Job description:
We are looking for an experienced Commercial Manager - Training Equipment to join our Selborne team with a track record in managing equipment.
Project Selborne is a Transformational Training programme with a strategic goal of modernising Royal Navy training to deliver “better trained people to the front line, faster”. Project Selborne brings together a number of legacy contracts and in-house service provision into a single coherent training delivery mechanism with an initial value of circa £1 billion for the delivery of Naval Service Training across Royal Navy UK establishments.
Selborne’s focus is to prioritise the quality and improvement of RN individual training outcomes through modernising the approach to training design and delivery through innovative solutions, underpinned by a deep collaborative working to enable operational success for the Royal Navy.
As prime contractor for Selborne, Capita leads ‘Team Fisher’ in delivering this exciting and challenging major programme over the next 9 years.
The Commercial Manager - Training Equipment, assists the Selborne Senior Commercial Manager across five key areas; (1) the management of Capita’s prime contract’s obligations in respect of training equipment (2) the supply chain management of Capita’s Tier 1 partner for equipment management (Raytheon) (3) the supply chain management of Capita’s Tier 2 subcontractors for equipment management (BAe and Rolls Royce (4) supporting on-going change activity including support to the Royal Navy Submarine Training School (RNSTC) programme and the incoming scope of the Mechanical Engineering Training Group (METG) (5) lead/support business as usual procurement activity to support the Capita equipment function.
Whilst a major focus of the role will be to provide commercial support not only through the management of existing obligations (prime and subcontractor), a significant amount of effort/time will be in the management of change and in the development and agreement of proposals and their consequent implementation through contract (with the Client) and subcontractor administration, and the procurement and management of Tier 2 suppliers from origination and definition of requirements to the procurement, on-boarding and on-going management of delivery. The role is multi-disciplinary and involves interaction with a range of stakeholders both internal and external.
The role will be at the heart of Selborne activity and warrants an enthusiastic, inquisitive and ambitious person seeking a high profile, yet challenging role.
This is a hybrid role with an expectation to be in our Portsmouth office 2 days per week.
Successful candidates must either have current SC clearance or be capable of attaining prior to commencing.
