Senior Contracts Manager in Belfast

Location: Belfast, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems, Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security, and Space.

Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part-time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Core Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Performance-related bonus
• Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
• 24 hours volunteering paid for
• Private healthcare (grade dependent)
• Pension scheme
• Life cover
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discount

Key responsibilities:

• Providing advice and recommendations to the business relationship agreements, bids, and projects under their remit on commercial issues, risks, liabilities, and opportunities.
• Commercial proposition development for major win-business campaigns.
• Supporting senior management and where required participate in commercial negotiations with customers, consortium partners, and in conjunction with Procurement, sub-contractors, and other 3rd parties.
• Providing bid and project teams advice, recommendations, and costings pertaining to UK and International contracts in relation to Direct Selling Costs, including but not limited to Credit Insurance, Bank Guarantees, and Letter of Credits.
• Responding to and negotiating customers proposed contractual agreements and Contract Changes and support senior management in the management of such changes, including the preparation, approval, and negotiation.
• Identifying and managing issues and disputes arising with customers in conjunction with the Legal function.

About you:

• Have a commercial background with experience of managing contracts/risks and/or a legal background combined with commercial experience.
• Have demonstrable experience working within a complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-site organisation.
• Possess multi-disciplinary qualifications e.g. LLB, Engineering, Finance, Programme Delivery advantageous.
• Be adept at building and managing relationships across all levels and throughout the identify, bidding, negotiation, and delivery phases of bids/projects.
• Have proven analytical and written skills and the ability to understand pricing, risks, and mitigation of contracts.

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries, our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process.

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