Job Description
Senior Commercial Manager
Location: London Heathrow (Hybrid working: 3 days in office/2 days working from home)
Job type: Permanent (Full time)
Salary: £80,000pa - £90,000pa
Car allowance: £8,000 per year
Annual Leave: 28 days + bank holidays
Pension: 5% Aviva pension contribution from employer
Health: Bupa Medical Cover
Reporting to: Commercial Group Leader
*This client will consider candidates who have experience or a background in: Transportation, Warehouse, Auto machinery manufacturing, Airports or Baggage Systems*
We are seeking an experienced Commercial Manager to join a project execution team delivering complex, high-value automated material handling and engineering projects within dynamic and technically challenging airport and parcel environments, with a particular focus on Heathrow.
Key Responsibilities:
As Commercial Manager, you will be accountable for the commercial success of complex engineering projects, including:
* Ensuring projects are fully cost and change controlled, protecting the business from commercial risk through robust contract interpretation, management and administration, both upstream to customers and downstream to subcontractors
* Full financial control of projects, including cost forecasting, cash flow management, payment applications and billing plans
* Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with customers, subcontractors and internal stakeholders to support successful project delivery
* Managing change control processes, including scope analysis, estimating and agreement of compensation events (time and cost)
* Understanding and managing project programmes, including schedule and delay analysis
* Leading supplier and subcontractor commercial management, both pre- and post-contract
* Driving continuous improvement in commercial management practices and standards
* Supporting the development, mentoring and upskilling of commercial team members to build a high-performing Commercial Management function
* Working collaboratively with Project Directors, Steering Groups and Commercial Leads to implement commercial strategies and targets
Essential experience and skills include:
You will be an experienced commercial professional with a proven track record in managing large, complex engineering or infrastructure projects.
* Experience or background: in Transportation, Auto machinery manufacturing, Airports or Baggage Systems
* Strong working knowledge of industry-standard contracts such as NEC3, NEC4 and MF/1
* Proven experience managing change, including scope definition, estimating and compensation events
* Good understanding of project programmes and schedule delay analysis
* Strong supplier and subcontractor management experience
* Strong negotiation, diplomacy and conflict resolution skills
* Ability to influence multidisciplinary teams to meet programme and commercial objectives
* Membership of a professional body such as RICS, CIOB or ACostE (preferred/desirable)