Commercial Manager

Manage a small Commercial team, ensuring the commercial position of the business is protected and maximized at all times. Maintain an appropriate level of control and governance across a suite of multi-million pound contracts.

Assessing, managing and reporting upon commercial risk and cost / value whilst ensuring compliance with Company procedures, parameters, systems and standards.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Support and manage tender opportunities for new contract acquisition. Prepare pre tender agreements, commercial tender documents and evaluate tender results.


• Conduct and support contract reviews, negotiations and disputes with clients and subcontractors.


• Ensure any variations to the contract are fully recorded and documented.


• Manage subcontract relationships from initial procurement including fixing terms and conditions and on-going control and assessment.


• Dealing with and managing subcontractors and suppliers, negotiating, approving payments, verifying work done by other members of the team.


• Report upon key issues to Senior Management and support the Senior Management team in strategic decision making.


• Be able to drive efficiency throughout a commercial team.


• Continuous improvement in the development of reporting systems and processes to improve efficiency and the accuracy of reported figures through learning and understanding the different contracts and clients.


• Be able to demonstrate excellent leadership and management skills.


• Reporting and undertaking ad-hoc duties under the instruction of the Commercial Director / Head of Commercial & Controlling as appropriate.


• Ensure upstream and downstream Compensation Events /DFE's are captured and managed appropriately to successful outcomes.


• Final account settlements for clients and subcontractors.


• Undertaking and managing valuations and applications for payment with the client including interim Applications, Variations, Final Accounts and Claims.


• Liaise and develop relationships with both clients and their consultant teams.


• Work with operational teams to ensure required risk management / record keeping procedures are fully complied with.


• Monitor, review and develop Commercial staff together with assessing future requirements and sourcing any additional resources.


• Ensure that those involved in the Commercial & Controlling function comply with Company procedures, systems and standards and work within the parameters given.
  
  Good knowledge and experience of framework / utilities type contracts (NEC3 TSC / NEC4 TSC, etc)


• Managing monthly commercial / financial reporting.


• Experience of working with a variety of framework contracts and in particular NEC 3 and/or NEC 4 required.


• Managing a team of professionals to maximise benefit of department to the business


• Both pre and post tender experience in framework / term service contracts


• Negotiations with clients and subcontractors on contractual T&C's ensuring commercial risk is minimised and benefit maximised


• Management of contractual disputes


• Highways and Civils experience


• Estimating experience and the production of a contract schedule of rates


• Knowledge of NRSWA
  
  Pulled from the full job description


• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Employee discount


• Referral programme, We promise development and reward opportunities for those who have the passion, enthusiasm and work ethic to harness them. Our benefits include:


• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays


• 4% matched pension scheme


• 2 x salary life assurance


• Access to our staff discount portal


• Health Cash Plan


• Cycle to Work scheme


• Employee assistance programme


• Recruitment referral scheme


• Payroll giving


• Salary finance scheme


Inclusiveness

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme we welcome applications from individuals who consider themselves as having a disability or long-term health condition. Please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to aid your application and recruitment process.