Job Details

ID #8263494
State Territories
City Canberra
Job type Full-time
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source Leidos
Showed 2021-01-16
Date 2021-01-13
Deadline 2021-03-14
Category Et cetera
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Commercial Lead - Captures

Territories, Canberra 00000 Canberra USA

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Job Description

About The Role

We are seeking to engage a Commercial Lead to work in the Sourcing and Commercial Management Team as well as supporting Business Development. This role is based in our Canberra office in Kingston.

You will be responsible for the management of commercial and contract aspects in relation to major and high profile Defence and Federal government tenders.

Responsibilities:

  • Support the Business Development and Capture Managers to win new work as a Commercial Lead or commercial support on tenders by:
    • Advising on and responding to Approach to Market documents from the Commonwealth
    • Leading commercial engagement with potential project partners and subcontractors, including organising Teaming Agreements, managing approaches to market for potential partners, supporting partner selection and negotiation of quotes
    • Leading commercial authoring for tender responses to the Commonwealth
  • Engaging with key internal stakeholders including executive leaders, other commercial managers, engineers and technology leaders, program managers and finance teams to ensure proposals are executable, deliverable and profitable
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, particularly Australian small to medium enterprises supporting the Federal Government IT and Defence industries.
  • Working as part of the broader Sourcing and Commercial Management Team to support Leidos corporate endeavours, including charitable and other support activities, best-practice procedure development, and maintaining our Great Place to Work.

Qualifications

Coupled with your education and practical experience, you will be a hands-on, results-driven person who enjoys learning about new technology. As relationships are key, you will enjoy working with people in small and large teams and have outstanding communication skills. You will ideally also have:

  • Experience in working with the Commonwealth and suppliers, including negotiating in a multi-disciplinary environment.
  • Experience with Defence ASDEFCON procurement and contracting templates
  • Strong time-management skills, particularly managing competing priorities in tight timeframes.
  • Sound understanding of commercial drafting and preparation of supplier documentation in response to Federal Government Tender requirements.
  • Experience working in small, dynamic interdisciplinary teams.
  • Experience in managing Commonwealth Government contracts is desirable.
  • Tertiary degree in Commerce, Law or Business is desirable, although equivalent practical experience will be considered.

Applicants must be Australian Citizens with an ability to obtain or hold a current AGSVA Baseline Clearance.

Additional Information

What you’ll love

At Leidos you’ll enjoy 12 weeks’ paid parental leave as a primary carer, flexible work practices, discounted health insurance, novated leasing and more. Foster your career through complete access

to learning and development and mentoring opportunities, we have a strong track record of internal promotion and career transitions. Join a company who acknowledges “People First”.

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