Contracts Director - Defence

The Contracts Director - Defence is a pivotal leadership position tasked with optimising the division's commercial strategy, driving commercial excellence, support compliance, and ensuring value maximisation in all activities. This role requires expertise in contract negotiation, cost management, client and supplier relationship management, effective stakeholder engagement, and risk mitigation to support the successful delivery of large-scale engineering and construction projects.

• Define and execute the commercial strategy to support business objectives and enhance profitability.
• Lead pre and post contract activities ensuring terms and conditions are aligned with project and organisational goals.
• Support the business leads in complying with the Enterprise Approval Matrix and associated delegations and facilitating an optimised governance process.
• Drive initiatives to optimise project costs while maintaining quality and compliance standards.
• Identify and manage commercial risks, including supplier risks, contractual liabilities, and compliance issues.
• Establish, maintain, and monitor robust governance frameworks to ensure adherence ethical standards, supporting accountability, transparency, and integrity.
• Oversee cost estimation, budgeting, and financial reporting for procurement activities.
• Collaborate with finance and PMO teams to track expenditures and ensure cost efficiencies across projects.
• Lead/support contractual disputes and claims, ensuring compliance with the corporate policies and reporting requirements.

Focus on employee development, up-skilling, and career growth to ensure an inclusive, skilled, motivated workforce aligned with organisational needs.

Drive continuous improvement by embracing new technologies, methodologies, and innovative approaches to stay competitive and responsive to market changes.

Promote a collaborative culture that encourages information sharing and teamwork across departments, fostering a supportive and high-performing work environment.

• Maintain close relationships with supply chain functions to ensure a cohesive approach, Relationship-Focused:
  Builds strong, trust-based relationships that enable effective collaboration and long-term organisational success.
• A Live Listener:
  Actively listens to understand and uses insights to drive better decisions and stronger alignment.
• Empathetic:
  Leads with emotional intelligence, creating a supportive and inclusive environment where people thrive.
• Curious:
  Seeks to understand people, systems, and trends, continuously learning to improve leadership and outcomes.
• Adaptable:
  Navigates change with agility and composure, adjusting approach while maintaining clarity of direction.
• Resilient:
  Maintains focus and performance under pressure, turning challenges into opportunities for growth.
• Authentic:
  Acts with integrity and transparency, building trust through consistent values-driven leadership.
• Innovative:
  Challenges the status quo and translates creative ideas into impactful solutions.
• Limitless Mentality:
  Thinks beyond constraints, inspiring bold ambition and a culture of possibility.
• Strategic:
  Connects insights into a clear long-term vision, guiding decisions that shape sustainable success.

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do.

We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.

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