Award winning, security cleared Commercial Manager for Cobham Plc for over twenty years with exceptional experience in the aerospace/ defence industry;Commercial Lead for project teams bidding, tendering, drafting, negotiating and managing complex £multi-million long term, PPP/PFI, MoD, DOD, Government Agency, Civil, UK and international, bids, contracts, sub-contracts and miscellaneous agreements for; Bespoke flying services, aircraft modification, maintenance and airworthiness management, role equipment hardware/software development, spares, repairs, through life support and facilities management services. My core Commercial Management skills are:• Developing effective relationships with bid, contract / sub-contract, internal and external stakeholders. • Evaluating strategic objectives, technical, programme, pricing and terms requirements for bids, tenders or agreement changes and assessing commercial risks and opportunities within the bid no bid process.• Lead facilitator, coordinator and enabler to establish and negotiate strategic commercial direction and a route to executing the agreement which minimises our liability and maximises our profit and cashflow.• Reviewing terms and conditions and resolving pricing, acceptance, delivery, payment, liability, insurance, IPR, TUPE, export and tax commercial questions and problems. • Creating, drafting, negotiating and executing internal governance documentation, proposals, quotations and external agreements to present the benefits of, and bound, our offer.• Delivering the resulting agreements to comply with corporate contract and ethics policy and meet the business approved bid strategy and objectives.