Senior Commercial Manager
British Engineering Services Group
- Derby Ilkeston, Derbyshire
- £70,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Promote positive commercial management behaviours across the operational and planning teams to optimise gross margin potential and to minimise commercial risk
- Manage the Application for Payment and Invoicing processes ensuring timely submissions in line with client expectations and accuracy of filing.
- Ensure that Project Fees are monitored against Client Purchase Order values with appropriate measures taken to uplift in advance mitigating future delay on invoice payments.
- Manage and optimise the Supplier Works Order process ensuring that the appropriate requests, approvals and receipting is carried out in accordance with defined processes.
- Manage supplier on-boarding processes including liaison with other departments including HSQE, Procurement and Finance. Ensure that all suppliers are appointed under agreed terms and KPIs are established to manage performance.
- Ensure that the accurate recording of cost and fee is allocated to the correct projects and that Operational Teams are challenged to optimise cost management measures at all times.
- Support internal commercial audits and manage all commercial management non-conformities including liaison with others and implementation of lessons learned processes.
- At pre-contract stage, review deliverability of projects with Operational Leads, ensuring appropriate project controls are in place and that client commercial contacts are engaged with at an early stage to minimise risk through delivery cycle.
- Ensure a culture where Health and Safety is the No 1 priority for the team, fully adopting the BES Group policies, procedures, resources and guidance in all commercial decisions.
- Build strong commercial management competence within the team leading to high levels of team self-sufficiency.
- Manage the performance procedures of the team, with HR support, and ensure a thorough performance management process is in place and enforced.
- Monitor and manage the team’s work output against target and drive productivity of each individual and the team.
- To engage professionally with clients to agree, and where appropriate negotiate, on commercial matters including Applications for Payment, Final Accounts and Additional Work instructions.
- To support supply chain management as lead POC for designated strategic accounts where appropriate.
- To work closely with Group Sales and Operational Teams to manage client relationships
- Level 5/6 qualification (or equivalent) in Legal / Quantity Surveying / Project Finance
- Chartered Member of relevant Institution (e.g. RICS) desirable
- UK Driving licence
- 5+ years in a senior Contract Management position
- Managing commercial contracts with a minimum £10M commercial responsibility
- Strong legal contract knowledge and application (specifically NEC3/4 and NR3/NR4)
- Development and implementation of contract management processes
- Contract negotiation at both pre and post contract award
- A competitive starting salary of £70,000 (depending on experience)
- You will be Office based, with the option of working from home on occasion,(you must have suitable Wi-Fi)
- Annual salary review
- 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Auto enrolment into our pension scheme
- Access to lots of discounts and benefits via our company benefits portal including; retail, fitness, holiday and cinema discounts
- The support of a superb employee assistance programme
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare scheme (after 12 months employment)
- Employee recognition scheme