My Client is a global space industry leader, with world-class expertise and extensive prime contractorship experience across all sectors of the space business, and requires:

CONTRACT OFFICER - PERM - BASED IN PORTSMOUTH - SALARY £35-40K

RESPONSIBILITIES
¤ Provide contractual and commercial support to the Supply Management Division and project management during all phases of a programme, from the agreements related to sourcing activities to the procurement and purchasing operations.

¤ Support the Commodity Managers/ buyers for the production of contracts or any other type of agreement by; assessing the contract requirements; reviewing/ completing and validating the contracts issued by the Commodity Managers/ buyers from the standard templates; produce, when contract templates are not appropriate, contracts dedicated to the business case.

¤ Support to the Commodity Managers or Buyers for the generation of al the contractual and commercial materials contributing to the RFP package (letter contract, NDA, …), the tender evaluations, the negotiations and finalisation of the agreement with the supplier.

¤ Ensure that the legal and commercial consequences of all supply activities meet the requirements of the Supply Management Division

¤ Ensure the consistency and completeness of the contract and its attachments to ensure absence of conflict with agreement.

¤ Maintain a satisfactory understanding and expertise of relevant legislation and practices associated with Supply Contracting activities

¤ Acquire all any necessary inputs from legal, financial, insurance, customs, taxes etc. and ensure that all the finding of the contract are properly controlled.

¤ Responsible for managing and controlling the contents of the Supply Contracts database.