We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Commercial Apprenticeship program, where you'll gain real-world experience, responsibility, and the chance to make a real impact. Over two years, you’ll play a key role in our commercial operations and be involved in a range of important activities, with full support from a dedicated team of experts.
What you’ll be doing:
Responsible Procurement: You’ll help get the best value for our customers by running supplier competitions, evaluating responses, and making sourcing recommendations.
Negotiation: You’ll gain hands-on experience in negotiating contracts. You will assist senior team members in conducting negotiations and, at times, lead fact-finding, negotiations, and follow-up activities.
Supplier Performance: You’ll monitor supplier performance, generate reports, and ensure contracts are in line with expectations.
Record Keeping: Accuracy and attention to detail are key! You’ll help maintain official records, track negotiations, and keep contracts and correspondence up to date.
Risk Management: As part of your role, you’ll identify risks in sourcing and negotiations, ensuring the best possible outcome for the company and its customers.
What we’re looking for:
- A proactive, detail-oriented individual ready to take on responsibility and grow in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with internal teams and suppliers.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and a keen interest in commercial operations.
- A commitment to following processes and delivering high-quality work.
Why join us?
- Real Responsibility: You’ll be trusted to manage key aspects of commercial decision-making and negotiations.
- Development: With expert guidance and training, this apprenticeship will build your skills in the commercial sector and set you on a career path with endless possibilities.
- Global Impact: Work with one of the largest and most respected defence companies in the world, contributing to important projects.
Ready to take on an exciting challenge and learn while you work?
Apply for our Commercial Apprenticeship today and start your career journey with us!
Lockheed Martin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and reflect our values of doing what's right, respecting others and performing with excellence. By engaging with all our employees' diverse talents and experiences every day, we can innovate different and better, creating cutting edge solutions and unparalleled customer value.
We know that diversity of thought leads to better solutions for our customers. Our top priority is finding the best candidate for the job and if you are interested in the position, we’d love to hear how you might contribute to our mission and our team and would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of the criteria set out in our job advert. In addition, we are committed to inclusion of all individuals and will make reasonable adjustments to our applications process. If you require assistance or adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, please [email protected] or call 023 92 458 000.
- Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain positive relationships across the various stakeholder groups.
- Presentation skills
- Confidence with using various IT operating systems (e.g. Windows, Excel, Word).
Business EnvironmentLockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) provides systems engineering, software development, training solutions and complex program management for global security, civil and commercial markets. Simply stated, our mission is to be the world’s leading global security and aerospace company. To achieve this mission, RMS draws on its core capabilities in advanced platforms and weapons, C4ISR, global sustainment, training and sensors.
What we offer youAt Lockheed Martin our employees come first and therefore your physical, mental and financial wellbeing matters to us. On top of working in a highly supportive, friendly, respectful environment you can expect so much more.
We are an employer in support of and offering
Flexible working with the option to also work a
4 day week depending on business requirements, where you have the option of Fridays off. We offer Competitive salaries alongside a flexible holiday entitlement.
We have a Wealth of benefits available to you that can be selected through our wellbeing tool upon commencement of employment. Just a few of our amazing benefits are shown below:
- Private Medical Insurance
- Competitive Pension
- Dental
- Critical Illness
- Life Assurance
- Travel Insurance
- Employee discounts for top high street shops
- Employee Assistance Program which includes free face to face counseling sessions, Legal advice, Financial advice, etc
- Internal training and development alongside our Education assistance programmes
- Reimbursement for a professional membership
- Competitive policies that support flexibility and family leave inclusive of enhanced maternity leave
