Head of Commercial - Colchester, United Kingdom - Concurrent Technologies

Concurrent Technologies

Verified Company

Colchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Company

Concurrent Technologies designs a range of high-performance Intel processor boards, switches, networking, storage and software products for use in embedded computing solutions.

We manufacture our board products in our Colchester, UK based factory to meet the highest level of inspection standards for long life cycle, reliable operation.

Our products are used by many of the world's leading integrators within the Defence, Security, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Transportation, Medical and Industrial markets and are designed to be operated in a range of temperatures and environments from benign to extreme rugged.

The company operates facilities in Colchester and Theale in the United Kingdom and Woburn, MA in the United States.

We are supported by a world-wide network of distributors and manufacturers' representatives to ensure that local support is always available to our customers.

Concurrent Technologies is a public company, quoted on AIM on the London Stock Exchange.

The Role

Reporting into the CFO, the Head of Commercial will play a pivotal role in leading high profile and strategically important initiatives/contracts (globally).

Overall, this is an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Manager who is looking to take the next step in their career.

What will I be responsible for?

End to end commercial support with full accountability for commercial strategy and direction, providing guidance and advice on contractual, legal and regulatory matters
Utilising best practice contract management tools and techniques to ensure contractual obligations are managed and adhered to throughout life of the contract
Developing innovative partnering and collaboration strategies and agreements in support of new business opportunities
Commercial negotiations with customers and partners capturing the outcomes in appropriate contracts and agreements
Reporting and communicating across the wider organisation, including attending various management reviews
Identifying, understanding and mitigating risk, to ensure we achieve the best and most appropriate commercial solution for our business

What's in it for me?

This role will have far reaching opportunities to improve, evolve and grow the function, be an active role in potential mergers/acquisitions, as well as offer the potential to evolve to include the role of company secretary in the future.

As the company grows so will your function and you will be pivotal in making this happen. You will also have a high class cross functional team to support you in taking the function to the next level (whilst also having fun and enjoying each day)

What do I need to bring with me?

Demonstrated knowledge and experience

Sound knowledge of contracting mechanisms and terms and conditions, ideally within the Defence industry.
Proven experience of negotiating, managing and changing contracts / partnering arrangements.
Demonstrated experience with Lifecycle Management and business processes (desirable).
Understanding of Export Control and Compliance including UK Export and ITAR (desirable).

Technical skills and qualifications

A professional qualification such as IACCM (desirable)

Behavioural competencies

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills that enable you to build and maintain relationships with customers and partners.
Ability to obtain positive outcomes, with a strong desire to win business and adopt innovative approaches to winning new business.
A supportive personality to enable you to take the business with you on its commercial journey

Benefits for working at Concurrent Technologies: