Job Description

Role:  Commercial Manager

Location: London (3 days/week on site)

IR35: Inside

Rate: £500/day (Umbrella) MAX

Duration: 12 Months

Minimum Requirement:

• QS Background
• Good Contract Management
• Running Mini Competitions
• PPS 2000 (Public Procurement Contracts)

Key responsibilities: Commercial Manager – Contract Management

• Post-contract award administration of a range of construction and professional service contracts
• Developing and managing variations/change control and other contract mechanisms.
• Support Senior Commercial Manager and where within experience provide commercial advice and support to relevant Stakeholders in developing commercial strategy.
• Analysis and Issue resolution – make effective decisions and risk mitigation, escalating to Senior Commercial Manager where necessary. Drive continuous improvement of processes.
• Support negotiations with suppliers to vary or change contracts, obtaining and managing input for operational colleagues and others as directed
• Comply with all Departmental controls relating to commercial practice and otherwise, including strict adherence to their delegated authorities, governance, legislation and policy as appropriate
• Support the operational project sponsors to deliver business objectives
• Use contract management systems appropriately to ensure all commercial decisions are evidenced and auditable
• Leading conflict and issue resolution with suppliers and stakeholders, seeking support from the Senior Commercial Manager where appropriate.

Experience

Essential:

• A proven track record working in the infrastructure/construction or property environment
• Relevant contract, sourcing and/or commercial management experience with a solid understanding of procurement and/or contract management processes
• The ability to successfully influence senior internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrable success working as both part of a team and independently (remote-working)

Desirable:

• Use of NEC3/NEC4 or PPC2000 forms of contract
• Client-side experience
• Regulated (Procurement Regs, OJEU) experience
• Experience working with projects of a similar scale and complexity (c.£20m schemes as a minimum)
• Lifecycle experience; pre-contract strategy, managing procurement, post-contract experience (if possible)
• Good working knowledge and experience of Procurement systems (e.g. Oracle and/or Bravo) and file management systems (e.g. 4Projects)

Qualifications:

For all roles, candidates must have one of the below essential criteria:

• Member of the relevant professional body, e.g. RICS, CIBSE, BIFM, CIPS, IACCM;
• Relevant degree, such as in surveying, engineering, law, finance or MBA;

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant   

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. 

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.