The Senior Commercial Manager will be accountable for a portfolio of regional fibre contracts. This is a great opportunity to demonstrate strong control and analytical thinking, and have overall responsibility and accountability for financial forecasting, planning, reporting actuals, management accounts and commercial analysis.
Responsibilities:
- Assessing, reviewing and mitigating contractual risks
- Provide commercial performance data to the Commercial Manager & Senior Leadership Group
- Take responsibility for the execution of contracts and the management of related suppliers
- Contribute towards supplier cost savings targets, and initiatives delivered that increase efficiency whilst maintaining quality, availability and risk management
- Provide specialist commercial support and guidance to the regional team, ensuring “best outcome” commercial solutions
- Deliver guidance on commercial aspects ensuring sound governance and practice, and acting as the channel for the sharing knowledge and best practice
- Development of positive supplier relationships, encouraging innovation, creation of “value add” solutions
- Ensure that all team members are empowered, understand and work within agreed contract and financial delegations and manage governance and risk effectively to ensure quality assurance and overall integrity of the commercial process
- Overseeing the contractor’s delivery of projects on both a framework basis and individually procured
- Identifying potential issues with delivery or a breach of contract that resorts in an increased cost
- Responsible for identifying any potential risks and financial exposures within current contractual agreements
- Facilitate the Implementation of cost control, change order and claims tools to properly track the performance of each contact.
- Produce reports that give insight into how Map can make adjustments to improve performance
- Resolves issues with contracts and commercial operations
- Conduct regular reviews with the project teams and give regular reports on the contract & financial performance
Requirements:
- HND/BSc Quantity Surveying (preferred not essential)
- Proven track record of cultivating and encouraging an awareness of cost using clear simple examples of benefits and how to measure outcomes
- Experience of NEC 3 & 4 Contract Administration (essential)
- Experience of contract and & financial management from pre-contract to successful contract close-out
- Experience of reporting, payment application management, contract variation both cost & time, negotiation and contract close-out
- Experience & understanding using Contract Management Systems
- Excellent knowledge of MS Excel to interpret and collate commercial data
- Ability to create reports, manage cost changes and speak with the main contractor over contractual changes.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to build and develop relationships
- Resilience, determination and the ability to work well under pressure
- Worked on utility projects in UK (Fibre optic preferred)
- Member of Professional Institute (preferred not essential)
