Commercial Director

Project and role

Commercial management and reporting

• Coordinate executive commercial reporting and control, recommend commercial strategy, manage pre- and post-contract activities, provide status reports to support timely decisions, and produce project close-out reports.
• Develop, implement, and govern standard cost and commercial reporting formats for PMCs; maintain a database of insurances, guarantees, and warranties.
• Coordinate compilation and validation of commercial data and manage executive risk reporting.
• Develop Project Cost Reports, Commercial Executive Reports, and cashflows in Unifier and integrate them with other platforms for consistent data.
• Review procurement guidelines for bills of quantities and tender documents and develop standards for PMCs.
• Prepare consolidated programme cost reports for agreed requirements and stakeholders, including DevCo, BOD, Excom, Treasury, PIF, and HRH.
• Collate annual programme budgets and prepare monthly cashflow reports for client review and approval.
• Develop cost benchmark reports for tender prices, professional fees, construction costs, efficiency measures, KSA input market prices, and market insights.
• Prepare and issue cost benchmarking templates, elemental cost-plan formats, and required information to PMCs.
• Participate in programme change-control development and implementation; prepare programme-wide cashflow and cost reports, trend analysis, and change reporting.
• Review cost risks and opportunities; link cost breakdown and work breakdown structures with cost and schedule, including earned value; update the programme baseline budget.
• Support the business plan exercise and produce commercial reports throughout the project lifecycle.

Risk, contracts, and leadership

• Provide portfolio-wide risk management services aligned with approved policies, frameworks, and systems.
• Consolidate PMC risk registers into programme-level and departmental registers for escalation and reporting.
• Assist the client in developing commercial strategy.
• Lead contracts, risk, and other support-service departments and ensure timely delivery of KBR commercial deliverables.

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or quantity surveying.
• At least 20 years of post-graduation experience and prior experience as a Commercial Director.
• MRICS, CIOB, or equivalent; membership of a recognized international professional body is specified.
• Sound commercial knowledge of major civil and infrastructure projects, including urban development, roads, bridges, and utilities, with significant procurement and contract-management experience.
• Experience managing direct reports and teams of more than 20 people.
• Experienced user of MS Office and understanding of project-management software.
• Experience with international contracting mechanisms, including FIDIC and NEC.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Competencies

• Leadership, strong interpersonal and communication skills, commercial awareness, and strong client focus.
• Planning and organizing skills, accountability, and HSE awareness.