Senior Commercial Officer

Your new company
Hays Legal are delighted to represent one of the world's largest manufacturers of aerostructures for commercial airplanes and defence platforms. Currently recruiting for a Senior Commercial Officer to join their team in Belfast.

Your new role
An exciting opportunity for a Senior Commercial Officer to join the company's Contracts team to support the Contracts Manager in providing direction and guidance to the business in all contractual aspects associated with the company, in compliance with the operating policies and procedures of the business. Duties include:
* To act as the key contractual interface for customers and prepare responses from the company as necessary.
* Lead and support contractual and commercial negotiations with existing customers as and when issues are escalated to Contracts Department for resolution.
* Lead and support contractual negotiations on new Commercial and Defence opportunities.
* To draft, update, amend and negotiate contractual documentation as required by the needs of the business. The types of documentation will include pre contract arrangements, non-disclosure agreements, collaboration agreements, business agreements and programme letters.
* To liaise with Supply Chain, to ensure key contract commercial flow down of terms and conditions to suppliers (as appropriate).
* To interface internally, providing guidance and support to the business on all matters of a commercial or contractual nature.
* To ensure that contractual arrangements and correspondence are recorded and maintained as required by the operating policies and procedures of the business.
* Understand requirements from the business and determine the relevant document template for level of contractual protection required.

What you\'ll need to succeed
In order to be a successful candidate for this role, you will have a degree in law alongside 3 years' relevant experience in a contractual/commercial role.
* Good working knowledge of contractual terms and legal requirements.
* Demonstrated experience in customer facing commercial negotiations.
* Excellent communications skills, both verbally and in written form.
* Good negotiating skills.
* Attention to detail.
* Well developed IT skills.
* Good project management and organisational skills in order to deliver multiple tasks.
* Ability to operate at all levels of the organisation.

What you\'ll get in return
In order to be a successful candidate for this role, you will have a degree in law alongside 3 years' relevant experience in a contractual/commercial role.
* Good working knowledge of contractual terms and legal requirements.
* Demonstrated experience in customer facing commercial negotiations.
* Excellent communications skills, both verbally and in written form.
* Good negotiating skills.
* Attention to detail.
* Well developed IT skills.
* Good project management and organisational skills in order to deliver multiple tasks.
* Ability to operate at all levels of the organisation.

What you need to do now
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