Commercial Manager Permanent

Role and Responsibilities

• Responsible for pre, and post contract commercial activities and assisting Contract teams on the company’s contract portfolio
• Negotiate and assist with financial elements of contracts and tenders.
• Onboarding new clients adhering to commercial and contractual obligations.
• Ensure stakeholders understand and adhere to contractual obligations.
• Ensuring financial aspects and impacts are clear to relevant parties.
• Monitor contract budgets, pro-actively assist with managing the changes on contracts, including contract risk registers and contingency with the Contracts team. This will include accurate periodic reporting and cost capturing and presenting of cost data, accounting for any variances against budget in all commercial reports within the company’s contract portfolio.
• Undertake regular commercial reviews of both internal costs and external supplier costs and implement appropriate measures to manage any issues and mitigate risks.
• Improving and developing pricing structures.
• Resolving contractual and commercial issues such as compensation events or disallowed costs.
• Work with the Contracts team to ensure that application and invoice dates are met as per company or contract specific processes.
• Lead and manage final accounts settlements of all company contracts and support the Contracts team with the contract close out reports. This will include pro-active management of any commercial disputes and/or claims and providing a periodic claims report.
• Forecast the company’s contract values as per set targets and work with the Contracts team to ensure continuity in the forecasted workload

Experience:

• Commercial Management experience through the planning, development and tendering stages of major infrastructure and/or construction projects, working closely with Procurement teams throughout the tender process to deliver successful contract award and set up of robust post contract administration processes.
• Knowledge and experience of working with publicly funded bodies and contracts.
• Experience of working under construction contract terms and conditions, preferably NEC and ICC, with knowledge of Target Cost/Fixed Price contracts.
• Experience of implementing and maintaining an effective contract administration process and reporting system that is aligned to programme/project requirements
• Experience in contract, commercial and risk management techniques, change management processes and the resolution of contract disputes. It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

Who we are looking for:

• Degree qualified in quantity surveying or other relevant commercial management related discipline.
• Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or actively pursuing your MRICS.
• Experience of compiling bid winning mini tender responses.
• Experience of successfully delivering Highway related projects using the NEC / ECC form of contract.
• Comfortable communicating with management, clients and stakeholders.
• Has the necessary analytical skills required to make informed, balanced business decisions and reporting findings back to clients, colleagues and stakeholders

What we offer:

• Full time, permanent contract
• Salary of £43 000.00 to £55 000.00 per annum depending on experience and qualifications.
• 25 days paid holiday excluding bank holidays.
• Company pension and Company vehicle.
• Perks include: working from home days, unlimited wellbeing days, paid volunteer days, Perkbox.