Sub Contract Manager - #137856

Job Description

The role of a Sub Contract Manager at Leonardo offers a wide variety of experiences and is both exciting and challenging in its nature. This role in particular represents a unique opportunity for a high calibre candidate to thrive and grow within the Surveillance & Protection Technologies (S&PT) sector.

This role will involve actively working in a matrix organisation structure supporting a variety of complex assignments within both the Integrated Defensive Aids Systems (IDAS) Integrated Project Teams (IPT’s) in the S&PT sector. The main focus for this role will be the management of high value and high risk sub-contract commitments that have commonality in complexity across the two portfolios, both tangible and intangible in their nature.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the delivery of sub-contract management activities and other procurement related services which may be required by the business
• Lead relationships with Strategic Leonardo suppliers, holding Supplier Business Reviews, ensuring performance management, risks and impacts.
• Provide leadership and governance in business winning and programme delivery with minimum supervision.
• Accountable for the Procurement activities within the IDAS IPT
• Negotiate complex agreements and risk/reward mechanisms for business case models
• Translate customer / project requirements into commercial documents, particularly pertaining to the design, development and production of bespoke complex electronic systems and sub-systems
• Understand mechanisms of mitigating risk associated with entering into commercial agreements
• Develop and negotiate robust contracts for services, intangible and tangible deliverables
• Working in collaboration with cross functional stakeholders to ensure the flowdown of appropriate terms and conditions from customer contracts to enable compliance with contractual obligations and mitigate commercial / contractual risks
• Promotes customer intimacy in both internal and external relationships
• Focal point for project and suppliers regarding contract and supply base matters
• Drives and leads strategies to influence business decisions throughout the project life cycle
• Identify solutions for complex areas of potential risk /opportunity e.g. sub-contract risk, IPR, liability and exchange rate exposure etc. and deliver solutions/mitigations
• Draft and prepare complex contract documentation using standard and non-standard formats
• Lead the generation and review of 'appropriate' specifications and Statement of Work documents
• Promotes a culture of best practice and sharing of knowledge within the function and across the wider business
• Construct and lead the contracts and supply chain management Life Cycle Management (LCM) deliverables
• Work with stakeholders, at all levels, in order to understand customer requirements and critical success factors
• Management of Export Compliance, restrictions and third party rights for all procured items and services
• Operate as a locally acknowledged expert within the function
  
  

What We’re Looking For

You really must have

• Requires technical training to degree standard, professional qualification and/or significant domain experience (studying towards or achievement of MCIPS is preferred)
• Demonstrated collaboration, communication, planning, problem solving, influencing, decision making and continuous improvement skills
• A good working knowledge and understanding of Procurement within the Defence/Aerospace industry (or a similar sector) and ability to apply them with minimal supervision and direction
• Relationship building skills with cross-functional colleagues, customers and suppliers
• A good understanding of the Commercial and Legal Aspects associated with contracting within the Defence/Aerospace industry (or a similar sector)
• An ability to think ‘outside of the box’ offering solutions to enable the function to add value and innovation
• Ability to engage and influence cross-functional/cross site teams
  
  

It would be nice if you had

• A good understanding of Export Compliance associated with contracting within the Defence/Aerospace industry (or a similar sector)
• A good understanding of IPR associated with contracting within the Defence/Aerospace industry (or a similar sector)
• SAP familiarity (or equivalent integrated business systems)
  
  

What You’ll Get

Our Procurement management team prioritises our people and puts a significant emphasis on training and development. This role not only provides a challenging role to deliver highly complex Procurement assignments, which in itself will provide job satisfaction, it will also provide the opportunity to grow and develop as an individual.

At Leonardo Inclusion means you Diversity? Inclusion? At Leonardo these are not a given. We take this seriously. Through the diversity of our people and in the diversity of our thinking, action and intent, we are a global, forward thinking, innovative company whose approach is that we are the right fit for every one of our people. Everyone is welcome, and we are committed to ensuring you feel included - regardless of who you are and what makes you you!

Primary Location

GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300

Contract Type

Hybrid Working

Hybrid