Commercial Manager
// Role Summary
Lead commercial activities for the Next Generation Munitions Solution (NGMS) contract at BAE Systems. This pivotal role involves day-to-day commercial decision-making for Land UK, driving collaboration, and ensuring effective contract delivery within a multi-billion-pound defence project.
// Key Responsibilities
- Provide commercial leadership and decision-making for the NGMS contract.
- Manage annual order cycles, contract amendments, and emerging business requirements.
- Foster strong relationships with the contracting authority and key MOD stakeholders.
- Ensure compliant Commercial Life Cycle Management (LCM) and robust business approvals.
- Requires strong commercial awareness, UK MOD contract knowledge, and stakeholder influencing skills.
// Role Specification
Commercial Manager - NGMS Contract
Join BAE Systems and become a vital part of a global team pioneering progress and protecting what matters most. You will be entrusted to deliver advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace, and security solutions, shaping a safer future.
Role Description
Working within the Next Generation Munitions Solution (NGMS) Joint Requirements Capability Cell (JRCC), you will provide comprehensive commercial leadership across the NGMS contract. Your role will ensure all activities are delivered coherently, consistently, and in a coordinated manner. As the day-to-day commercial decision-maker for Land UK, you will actively support governance, stakeholder engagement, and effective commercial delivery. You will play a pivotal part in a critical, multi-billion-pound defence contract where significant investment is shaping the future of defence munitions capability.
Core Duties
- Lead all commercial activities across the NGMS contract, including annual order cycles, contract amendments, engineering tasking, and emerging business requirements.
- Drive a consistent and collaborative commercial approach across Integrated Delivery Teams, Engineering functions, and key MOD stakeholders.
- Build effective working relationships with the contracting authority, including regular engagement at Abbey Wood and Glascoed, to maximise long-term contract value.
- Provide commercial leadership and support to the JRCC, ensuring decisions are accurately recorded, monitored, and delivered through the commercial function.
- Maintain clear, compliant, and up-to-date contractual arrangements, ensuring obligations, assumptions, dependencies, and exclusions are effectively managed.
- Support NGMS lifecycle governance activities, including LCM gate reviews, implementation of recommendations, RBA approvals, and maintenance of the Service Delivery Plan.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Strong commercial awareness with a proven understanding of defence contracting environments.
- Working knowledge of UK MOD contracts and Single Source Procurement Regulations.
- Ability to prepare robust business approvals, balancing risk mitigation and commercial performance.
- Financially astute, with experience managing contract risk, opportunities, and legal considerations.
- Ability to ensure compliant Commercial Life Cycle Management (LCM) delivery, proposal approvals, pricing governance, and business-winning support.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with proven leadership experience within complex, multi-functional environments.
The Joint Requirements Capability Cell Team
Join a uniquely integrated team within the NGMS Joint Requirements Capability Cell (JRCC). Here, industry, UK MOD, and Front-Line Command experts collaborate to shape critical munitions capabilities. Empowered to make enterprise-wide decisions, the team drives collaboration, influences strategy, and delivers outcomes that directly support UK defence operations.
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