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Role: Senior Commercial Manager
Location: Reading minimum 2 days
Salary: Circa £750 p/d outside ir35 depending on experience
Opportunity: Manage Contract Development and Performance Management with focus on Drafting NEC contract terms to meet business and scope requirements of the Commercial Strategy.
- Work with Commercial to understand Strategy
- Work with legal to assure and publish contracts
- Provide centre of excellence for NEC Contract Intelligence, Cost Intelligence, Performance Management
- Act as Commercial Performance Manager (Supplier Performance)
- Agree KPIS and develop commercial environment to enforce, report and drive performance standards enabling supplier delivery and success
- Create performance culture of risk management and financial control (Contract Management)
- Build relationships in order to translate needs and foster collaboration and cooperation.
The Senior Commercial Manager will manage the day-to-day commercial needs of our projects.
Using skills, knowledge and experience you will provide expert advice and guidance, in contract management and commercial performance, ensuring key performance metrics are built into contracts to assure delivery whilst capturing early warnings, monitoring and building robust action plans, resolving issues and mitigating risks.
You will capture, manage & monitor all processes, procedures, and negotiations in relation to contract and client performance and ensure all legislative and contract requirements are adhered to.
To be successful in this role you will need:
Requirements
- Min of 10-15 years previous experience working within a Commercial/Contract Management role.
- Excellent knowledge of the NEC Suite of Contracts
- Excellent knowledge of commercial and financial principles, with the ability to analyse and interpret financial data.
- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills to effectively liaise with internal and external clients and stakeholders.
- Strong organisational abilities, with the capacity to handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
- Understanding of risk analysis and management, with the ability to resolve problems at an early stage.
- Ability to travel when required throughout the UK to attend site visits, project meetings, etc.
Skills and attributes
- Superior Stakeholder Management in complex and challenging environment
- Resilience to legacy culture of organisation resistant to change
- Able to encourage, mentor and coach other members within the Team.
- Problem solver, positive and proactive
- Innovative, creative, and open minded
- Organised and meticulous in the detail
- Ability to listen and communicate with all levels and treat others respectfully.
- Experience working on large complex infrastructure and construction programmes
If you are a self-motivated professional with a strong background in complex programmes technical, project management and have experience in complex infrastructure projects and/or MOD environment, I want to hear from you. This is a great opportunity for a Senior Commercial Manager. Apply online and ideally also send your CV to so we can arrange a time to discuss your background, suitability and the role itself in more detail.
