The UK's trusted Ministry of Defence partner, MBDA, is looking for a dynamic Procurement Subcontract Manager to join a diverse department, to work collaboratively with suppliers worldwide, enabling MBDA to provide world-leading defence capabilities for home Nations and their Allies. The position will be based at the Bolton site (a percentage of travel is associated with the role between sites).

What you'll get to do as a Procurement Subcontract Manager:

Proactively managing critical supplier subcontracts and obligations.
Developing and maintaining long-term, open, collaborative and commercially robust business relationships with suppliers
Project management of supplier programmes to ensure the on-time, on-cost, on quality delivery of bespoke high-value/complexity sub-systems and services

The MEP role is unique and exciting, requiring a combination of commercial expertise and partner management skills to lead business relationships with strategic worldwide suppliers across a wide range of initiatives to drive overall supplier performance.

Key aspects of the role:

Subcontract Management (including drafting, amending, negotiating, and managing terms and conditions) following applicable legislation and company processes
Building and nurturing supplier and key stakeholder relationships
Leading in the internal Multi-Functional Team responsible for the delivery of a sub-contract (consisting of Technical, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance, and Project Management)
Holding the Supplier to account for their performance and resolving any issues/conflicts (hardware, services, and documentation)
Providing commercial guidance to internal stakeholders
Generating and implementing supplier strategies that deliver value for money
Risk and opportunity management
Safeguarding the interests of MBDA

What we're looking for:

A tenacious individual - day-to-day problem-solving in an exciting commercial environment is vital to the role.
Comfortable asking and answering difficult questions, challenging yourself and others to achieve common goals, and organising people and situations.
Strong communicator - reporting and cooperation with senior internal and external stakeholders will be frequently required.
Team player capable of influencing and managing multiple relationships, you should also be comfortable working autonomously when required.
Assertiveness with a can-do attitude who continually seeks a way to maximise opportunities - analyse situations and be adept at understanding and presenting different possibilities, balancing risk.
Flexible and adaptable - in specific roles, there may be a significant expectation of global travel.
You must be a UK national or citizen to be eligible for the role.

Required:

Experience in a Procurement / Subcontract related role
Experience in Contract Management / Terms and Conditions
Qualified in a business subject area, procurement or supply chain accreditations or equivalent experience

Preferred:

Prior experience in defence procurement and contracting
Negotiation in Customer / Supplier environment
Degree level qualification(s) and / or Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) accredited

More about the role:

MBDA's relationship with the UK military spans back over 70 years. They have delivered countless landmarks in defence engineering, supplying vital defence capability to meet the needs of the armed forces over land, sea, and air.

Bolton:

This role is based in Bolton, one of MBDA's newest cutting-edge facilities, which also offers showers and bike racks. The Bolton site is considered one of the North West's leading manufacturing capabilities for the next 25 years and beyond. Training and development are offered to all employees.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.