Senior Commercial Manager
Role Overview
Senior leadership role in the Commercial Team and wider contract leadership team.
Drive commercial performance, manage risk and opportunity, and support successful delivery of contract objectives.
Provide accurate, timely commercial information for operational and strategic decisions.
The employer provides infrastructure services focused on water supply, environmental performance and asset life.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Senior leadership role in the Commercial Team and wider contract leadership team.
Drive commercial performance, manage risk and opportunity, and support successful delivery of contract objectives.
Provide accurate, timely commercial information for operational and strategic decisions.
The employer provides infrastructure services focused on water supply, environmental performance and asset life.
Key responsibilities
- Develop commercial strategies to meet budgets and maximise profitability; lead and develop the commercial team.
- Manage commercial risks and opportunities, reporting, cost and value reporting across the contract.
- Serve as primary commercial contact for clients, suppliers and subcontractors on contractual, legal and financial matters.
- Collaborate with operational and technical teams and ensure contractual compliance with legislative, regulatory and governance requirements.
- Improve commercial procedures, systems and best practice; develop project-specific strategies and support operational strategy.
- Engage client representatives, govern tendering, review forecasts and financial performance, and monitor industry and legislation developments.
Experience and skills
- Extensive experience managing commercial aspects of high-volume, low-value contracts, including repair and maintenance, metering and developer services.
- Commercial Manager or Senior Commercial Manager experience in utilities, rail, highways or similar infrastructure.
- Strong procurement, contract and financial management expertise; experience with civil engineering forms of contract.
- Experience managing subcontractor and supplier relationships and leading commercial activities on complex, high-value, long-term contracts.
- Strong commercial judgement and experience developing commercial frameworks, controls and governance processes.
Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying or another relevant construction-related discipline.
- RICS, CICES or CIOB membership is desirable but not essential.
Benefits
- Benefits include pension, online GP service, employee assistance programme, retail discounts, life assurance and family leave.
- Role benefits include company car and fuel card, salary-sacrifice EV or hybrid car scheme, private healthcare, health cash plan and 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
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