Business and Performance Manager

Business and Performance Manager
Stevenage
£40-£50 per hour
6 Month Contract

Business & Performance (B&P) are responsible for the Project Management activities; defining, planning, directing and delivering contracts and projects within the relevant sector, against business plan targets through rigorous cost control, schedule adherence and the management of stakeholder interfaces, including Customers.

Within the New Business area the focus is on supporting the winning of new and follow-on business through:

• Leading the Sector’s engagement with Sales & Business Development (SBD) to assist in the development of proposals for sales campaigns, meeting the targets for margin set by MBDA whilst recognising good 'requirements' from bad and proposing alternatives where necessary
• Managing the compilation and approval of project Cost Brochures during the bidding phase
• Leading and maintaining the Sector’s input in the Product Business Cases to ensure it is applicable to current campaigns
• Working with the SBD, Commercial Operations function to define and agree any offset proposal; providing advice and the Cost Brochure associated with any direct/semi-direct offset activities
• Supporting the preparation of the annual and five year business plan targets
• Managing applications to use company funding either in advance of contract launch if required or for R&D to support a product strategy
• Providing the Sector focal point for coordinating compliance with export licensing requirements, including compliance with US ITAR and EAR requirements
• Ensuring all New Business projects have adequate controls for resourced plans and schedules, work breakdown structures, work package descriptions and cost collection systems

Your Experience:

• Ideally degree qualified or equivalent with greater than two years experience of working in a Project Management environment – ideally within the defence sector
• Experience in bidding and customer negotiations
• Relevant experience of project management tools and practices
• A problem solver with good verbal, written and presentational skills
• Track record as an effective team player with strong interpersonal skills

This vacancy is being advertised by Advanced Resource Managers. ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions.

Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission