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Commercial Contracts Officer

Barclay Meade
Posted 5 hours ago, valid for a month
Location

Reading, Berkshire RG30 3HG

Contract type

Full Time

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  • A Global engineering technology business is seeking a Senior Contracts Officer with a salary of £50,000 to £60,000 per year.
  • Applicants should have at least 5 years of experience in commercial, contracts, or legal roles, preferably within a B2B environment such as defence or IT/Technology.
  • The Senior Contracts Officer will be responsible for managing the entire commercial contract lifecycle, including support for bids, negotiations, and day-to-day contract management.
  • Key responsibilities include reviewing contracts, providing contractual advice to colleagues, and maintaining contract databases and records.
  • Candidates with a law degree or legal qualification and experience in engineering or technology sectors are preferred, along with strong commercial acumen and relationship-building skills.

Global engineering technology business require a Senior Contracts Officer. Applicants need commercial, contracts or legal experience, ideally within a B2B setting (defence, IT/Technology preferred) and a law degree or legal qualification

The Senior Contracts Officer will join a large commercial team and be responsible for day-to-day commercial contract management and administration tasks, across the entire commercial contract lifecycle. An exciting end-to-end commercial contracts role, the Senior Contracts Officer will support new/existing contracts and programmes from bid/tender stage, negotiation, day-to-day contract management through-life and close out.

Specific duties of the Senior Contracts Officer include:

  • Support commercial input into bids and proposals
  • Review (red line) new and existing customer/supplier contracts - key clauses, spot opportunities, mitigate risk etc.
  • Support commercial contract negotiations with customers and suppliers
  • Provide contractual advice to colleagues in engineering, sales, bids, procurement etc.
  • Maintain contract database, customer and supplier records

Senior Contracts Officer applicants should meet the following criteria:

  • Previous experience with contracts, commercial, sales, procurement, or legal agreements
  • Previous experience within a engineering or technology business, aerospace, automotive, defence etc.
  • Ability to identify commercial opportunities and risks/commercial acumen
  • Collaborative, relationship builder
  • LLB, LLM, IACCM, GDL, LPC would be advantageous
  • Comfortable with a hybrid working arrangement

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.