Senior Commercial Officer

Job Introduction

To support the Commercial function in its role of leading customer contract negotiation and management.

Role Responsibility

Principal Accountabilities:

• To lead the commercial aspects of tendering new work, with support from Commercial Manager as required.
• To have principal involvement in the running of existing contracts from a commercial perspective, including change control, checking reporting and contract closeout.
• To support Commercial Managers as required in the day to day commercial functional requirements.
• To liaise with accounts, bids team, delivery teams and customers in running simple contracts and bids.
• To negotiate and place new customer contracts within specified delegated authorities.
• To support internal business processes as required to ensure best possible quality commercial service for the business.
• To support presentation of commercial aspects of new tenders to NNL senior management for approvals in accordance with delegated authorities

Authorities & Dimensions:

Approval of proposals to new customers within a defined delegated authority limit and agreement of contractual position within defined boundaries. Delegated authority limits will feed into a larger, collective set of delegations held by various levels of the organisation.

The Ideal Candidate

Demonstrable experience in a similar role. Prefer degree level qualification, but not essential.

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

NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.

National Nuclear Laboratory