Senior Commercial Process and Tools Manager
Package: £63,270 to £85k (depending on experience)
Location: Reading, with free onsite parking.
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply.
Ready to play your part?
At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?
As theSenior Commercial Process &Tools Manager, you willbe responsible for managing process, tools and systems across an area of the commercial lifecycle through the effective utilisation of leading practice. You will oversee the development, implementation, management and continuous improvement of commercial processes, tools and their digital integration into commercial systems to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and drive user adoption and experience, whilst ensuring compliance with organisational policies and relevant regulations.
Key Accountabilities:
- Accountable for owning an area of the Commercialprocess,toolsand technology landscape.
- Accountable for ensuring all process and systems activity across the area of the Commercial lifecycle is defined and synchronised to ensure interdependencies areclear, there are no gaps, and scope of the end-to-end process and systems landscapeis joined up effectively.
- Accountable for driving Commercial user adoption and providing relevant training within the given areaof scope.
- Accountable for ensuring continuous improvement within theprocess, tools andsystems landscape ensuring allprocesses andsystemsremainfit for purposeand adopt latest best practice, referencingrelevant Government Commercial Function standards and industry best practice where relevant.
- Accountable for creating and owning Commercial tools and templates and enabling effective use across Commercial within their process area.
- Accountable for the accuracy,consistencyand governance of master data across systems, ensuring compliance with AWE standards and data management policies.
- Accountable for understanding the impact of systems and process changes on data structures,ensuring that data modelsremainrobust,scalableand aligned to business requirements.
- Accountable for working with IS to drive the digital enablement of commercial processes and ensure fit for purpose commercial systems within their given area.
- Accountable for working closely with theCommercialPolicy, Governance & Assurance teams to ensure all required changes in policy, regulation and legal requirements are updated within Commercial processesand associated systems.
Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:
- Compliance withrelevantlegislation and regulations.
- Must haveproven professional experience.
- Experience of working in a Procurement / Commercial function.
- Experience in Procurement / Commercial process design and implementation.
- Experience developing systemsrequirements and / or implementing new systems or delivering systems improvement initiatives.
- Experience of master data management within large or complex organisations.
- Proventrack recordof implementing process improvements and driving operational efficiencies.
- Process mapping and process controlsexpertise.
- A natural analytical thinker with ability to align business priorities to commercial outcomes.
- Skilled in stakeholder management, with ability to create business alignment and influence decision making.
- Knowledge of data architecture principles and ability to design andenforce data management standards.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Work hard, be rewarded:
We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:
- 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
- Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
- Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
- Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
- Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
- Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
- Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
- Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.
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