Full-Time
Commercial Manager
Updated on 8/24/2026
Navantia UK
UK shipbuilding and maritime engineering
No salary listed
Bristol, UK
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- Proven experience in commercial management within defence, shipbuilding, or related sectors.
- Excellent financial acumen and analytical capabilities.
- Strong knowledge of contract law, commercial principles, and industry regulations.
- Managing experience and the ability to work in teams.
- Support the management of complex tenders and bids and oversee key client accounts within the defence and maritime sectors.
- Support the supply chain management function in commercial and contract management.
- Support strategic planning and finance to help ensure compliance with contractual, financial, and legal obligations.
- Support the commercial elements of bids and help deliver mandated outcomes through commercial best practice and management discipline.
- Serve as part of the bid management team.
- Act as the prime commercial interface with the supply chain during the bid phase after Gate 2, supporting the Supply Chain Management Team.
- Support the Business Development function during the pre-bid phase before Gate 2.
- Collaborate on the commercial plan and organization required to support the project bid phase, identifying the tasks and personnel required for successful delivery.
- Provide bid commercial support to the bid team and align Bid Managers and Procurement Managers across both delivery units with the solution and bid phase.
- Support commercial negotiations with customers for main contracts, ensuring favorable terms and compliance with company policies and legal requirements.
- Support supply chain commercial negotiations with suppliers for subcontracts, ensuring favorable terms, flow-down of the main contract, and compliance with legal requirements.
- Collaborate with engineering, supply chain, and production teams to resolve contract management issues.
- Support the Supply Chain Management function on commercial matters, including non-disclosure agreements and terms-and-conditions management.
- Assist the Commercial and Strategic Bids Director in developing and executing commercial strategies aligned with organizational goals.
- Support budgets and ensure the profitability of defence bids.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate commercial risks, including disputes, claims, and variations, in support of the Risk Manager.
- Support Business Development Leadership by building and maintaining relationships with clients, suppliers, and internal teams to ensure successful project delivery.
- Support contract management for ongoing programmes and contracts, including relevant contract changes.
- Knowledge of defence contracting and Defence Contracts (DefCons).
- Experience dealing with Single Source Pricing Regulations.
Navantia UK is a British maritime, defense and energy industrial company within the Spanish state-owned Navantia group. It provides shipbuilding, repair, heavy fabrication and engineering capabilities for naval and commercial programs. Following the acquisition of Harland & Wolff yards, the business operates facilities across the United Kingdom and leads work including the Fleet Solid Support program for the Ministry of Defence and Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Its identity combines local industrial operations with the technology and experience of the wider Navantia organization.
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