Senior Commercial Officer

Job Introduction

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Commercial Manager to provide effective commercial support to the Commercial Managers and the wider business to ensure robust commercial practises to help secure and deliver the right opportunities both within the UK and overseas. 

This support will help to create value, maximise earnings to reinvest whilst safeguarding NNL’s commercial interests to ensure business targets are achieved. 

Main Responsibilities

ACCOUNTABILTIES (inc. responsibilities, authority, decisions)

• Support the development and implementation of commercial solutions with identified customer(s) to create value and safeguard commercial interests
• Negotiate robust commercial contracts with a focus on the deal structure and payment profile
• Support the bid process together with the costing and pricing of contracts
• Ensure bids and sub-contract requirements are understood and underpinned as appropriate
• Ensure relevant sales contract requirements are flowed down the supply chain
• Financial authority as defined by corporate governance
• Commercial support to the business during the performance of contracts to ensure that the contract obligations are fulfilled and contract changes are implement

The Ideal Candidate

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS – e.g. technical skills 

• Commercial experience and good understanding of contracts 
• Understanding of costing and pricing
• Able to develop strong internal / external relationships 
• Good interpersonal skills – confidence, drive, challenge, influencing skills, communications
• Ability to work in a high pressure environment to demanding deadlines

About The Company

Grounded in robust science and decades of experience, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is the authoritative voice in the UK and beyond for technological development within the nuclear power sector.

Our unparalleled understanding of the science, challenges and opportunities makes us an unrivalled authority and partner in the field, providing experts, technologies, and access to cutting-edge facilities to organisations around the world.

Harnessing potential technologies and translating them into to industry-ready solutions means our pioneering approach spearheads international improvement and technological progress.

We work on projects as small as drilling a hole to analyse underground wastes with our integrated micro drilling technology, or as large as developing state-of-the-art power systems for spacecraft, based on radioactive materials