Job Description
Rolls Royce Solutions UK Ltd – Commercial Manager
Full Time
East Grinstead/Bristol/Hybrid (3 days/week in the office)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Manager at Rolls-Royce Power Systems in East Grinstead or Bristol
In this role you will provide commercial support, advice and expertise to the growing RRS UK business, predominantly in the Defence area. This role will have the responsibility for commercial management of contracts with customers from the start of the bidding phase through to execution and closure.
Why Rolls-Royce?
Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.
We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.
At Rolls-Royce Power Systems, our product portfolio includes mtu-brand high-speed engines and propulsion systems for ships, power generation, heavy land, rail and defence vehicles and for the oil and gas industry as well as diesel and gas systems and battery containers for mission critical, standby and continuous power, combined generation of heat and power, and microgrids.
We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference. This multifaceted role will allow you to be part of a cutting-edge technologies organisation and work in a world-class engineering and manufacturing environment.
Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, a minimum of three days per week.
What You Will Be Doing
In this interesting role you will look after:
- End-to-end commercial responsibility in projects from the bidding phase to project execution (order-to-cash management) as well as related service set up; including active opportunity and risk management
- Commercial support in the bid/contract initiation phase with special attention to the commercial risk profile of the project proposals, including commercial contract review and processing of inquiries
- Comprehensive commercial support of the projects, e.g. with regard to cash and receivables management; commercial resolution of disputes and claims; management of change orders on contracts; customer commercial documentation and correspondence
- Conducting customer negotiations on supplementary offers and claims
- Cooperation in the project team with close involvement of the project manager, project controlling, the legal department, order management, purchasing and contract management
- Implementation of commercial processes and improvement and development of existing processes and systems in commercial management
Who We’re Looking For
At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. And for this role, we are looking for someone who is/has:
- Successfully completed bachelor's and/or master's degree in the commercial field with a technical interest, e.g. industrial engineering, business administration or similar
- Experience in project system business / direct customer business
- Experience in processing customer orders and preparing offers
- Very good written and spoken English skills
- Ability to work in a team and a business-fluent appearance
- Strong customer orientation, communication and presentation skills
- Previous experience of working on UK Ministry of Defence contracts, including Single Source Regulations Office contract.
Join us & Make an impact
We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.
We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.
You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce
Closing date: 23rd December 2024
Job Category
Customer Account Management
Posting Date
09 Dec 2024; 00:12
Posting End Date
23 Dec 2024