Commercial Officer

As Commercial Officer you will support the Commercial Manager to provide professional advice to the management of customer contracts and supplier subcontract arrangements, whilst ensuring compliance to regulatory requirements, including import and export activities.

Key responsibilities will include:

- Support Commercial Manager to prepare, review and negotiate contracts, subcontracts, and other third-party contractual arrangements, while protecting Ultra's interests.
- Respond to inquiries concerning contract status, changes, supplements, contract provisions, cancellations, and related changes.
- Monitor contract performance to delivery schedules and other terms and conditions with project management.
- Supporting the Commercial Manager, ensure the appropriate and timely administration of all contracts, in particular the change and payment processes and develop productive relationships with third-party stakeholders. Through reviews of business performance, pro-actively ensure that appropriate protective measures are taken should time or scope vary, or other deviations from agreed terms occur.
- Support Commercial Manager to identify and communicate commercial risk and work with project management to ensure management plans are agreed and understood across business functions. Support the management of commercial risks and opportunities through regular reviews; identify and initiate appropriate business responses.
- Support the Commercial Manager to represent the company in external negotiations with responsibility to develop and maintain effective working relationships with customer and vendor counterparts.
- Post-award action includes issuing purchase order awards, handling purchasing management related issues, and supporting indirect procurement activity.
- Ensure compliance with Commercial Policies/Governance requirements and strategy.
- Provide advice to business unit on local requirements to comply with import/export regulations (e.g. ITAR, Australian Export Control) in accordance with OBU governance.
- Provide support to the Procurement Specialist for supply chain activities as required.
- Act as the local relationship manager for all major subcontractors.
- Ensure compliance with the Ultra Group Operating Manual and Group Policies, applicable laws and regulations.
- Support bid activities with Marketing and project management.
- Infrequent national travel.

Key Competency Requirements:

- Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Commerce or equivalent degree.
- Experience working with Australian DoD and associated program offices is desirable

Personal Attributes:

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities using sound problem solving techniques to provide reliable solutions to a variety of problems
- Willing to embrace and lead change and able to identify opportunities for continuous development.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and professionally across functional teams to achieve goals
- Instil a sense of urgency, commitment and focus on the right priorities in delivering on time and within budget
- Experience with drafting standard supply and purchase agreements and non-disclosure agreements.
- Demonstrates behaviours that align with and promote company's "ASPIRE" values

**Experience**:

- 2+ years of experience in commercial contract management ideally within a Defence, aerospace or security environment to exceed sales, profit and cash objectives.
- Experience with drafting standard supply and purchase agreements and non-disclosure agreements.
- Experience with order entry in ERP systems
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills;
- High level of capability with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).