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Adelaide, South Australia, AU

I really enjoy the broad range of programs and business activities at Babcock including leading and working with an accomplished team of 30+ commercial, trade controls, subcontract and procurement practitioners. As a team, we deliver subject matter expertise to support Babcock Australasia Defence, Marine, Aviation, Nuclear and AUKUS business units. We.

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

Responsible for leading a great commercial and trade controls team delivering expertise to support Babcock Australasia Marine, Land and Aviation business units covering contract performance, business winning, complex supply-chain requirements and company operations.

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

Responsible for the management of commercial activities related to operations, strategy and growth of the business across Australia and New Zealand.

Ashburn, Virginia, US

• Defence, Security & Export Compliance / ITAR / EAR / DEC / Security – Information, Technology and Services.Responsibility for working with DXC and its clients to obtain and maintain compliance with national and.
• Managing and advising compliance with Australian, US (ITAR/EAR), UK and European export controls
• Analysing International Traffic in Arms Regulations / Export Administration Regulations / Foreign Military Sales compliance requirements for the purpose of project performance and outsourcing
• Reviewing new regulations and standards applicable to business operations in the defence market and devising compliance basisAchievements:
• Internal export compliance modernisation project including definition phase and implementation to address stakeholder engagement, culture, training, supply-chain, policy, process, procedures and systems improvements
• Standing up business initiatives to support clients with defence/export/security compliant ICT solutions. Solutions cover bespoke tailored systems such as, Defence Industry Supply-Chain Security, Collaborative.

Dallas, TX, US

• Consultant – Commercial, Contract and Procurement to Department of Defence, Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG), Space Surveillance SystemsEmbedded in CASG planning, developing and delivering the.
• Writing the Acquisition and Support Implementation Strategy for Australia's Space Surveillance Systems In-Service Support
• Defining the process, artefacts, schedule and resourcing requirements for the procurement activities
• Preparing the documentation and presentations for the Industry Briefings, Invitation to Register (ITR) and Request for Tender (RFT)
• Writing the plans for ITR and RFT evaluation, contract negotiations and source selection
• Analysing International Traffic in Arms Regulations / Export Administration Regulations / Foreign Military Sales compliance requirements for the purpose of project performance and outsourcing in-service.

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

• Commercial and Supply-Chain Manager, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and AIR 2025 JORN Phase 6 Upgrade ProgrammeIntelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Line of Business is a strategic.
• Lead and deliver commercial aspects of tender responses and project performance; including establishing supply-chain solutions for all ISR business requirements (Complex integration projects from $50K to $100M)
• Lead contract negotiations and project mobilisation activities for a competitive contract win ($12M) supporting RAAF Air Command
• Lead the development of the contract strategy and supply-chain solutions for the AIR 2025 Phase 6 upgrade programme ($1bn to $2bn). Supply-chain to address manufacturing, facilities support, ICT and major subcontractors
• Manage customer relationships with Department of Defence Project Offices, Chief Information Officer Group (CIOG), Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) and commercial/defence organisations such as Lockheed, Raytheon.
• Agile management of business governance to deliver proposal approvals and contract execution

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

• Commercial and Subcontract Manager, C4I SystemsLeadership Team for the Command, Control, Communications, Computing and Intelligence (C4I Systems) Line of Business
• Direct reports: 11 staff (4 Commercial Managers, 3 Estimating and Pricing Officers, 1 Commercial Officer, and 3 Procurement and Subcontract Officers)
• Number of line of business employees – Approximately 400Responsibilities:
• Leading the Commercial and Subcontract Team delivering commercial, contractual, supply-chain and export compliance requirements to achieve business outcomes
• Tendering for numerous opportunities providing highly compliant contract solutions and clearly defined supply-chain solutions, examples include DHDB Support, Air Command Support, JP 3024, JP2064, SEA 1778, JP 1770, JP.
• Prosecuting business development activities in pursuit of UK Military Messaging and Cross Domain System Security opportunities

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

• Commercial and Procurement Manager, Intelligence and Information SystemsIntelligence and Information Systems Line of Business, delivering secure integrated ICT hardware and software projects across large complex.
• Providing Commercial and Procurement acumen to support business activities, operational focus as member if the business lead team
• Tendering for complex ICT hardware and software integration projects some with high security requirements (including solutions that incorporate US ITAR / EAR controlled technologies) from Adelaide and Canberra based.
• Teaming/Partnering with ICT companies such as Logica, IBM, Optus and Datacom to support business developmentAchievements:
• Built a new Commercial, Procurement and Estimating/Pricing Team ensuring that the newly recruited team are trained and mentored to meet business requirements
• Winning the competitive tender for the Application Managed Services Partner Arrangement (AMSPA) with CIOG, bidding numerous opportunities in the commercial/banking/insurance sector, defence market and government.

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

• Commercial Manager, Electronic Warfare SystemsElectronic Warfare Systems (EWS) Line of Business responsible for delivering EWS projects across Land, Sea and Air domains, highly sophisticated systems ranging in value.
• Leading the Commercial aspects for the Line of Business, developing and professionalising the commercial capability
• Lead Team responsibilities for integrating Tenix electronic warfare department (business acquisition) into EWS Line of Business
• Delivering commercial/contractual innovation, solutions and outcomes for local and international tenders
• Lead negotiations for all EWS tenders leading to contract execution
• Managing export compliance including Australian export regulations, US International Traffic in Arms Regulations / Export Administration Regulations covering project controls, nationality constraints and IT security.

London, GB

• Commercial ManagerAMS Limited | BAE Systems Integrated Systems Technologies Limited, UKBusiness department delivering defence systems, products, software and engineering services to the UK MOD and international.
• Providing proposals, commercial, subcontract, export compliance and software licencing solutions for business winning and contract performance for multi-million GBP opportunities
• Commercial/Contract management of UK RN submarine messaging broadcasting system project and UK RAF intelligence system
• Managing Services Agreements providing nuclear submarine systems engineering servicesAchievements:
• Commercial solutions supporting the sales of end of service naval ships, including software combat management system licencing to overseas customers
• Contract wins for supply of meteorological monitoring systems for UK Type 45 Destroyers

• Business Manager, Nuclear Physics Software & ConsultancyAEA Technology plc.Selling and supporting Nuclear Physics Software products and consultancy services into a world-wide market with both defence and commercial.
• Responsible for business management, delivering support to clients, proposal/tender/bid preparation, software licencing, export compliance, contract negotiations, pricing, maintenance of contract/licenceAchievements:
• Year on year business value growth and securing new international clients in USA and Japan
• Acquired and implemented a software licencing security and control system (FlexLM) for controlling use of software products

• Project Management Office – Supporting delivery of projects in the nuclear industry, specifically Electrical, Mechanical & Civil Nuclear works at the Winfrith in the UK.Responsibilities:
• Project office duties including documentation management, job estimating and project controls. Achievements:
• Project activities supporting the building of a new radioactive waste handling & storage facility.
• Involvement in numerous electrical, mechanical and civil building and decommissioning projects.

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