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Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Hybrid
If you’d like to be considered for this opportunity we encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment as if applications are high the role will close before the closing date given.
As part of the Commercial Partnering team, AWE is seeking a Commercial Partnering Specialist to provide commercial leadership and guidance throughout business case development, including Make Team Buy inputs, and develops commercial strategies aligned with Category Strategies to secure value, manage risk, and deliver business objectives.
Commercial Partnering works closely with Business Units to shape demand at the earliest stages, maintaining an integrated forward pipeline of requirements and ensuring future product and service needs are translated into clear commercial strategies and sourcing requirements.
Package: £37,910 to £50,000 (depending on experience)
Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Visits to Aldermaston and/or Burghfield.
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week.
Ready to play your part?
At AWE, it’s not just a job, it’s far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?
The Commercial Partnering Specialist supports the Commercial Partnering Team by coordinating and maintaining integrated demand plans across multiple Business Units. The role works closely with Business Unit stakeholders, Commercial delivery teams, and Commercial Partners to ensure current and future demand for commercial support is understood, prioritised, and translated into a forward programme of activity.
Key responsibilities include providing demand planning expertise, maintaining visibility of commercial demand, improving planning processes, and enabling effective collaboration between Commercial and the wider organisation to support informed resource allocation and delivery planning.
The role reports to the Head of Commercial Partnering.
Key Accountabilities:
Who are we looking for?
We are ideally seeking an individual with Commercial acumen, Commercial and Procurement experience, Category Management, Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Relationship Management, with excellent stakeholder management skills and a resilient approach to driving change. You should be able to demonstrate an innovative approach to problem solving.
Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:
Work hard, be rewarded:
We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:
Next steps:
Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.
Important things you need to know:
Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.
Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.
