Successful engineering business require a Contracts Officer. Applicants need commercial, contracts or legal experience, ideally within an engineering or manufacturing setting - aerospace, automotive, defence etc.
The Contracts Officer will join a small commercial team and be responsible for day-to-day contract management and administration tasks, across the entire commercial contract lifecycle. An exciting end-to-end commercial contracts rile, the Contracts Officer will support new/existing contracts and programmes from bid/tender stage, negotiation, through-life and close out. The Contracts Officer will be both supplier and customer facing.
Specific duties of the Contracts Officer include:
*Support commercial input into bids and proposals
*Review new and existing customer/supplier contracts - key clauses, spot opportunities, mitigate risk etc.
*Support contract negotiations with customers and suppliers
*Provide contractual advice to colleagues in engineering, sales, bids, procurement etc.
*Maintain contract database, customer and supplier records
Contracts Officer applicants should meet the following criteria:
*Previous experience with contracts, commercial, sales, procurement, or legal agreements
*Previous experience within a manufacturing or engineering business, aerospace, automotive, defence etc.
*Ability to identify commercial opportunities and risks/commercial acumen
*Collaborative, relationship builder
*Comfortable with a hybrid working arrangement