Commercial Managers -Defence

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At Turner & Townsend we are passionate about making the difference. We provide Commercial, Procurement and Cost Management Services to a wide range of clients across 110 offices worldwide, operating in Defence, Rail, Utilities, Transport, Education, Local Authorities and Health.

We are currently seeking Senior Commercial and Procurement Managers interested in working within the UK Defence Sector to be part of our growing Defence Team.

As a Senior Commercial / Procurement Manager, you will support defence clients in delivering outcomes across the end‑to‑end commercial lifecycle.

Key responsibilities include:

• Procurement and Commercial Strategy
• End‑to‑End Contract Management
• Risk and Performance Management
• Negotiation and Continuous Improvement
• Governance and Compliance with internal policy and legal frameworks
• Business Analysis and Problem Solving

• Service Excellence: creating and deploying market‑leading capability, focused on optimising client satisfaction through knowledge, data and insight, and supported by best‑in‑class methodologies and world‑class people.
• Risk and Performance Management: identify, assess, and mitigate project risks to ensure client and business success, and implement robust governance activities.
• Business Transformation and Stakeholder Engagement: engage with stakeholders to support business transformation, change management, and efficiency initiatives.
• Leadership: formal and informal leadership through coaching, line management, mentoring and knowledge sharing activities.

As a candidate, you will have extensive and varied commercial experience built from a career in the relevant sector, and you want to be part of a high‑functioning team focused on delivering world‑class outcomes to our ever‑growing network of Defence clients.

• Applied knowledge of procurement principles and practices with experience of procurement, contract management and/or contract placement (sourcing).
• Ability to identify the most suitable commercial approach to a given circumstance, including assessing the potential trade‑offs and the level of risk mitigation required to achieve the best outcome.
• Understanding and applying programme, portfolio and project management tools.
• Taking ownership of decisions at tender evaluation stage and applying commercial expertise and judgement accordingly.
• Conducting development and commercial assurance of business cases, commercial strategies, and contracting approaches, to ensure that sound commercial practices are being applied.
• Development and implementation of effective contract and supplier management strategies, to extract maximum value from contracts, motivate performance and drive innovation.
• Proactively monitoring supplier performance, applying strategies and tools to secure the maximum value from contracts, motivating performance and driving innovation and continuous improvement.
• Experience leading teams and providing strategic direction.
• The role has responsibility for dealing regularly with clients/customers on complex, controversial and contentious issues; the role will typically be able to chair internal and external meetings involving senior stakeholders.
• Supplier Relationship Management and Category Management.

• A background in Government Procurement processes, such as Single Source and Competitive.
• New Engineering Contract (NEC), FIDIC and/or Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) contract knowledge and experience.

• Professional qualification(s) in Business, Procurement/Supply Chain Management, Law, Project Management or a similar relevant discipline, or an equivalent level of relevant experience.
• Trained in, or holds a sufficient level of experience of, Defence and Security Public Contracting Regulations (DSPCR), the…