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The Opportunity We're looking for a commercially driven Head of Procurement to shape the future of our supply chain and lead strategic purchasing across the business. This is a high impact role for an experienced procurement leader who can balance long term strategy with day to day delivery, ensuring we partner with the very best suppliers to drive growth, resilience and innovation. You'll head up our procurement and materials functions, develop best in class sourcing strategies, and own supplier relationships at senior level - ensuring quality, compliance and continuity of supply for our mission critical technology. Who We Are OpenWorks is a rapidly growing business operating globally with a passion for exceptional engineering and building on a legacy of defence innovation in the North East of England. Our products provide ultra high performance, real time detection, tracking, identification and targeting of dynamic aerial threats. They have been deployed internationally to protect high profile military and civilian assets, and contribute towards the defeat of nuisance, misguided and maliciously deployed drones during operations. We are very proud to have supported a wide range of law enforcement and military operators, protecting many of the most high profile sites and individuals around the world. The amazing things we do are only possible because of a dedicated and passionate team. Why You'll Love Working With Us Join a high energy, collaborative team where great ideas thrive, challenges are embraced, and people genuinely love what they do. Here's what our benefits have to offer Competitive remuneration package, salary from £70,000 with performance related bonuses and clear progression opportunities. 25 days' holiday + public holidays, with long service rewards and the option to buy up to 5 additional days. Free breakfast and freshly cooked lunches every day, courtesy of Chef Mark and his team. Private healthcare through Aviva, keeping you feeling your best. Life assurance for peace of mind. Salary sacrifice schemes - including EV car and Cycle to Work options for easy, sustainable travel. Paid team socials - from quiz nights and football to board games and more; we love to have fun together. Pension plan with employer matched contributions to help you plan for the future. A culture that empowers - we enable change, encourage challenge, and celebrate personal growth. What You'll Be Doing Strategic Leadership Lead procurement strategy and drive long term value. Develop and implement a company wide procurement strategy aligned with business goals Establish procurement policies and procedures to ensure efficiency and compliance Champion continuous improvement and supplier innovation Supplier Management Build strong, collaborative supplier partnerships. Lead strategic supplier selection, negotiation and performance management Monitor supplier performance and drive improvements in quality, lead times, and reliability Risk, Quality & Compliance Safeguard the business and supply chain. Identify and mitigate operational, commercial and regulatory risks Oversee supplier audits and ensure procurement meets ethical standards Team Leadership Develop and empower a high performing team. Manage and mentor purchasing, materials planning and supplier quality Collaborate cross functionally with production, engineering, finance and contracts teams Continuous Improvement & Value Delivery Deliver cost savings and process efficiency. Lead total cost of ownership and lifecycle value initiatives Support lean, digital and procurement process improvement projects What You'll Bring Proven Experience Strong strategic and operational procurement background. Strong, progressive procurement or supply chain experience, including leadership Track record in strategic sourcing, supplier development and contract management ERP proficiency with analytical and commercial insight Commercial & Analytical Skills Make smart, data driven decisions. Strong negotiation, communication and problem solving skills Ability to translate complex data into actionable decisions Leadership & Collaboration Inspire teams and build trusted relationships. People focused, collaborative and able to manage multiple stakeholders Calm under pressure and proactive when facing supply disruptions Qualifications MCIPS Level 6, experience with ISO 9001, supplier audits or lean improvement Industry Experience Experience in a technical sector within Engineering or Manufacturing. Defence sector experience is a plus. Vision Help protect the territory and airspace of NATO countries and their allies. Mission Be a world leading provider of autonomous technology for Surveillance applications and Defence. Values Be a Good Egg Earn respect, have mutual trust and be honest. Do cool stuff We develop cool tech with an awesome team, and we get stuff done. Be empowered We are autonomous, reliable and take personal responsibility. We are one team Look out for each other and the team. Things go wrong Fail fast, learn and move on. Have fun We're doing amazing things with passionate people.

Client Lead - National Security Location: Farnborough, England, United Kingdom Role Type: Permanent - Full Time Package: Competitive Salaries + Benefits Role ID: SF18372 Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we're not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting edge defence technology to ground breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Senior Client Manager, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds. We have a new, exciting opportunity for a Senior Client Manager - National Security. This role will be based from our Farnborough site with some travel, and we also offer hybrid working. Role Purpose Provide central focus and orchestration for all QinetiQ engagement with National Security Client to ensure coherence of Go to market strategy and all engagements with this client. Build strong relationships and network across customer community, lead on development of coherent engagement plan and oversee its implementation across this community. Build in depth understanding of National Security Clients' strategic aims, budgets and funded programme lines. Build, coach and mentor Client Management team who report directly into this role and who are aligned with key client accounts that sit within this market segment. Day to day leadership and mentoring of this Client Management team. Implement and support ongoing development of operational tempo and heartbeat to drive coherent engagement across all relevant QQ stakeholders engaging with National Security Working with Sector MDs and BD Director develop and implement GTM strategy for National Security Ensure coherency of our GTM strategy across Defence and wider Government as appropriate Ensure ongoing alignment with IDTs to ensure effective and efficient development and execution of farmed opportunities Development and execution of larger strategic opportunities and propositions - working with the BDD and Head of Capture and Bidding Business planning to support ISBP development, and in year forecasting Ensure alignment wider QinetiQ through peer level stakeholder engagement - Capture Managers, CTO office, Campaign BD leads Key Accountabilities Leadership: provide direct and "hands on" leadership and coordination of all QinetiQ engagements into this client. Nurture and develop Client Management team aligned with the client and ensure that the team is appropriately trained in Company Best practice and that it follows this routinely in the execution of all Business Winning activities in this area. Stakeholder management: build thorough understanding of Client stakeholders, organisational construct and ways of working. Coordinate all QinetiQ engagements into this community to ensure alignment of messaging across our business. Similarly, in conjunction with the Client Management team reporting in to this role, develop strong relationships across all QinetiQ stakeholders engaging with this Client. Got to market Strategy: working across internal and external stakeholders develop a coherent Go To market Strategy for this client. This GTM strategy should leverage thorough and in depth understanding of the clients own strategy, budget and forecasted spend on future procurements. Support Development of QinetiQ strategy: engage with UKI Strategy Director and TOE functions to ensure that QinetiQ's own strategic growth plans are aligned with those of National Security Clients and that we are building skills and capacity necessary to execute on that strategy. Order Intake Number for National Security secure in year orders in line with Targets for this area whilst building credible pipeline and platform for future growth and delivery of longer term ISBP order intake commitments Capture/Bid Management: engage with UK Intelligence Head of Capture and Bid Management to ensure that approved Capture plans are in place and are being executed for all major opportunities being executed within the Defence and Training Market. Ensure that best practice is applied at all times in the execution of these captures through "hands on" leadership of all major Captures. Forward planning resourcing: Proactively engage with the Intelligence Sector BDD and Operations Lead to ensure that there is a clear forward view of the pipeline and resourcing requirements. Ensure opportunities can be resourced correctly from a Capture/Bid Management perspective and that requirements for technical resource from the business are known and understood. Wider engagement: Proactively engage with the Global Campaigns and UK Defence Sectors to ensure areas of cross collaboration are known and understood. Maintain visibility of cross collaboration execution plan to ensure that this is known and understood within the Intelligence Sector and that it is being followed correctly. Best Practice: Proactively engage with Group Business Winning Excellence to ensure that activities within the Sector follow accepted best practice and that the team is trained in accordance with Company requirements/schedules. Demonstrate leadership in the usage of SAP C4C CRM. Feedback to Group Business Winning Excellence any areas of potential improvements/refinements in best practice or training based upon experience within the Sector of Capture execution. Compliance: Ensure all business winning activities are conducted in full compliance to Group business winning policies and procedures. Ensure that Group policies relating to Ethical Trading Policy, Exports and the appointment and use of third party Commercial Intermediaries are fully complied with. Leadership: Ability to lead teams of senior professionals that span business and functional boundaries. Ability to operate in a complex matrix structure using influential leadership to bring best of capabilities to bear to enable development of strategic GTM plan, secure pipeline and win complex, competed tenders Business Development: Proven track record in leading teams to build credible pipeline at scale with high conversion rate. Ability to repeatedly deliver challenging OI targets. Execution of Win Strategy: Track record of win strategy development and implementation for complex, competed deals at scale (over c£30m), Domain Relevance: Relevant experience of winning business with customers and industrial partners across Defence with particular focus on Stratcom (Defence Digital/Defence Intelligence), DSTL and Front Line Commands. Deep customer domain knowledge and relationships: ability to provide thought leadership to customers in complex domains (spanning the above) and develop compelling QinetiQ propositions to meet deliver on this thought leadership. Wider industry relationships: established relationships at executive level and ability to engage at this level in order to build partnering strategies and detailed understanding of the competitive terrain. Experience & Qualifications Proven track record in hands on development and execution of scale pipeline (c£200m) with high conversion rate (delivering c£100m) of orders in year. Proven track record in cradle to grave execution of win strategies with demonstrated ability to win competitive tenders (over c£30m). Proven track record in the leadership/mentorship of business development teams, in order to enable development and implementation of compelling strategy and winning tender responses. Proven track record of ability to influence across matrixed internal organisational structure in order to harness wider capabilities in the development and implementation of compelling strategy and winning tender responses. Technical background with sufficient knowledge of Data Intelligence, Communications, Cyber Security and Sensor technologies to link technology with client business problems and engage confidently with client/internal technical communities. Track record in navigation of complex and multi-disciplinary stakeholder communities within customer organisations. Ability to influence and shape decision making at executive levels within the customer community. Over 10 years' experience working in Defence and Secure Government environment with particular focus on Defence Digital, Defence Intelligence, DSTL and front line commands Established network within this community with strong reputation built upon consistent delivery. Established network within other commercial organisations that operate within this market with strong reputation built upon trust and mutual respect. Security clearances to allow access to core clients and access to operational requirements and procurement strategies within the above customer communities. Why Join QinetiQ? As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there's never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges. As a QinetiQ employee, you'll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you'll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic . click apply for full job details

About Us: Kite Magnetics is a Melbourne-based clean energy company founded in 2022. We develop advanced materials that help make electric motors in EVs and other systems lighter, more efficient, and more sustainable. Our technology began as university research at Monash and is now moving into real world production with customers in the EV and clean energy sectors. We are a small but growing team combining engineering, manufacturing, and commercial expertise to take a complex physical product from lab to large scale production. This means our internal systems, processes, and data need to be strong, even as we move quickly. Joining Kite Magnetics now means helping to build the foundations of a high performing, well governed company that is aiming for global impact in the clean energy transition. About the Role: This role strengthens Kite Magnetics' internal operations, compliance, and commercial functions by building robust systems, enabling high quality administration and reporting, and supporting both business development and finance workflows. You will help create operational clarity and reduce administrative burden on the Chief of Staff and CEO, allowing them to focus on strategic growth, fundraising, and scale up activities. You will develop, implement, and maintain internal tools, systems, and processes that enable operational discipline across Kite Magnetics. Provide high quality administrative, financial, and commercial support to leadership; ensure strong documentation and compliance foundations (including ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 preparation); and support the Head of Business Development through customer engagement tracking, pipeline visibility, and market intelligence. You'll be a hands on role operator with excellent organisation, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to creating structure in a fast paced engineering heavy environment. Reporting to: Chief of Staff Location: Notting Hill, Victoria, Australia Hours: Permanent full time (38 hr/week) in person role Key Responsibilities: 1. Internal Operational Support Improve internal processes for planning, reporting, documentation, and information flow across functions. Support the Chief of Staff in preparing monthly and quarterly reporting packs for leadership and investors. Establish and maintain internal tools and digital systems that support consistent workflows and policy alignment. Coordinate operational tasks that support a safe, thriving, and well organised workplace. 2. Business Development & Commercial Support Collect, organise, and summarise data on target customers, competitors, supply chain dynamics, and relevant technology trends. Prepare structured research briefs and background materials that enable the Chief of Staff, CEO and Head of Business Development to conduct commercial analysis and strategic assessments. Maintain and continuously update a market intelligence repository, ensuring information is accurate, referenced, and easily accessible. Provide clearly formatted inputs (data tables, summaries, source lists) for TAM/SAM/SOM models, competitive landscape reviews, and go to market planning, noting that strategic interpretation is owned by the Chief of Staff. Support ad hoc research requests by gathering factual information, validating sources, and presenting findings in an organised and neutral manner. Support the Head of Business Development by maintaining accurate tracking of customer engagements, including meeting notes, next steps, follow up actions, legal documentation, and contract status. Assist with preparation of customer facing packs, data sheets, and documentation when required. Coordinate travel and logistics for investor roadshows and business development activities (CEO/CoS/BD). Manage and update the Company website as required and maintain frequent (at least once per month) posts on the Company social media sites. 3. Finance & Administration Support Assist with accounts payable/receivable workflows, expense tracking, and basic financial data preparation, coordinating with Finance as needed. Track and organise grant related documentation, R&D expenses, and reporting inputs for annual submissions. Maintain data quality, version control, and documentation integrity across financial and administrative systems. Ensure office related procurement (supplies, services, consumables) is well managed and documented, coordinating closely with the Procurement & Logistics Coordinator where responsibilities intersect. Manage office communications, including greeting visitors, answering phones, responding to emails, and directing inquiries as necessary. 4. Documentation and Data Management Organise and maintain digital and physical records for company documents, ensuring easy retrieval and correct version control. Support creation and maintenance of internal documentation including policies, registers, templates, workflows, and SOPs. Prepare reports and presentations for leadership, BD, and internal reviews as required. 5. Quality, Compliance & Information Security Systems Support development of internal processes aligned to ISO 9001, including documentation control, working with the Chief of Staff and senior engineers. Assist in establishing systems, access controls, and documentation structures needed for ISO 27001 information security readiness, working closely with IT providers and the Chief of Staff. Ensure compliance tools and registers remain accurate, current, and well maintained. 6. People, Safety and HR Systems Support Collaborate with the Chief of Staff on recruitment workflows, including job posting processes, scheduling, documentation, and candidate tracking. Improve onboarding and offboarding processes and maintain HR related systems including access control and asset allocation records. Maintain HRIS/KPI systems and support reporting on people metrics and operational KPIs. Support internal events, training sessions, and team building activities to foster a positive workplace culture. Work with OHS representatives to maintain incident and near miss registers and ensure safety documentation is up to date. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations Management, Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering, Commerce, or a related field. Preferred Exposure to quality systems (ISO 9001) or information security frameworks (ISO 27001). Experience with CRM or pipeline tracking tools (e.g. HubSpot, Salesforce, spreadsheets). Experience in startups, manufacturing, aerospace/automotive, hardware technology, or engineering adjacent environments. Capabilities & Experience 3-7 years experience in business operations, administration, commercial support, or compliance/system building roles. Ability to develop and maintain internal systems, documentation frameworks, and operational tools. Experience with financial or commercial analysis (cost tracking, budgeting support, market analysis). Strong communication, structuring, and documentation skills. High level of organisation and the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities. Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 and general comfort with digital tools and system adoption. Ability to work collaboratively with engineering, finance, and commercial functions. Measurement of Success (First 6 12 months) Improved visibility for leadership through timely reporting and structured internal documentation. A well maintained customer engagement tracking system with clear follow ups and prioritised BD pipeline. Delivery of high quality market intelligence briefs that support strategic decisions. Smooth finance administration workflows with end of month processes closed out reliably. Operational and compliance systems (ISO 9001/27001 readiness) implemented or significantly progressed. A well organised office environment with strong administrative systems supporting scaling operations. Personal Attributes Detail oriented and structured in organising information and processes. Curious, proactive, and able to improve systems rather than maintain the status quo. Inclusive and collaborative style with strong interpersonal skills. Honest, responsible, and able to maintain confidentiality. Comfortable working in a fast paced, engineering heavy startup environment. Comfort with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and working in a fast paced start up environment. Benefits Competitive salary of $110,000 + statutory superannuation Opportunity to join Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) post probation. Collaborative and inclusive work environment Flexible working hours (6:30 to 9:30 am start with corresponding end times) Kite Magnetics is an equal opportunity and equal outcome employer. We celebrate you and the diversity you bring and are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all employees, suppliers, and customers.

Do you want to help solve the world's toughest problems with Data and AI? This is what we do everyday at Databricks. Reporting to the Head of Public Sector, you will partner with a team of accomplished Data, AI and industry specialists. Your mission will be to promote the use of Databricks across a select group of Public Sector organisations. You will come with an informed and compelling point of view on the Data and Advanced Analytics space which will guide your successful strategy and together with both our teams and partners, allow you to provide exceptional value to our customers within the Local Government and Education sectors. Always looking for new opportunities, you will close new accounts while growing some existing accounts. The impact you will have: Assess your accounts and develop a strategy to identify and engage all buying centres, guiding deals forward to compress decision cycles Use a solution based approach to selling and creating value for new logo accounts Identify and close quick, small wins while managing longer, complex sales cycles Support the broader Data and AI transformation goals of your customers through a combination of strategic partnerships, well scoped professional services, training and targeted Executive engagement Build exceptional value with all engagements to guide successful negotiations to close Orchestrate and work with teams to maximise the impact on your ecosystem Own the consumption story with your customers, using demand plans to identify the most viable use cases in each account to maximise Databricks' impact. Be Customer focused by delivering technical and business results using the Databricks Intelligence Platform What we look for: Strong background in new business development, closing experience and quota over achievement when selling to public sector accounts Experience of Public Sector procurement frameworks and mechanisms Sales experience within Cloud software, open source technology, or Data and AI space Experience driving successful adoption of usage based subscription services (SaaS) and co selling with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud teams Understanding of how to identify all key uses cases and buying centres in an opportunity to increase the impact and business value of Databricks in an organisation Methods for co developing business cases and gaining support from C level Executives Experience of building effective champions, collaborative teams and partnerships to support execution of your territory plan. Understanding of consumption based land and expand sales models Experience of following robust sales methodologies and process, e.g. account planning, MEDDPICC, Value Selling and accurate forecasting We value demonstrated contributions and a consistent track record Eligibility for SC clearance (existing clearances held would be an advantage) About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide- including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500-rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark , Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Benefits At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please visit Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. Compliance If access to export controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.