Position Overview
Here at Parker Meggitt, we’re recruiting for a Commercial Contract Specialist to join our team on-site in Fareham. In this position you’ll play a crucial role in managing new contracts, supporting bid/no-bid decision making, ensuring compliance with legal and organisational requirements and fostering positive relationships with stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Assess contractual and commercial risk and provide appropriate advice to site leadership and site functional departments
- Generate, draft, revise and negotiate terms and conditions for site specific business matters; compliance matrices; and make recommendations in accordance with Parker Meggitt policies
- Administer highly competitive, major contract requirements by analysing performance requirements and customer purchase order requirements including those issued against Basic Contract Agreements and/or Long‑Term Agreements
- Maintain contract files and records of contract change activity
- Investigate and resolve claims or assertions by collecting and analysing information
- Monitor contract performance by determining compliance to contract requirements and determining the need for amendments or extensions to the contract
- May provide contract subject‑matter expert advice to others in department or to ad‑hoc teams
- Utilise legal resources and in‑house legal subject matter experts to ensure all levels of risk are recognised and subsequently addressed
- Be the site’s Data Protection Officer
Essential Skills and Experience
- Significant experience within a highly engineered goods manufacturing industry or contract management
- Solid grasp of contract law and regulations, including legal terminology, clauses and implications of contractual agreements
- Familiarity with relevant laws and regulations that affect contracts, such as procurement laws and product safety regulations
- Ability to meticulously review contracts for accuracy, clarity and compliance
- Strong analytical skills to assess risks, evaluate contract terms and make informed decisions
- Skilled negotiator with strong verbal communication skills; able to discuss terms with stakeholders, negotiate with vendors and present contract-related information
- Capability to mediate disputes and resolve conflicts during negotiations or contract execution
- Proficiency in drafting clear and concise contracts, amendments and correspondence, articulating complex legal concepts in understandable terms
- Ability to manage multiple contracts simultaneously, ensuring deadlines are met and all parties are informed of their responsibilities
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, clients and vendors
- Working effectively with cross-functional teams, including legal, finance, procurement and operations, to ensure alignment on contract matters
- Familiarity with contract management systems and software tools that facilitate creation, tracking and management of contracts
Ideally, You’ll Also Have
- Bachelor’s Degree, ideally in Business Administration, Law or Finance & Accounting
- A professional qualification in World Commerce and Contracting or equivalent
What We Offer
- Funded membership of a professional body
- Focused career development planning with opportunities to progress
- Pension scheme with up to 10% matching company contribution
- Income protection scheme
- Life Assurance (four times base salary)
- Share buying scheme
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, with option to buy and sell up to 5 days
- Service‑related holiday (3 years = 1 day, increasing up to maximum 5 days)
- Cash Plan or Private Medical Cover
- Employee Assistance Program for Health & Wellbeing
- Free on‑site car parking
- Employee Referral Scheme
- On‑site restaurant and Starbucks offering subsidised food
- Employee Perks – discounts on a wide variety of goods and services
Equal Employment Opportunity
Parker is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on grounds of age, race, religion, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation or disability in relation to recruitment and employment.
