Procurement Manager - Export Strategy & Industrial Participation
Job Description:

We are looking for a highly motivated business professional to join our client’s small Export Strategy & Industrial Participation team within the diverse ‘Major Equipment Procurement’ (MEP) department.

The opportunity:
MEP focus on the sourcing, contracting and supply of bespoke high value / high complexity sub-systems needed to deliver world leading defence capabilities for our client’s Customers, and the MEP Export Strategy & Industrial Participation team focus on developing technology transfer and offset propositions between the MEP Suppliers and the Customers industrial base.

Upon joining the team, you will undertake a role with a considerable responsibility for pro-actively managing a diverse range of internal stakeholders, at all levels within the business, together with external Supplier and stakeholder relationships.

This MEP role is unique, fast-paced and exciting, requiring a combination of commercial expertise and stakeholder management skills to support MEP business relationships, across a wide range of campaigns.
You will need to work effectively on multiple activities simultaneously - providing support to the MEP ES&IP Senior Executive, MEP ES&IP Technology Transfer Delivery Managers, Sales and Business Development (SBD) and International Industrial Cooperation (IIC).

Industrial Cooperation and Offset:

• Generate requests to the supply chain for proposals, outside of existing sector responsibilities to support objectives set by the International Industrial Cooperation team.
• Understand the MEP requirements and provide support to the generation of appropriate IIC strategy by the various IIC Regional domain leads.

Export Sales:

• Generate reports on export campaigns to the MEP New Business Teams and MEP Senior Leadership team through organization of Quarterly Export Reviews.
• Support the Export Win Team Leaders with industrial activities that benefit business winning, including working with strategic MEP partners to provide technical information and cost data.
• Ensure MBDA’s commercial position is protected in the export environment, including working closely with Business Solutions Improvement (BS&I) and the National Compliance Officer (NCO) on ethical compliance/approvals for entities identified by IIC who may potentially form part of the industrial strategy.

Functional and Senior management support:

• Organize the MEP UK Quarterly Export review, collating inputs from the various MEP Sector New Business Leads, IIC leads and SBD Win Team leaders and arrange for guest speakers on topics of interest.
• Act as the secretary for the MEP Export Approvals review, recording the approvals and noting any actions.
• Participate in the MEP New Business Community of Purpose representing ES&IP.

What we're looking for from you:

• A self-starting individual who is flexible, adaptable and comfortable working within the everchanging environment associated with the ‘fog’ of business winning.
• A curious individual with a naturally enquiring mind, able to question requirements, explore options and identify novel ideas and solutions.
• A tenacious individual comfortable with problem solving in a challenging commercial environment able to ask and answer difficult questions.
• An individual with excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally, at all levels of the organisational hierarchy.
• A team player capable of influencing and managing multiple relationships, you should also be comfortable working and travelling autonomously when required.
• An assertive individual with a can-do attitude who continually seeks way to maximise on opportunities - you will need to analyse situations and be adept at understanding and presenting different possibilities, balancing risk.
• An individual able to work on multiple activities simultaneously. Degree level academic qualifications (Law, Business, Economics, Commercial) or relative experience.
• Experience in Contracting, Intellectual Property identification, etc An understanding of commercial constructs including contracts (prime and sub), requests for quotation, Statement of Works, Technical Requirement Specifications, Intellectual property valuation and Licensing (Royalties and Fees) etc.
• Project management experience is valuable but not essential.

Overview
Position - Procurement Manager - Export Strategy & Industrial Participation – Permanent
Location – Stevenage (Hybrid/May offer relocation)
Salary - £48k (Plus Annual Bonus)

Keywords: Procurement, Stakeholder management, Contracting, Intellectual Property identification, Quarterly Export review.

Only apply for this role if you currently hold the specific Government Security Clearance or are eligible for Government Security Clearance.

Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to British Citizens, can accept dual nationals with British Citizenship. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.

This is a Permanent Role