A leading defence engineering services business require a Commercial Manager. Applicants need full contract lifecycle commercial management skills and ideally have experience of defence contracting and familiarity with the MOD as a customer. The Commercial Manager will join a growing and high performing Commercial Management team responsible for developing, negotiating and managing new and existing customer contracts, from cradle-to-grave. Joining this cohort of Commercial Managers based across the UK, you will be required to travel to Bristol a minimum of x2 per week. This role will work on a number of new and existing programmes within the maritime, defence engineering space. Serving as a point of contact for customers, the Commercial Manager will serve as an SME on negotiations and contract management to stakeholders within Bids, Projects and Engineering. Specific duties of the Commercial Manager include:Support bid, new business quotation and tendering activitiesDevelop commercial strategiesNegotiation of commercial TandCs with new/existing projects (change management, scope creep etc)Day-to-Day contract management activitiesReview of commercial contracts, highlighting risk, liabilities and areas to maximise profitManage commercial and contractual riskStakeholder collaboration - Bids, Sales, Projects, Engineering etcSupport Commercial Contract Management leadership in review of process, procedure, policy etc Commercial Manager applicants should meet the following criteri