Expired: Contract Sales Officer

Job description

Through separation of powers, provide authority to legally commit the business to contracts for sale within boundaries of delegation. Ensure all activities are on contract and established correctly within the business in order for payment to occur.

Hold a delegated Sales Commercial Licence to enter into legally binding contractual commitments on behalf of the Secretary of Defence for UK MoD.

* Management of Debt
* Global Trade Compliance
* Contract Review
* Bid Management
* Draft and release Proposals/DECA Tasking Agreement (DTA)/Task Authorisation Form (TAF) within delegated limits
* General Contract Sales Management/Delivery
* Management of Databases
* General Duties including updating dashboards and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Person specification

Responsibilities

1. Create and roll out of sales contracting strategy for both MOD and Commercial customers, ensuring the separation of powers
2. Deliver the lead contract member role in bid teams. Accountable for identifying risks, assumptions, exclusions, dependencies (AEDs)
3. Draft, negotiate and agreement of contractual Terms, Conditions and pricing structures ensuring all objectives are met
4. Maintain a Contractual Sales audit trail to Comply with guidelines and industry standards
5. Monitor and ensure the operational delivery of the strategic goals of DECA and MOD as detailed in the Corporate Plan
6. Provide contractual recommendations, clarification and direction to internal colleagues
7. Provide recommendation and decisions for bids, invoicing issues, and the interpretation of contracts and statements of work both inside and outside of delegation licence boundaries. Negotiate, agree, monitor KPI’s. KPI management & reporting including validate, evaluate and optimise performance
8. Within the boundaries of Contract Sales Commercial delegation licence of £50,000:
Be the first Legal point of contact for DECA
Management of contract administration
9. Lead negotiator of new contracts and final authority on price negotiation and agreement
10. Development and enhance relationships with new and existing customers in the pursuit of new business
11. To provide day to day Functional Control of Contracts within our ERP System
12. Develop yearly pricing schedules with MOD Contracts
13. Purchase order acceptances electronically (utilising Portal access Exostar) and hard copy, for MOD and Commercial Customers
Essential Criteria
* Proficient IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications (or equivalent)
* Great communication skills and the ability to maintain collaborative relationships with a broad range of stakeholders
* Be a self-starter, confident with decision making and be able to work independently and as part of a team
* Be able to manage competing priorities, assess information and risk and be flexible in your approach

Benefits
Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension
On site parking
Defence discounts
Gym membership
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Stage 1: A CV outlining your key achievements, relevant experience, skills, and knowledge demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria, and a personal statement of 250 words.

Stage 2 Interview
At interview you will be asked for examples of where you have demonstrated capability against the following behaviours:
* Communicating and Influencing
* Working Together
* Making Effective Decisions
Experience
* Working in contracting
* Contract management (sales preferred but examples of procurement also acceptable)
* Working with an Enterprise Resource Planning System
* Debt Management

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Name :Lisa Speed
Email :Lisa.Speed@DECA.MOD.UK
Recruitment team :
Email :Julie.Bowers@deca.mod.uk

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