and management of commercial risks working closely with suppliers and contract monitoring teams to mitigate risk; escalating when appropriate.