The opportunity
Be a part of our consultancy business that spans our five global hubs, where we oversee work for world leading organisations across the public and private sectors. We are currently recruiting for a talented and motivated commercial manager to join our cost and commercial management business unit, to support on a variety of highways infrastructure commissions and frameworks.
Project: As a commercial manager you will be responsible for the management of commercial aspects of the business area including supporting pre-contract and operations, managing commercial risk and opportunity, ensuring accuracy of forecasts and that all commercial reporting procedures are adhered to.
Supporting the delivery of projects providing pre award, procurement and post award contract administration support, monitoring compliance with contract obligations and driving value from the supply chain.
Provision of a "cradle to grave" commercial function for all work packages making up the commission.
Your responsibilities will include:
1. Maintaining and building relationships with suppliers, monitoring and reporting their performance and compliance.
2. Preparing recommendations for interim payments to suppliers in accordance with contract requirements and produce payment certificates for sign off by the appropriate Project Manager.
3. Providing post contract award commercial services for both 'goods' and 'services' up to and including final account.
4. Maintaining financial impact assessments for instructed change.
5. Negotiating on financial impacts of compensation events with suppliers.
6. Maintaining the project data sets to achieve consistency, accuracy and alignment.
7. Assisting cost and expenditure planning / benchmarking (including the completion of data capture analysis sheets) in accordance with client process.
8. Supporting cost management, trending estimating and forecasting to the project.
9. Analysing cost performance data and provide relevant input for monthly performance reports.
10. Supporting management of budget and spend profiles continually identifying ways to improve cost performance.
11. Managing the impact of inflation currencies and exchanges into forecasting and aligned with tracking indices.
12. Carrying out cost impact analysis of proposed changes to scope/schedule.
13. Assisting project managers in the preparation of cost reports and analysis on a work breakdown structure /activity basis, identifying areas of learning and any recommendations for efficiency improvement.
About you
You have a degree in quantity surveying is preferred (or other commercially related discipline) along with proven experience working in the highways / infrastructure sector.
You are digitally savvy, can build lasting client relationships and lead strong, motivated teams. You will have a construction or project management background and be hungry to grow your career and enjoy the opportunities Mace has to offer.