Commercial Advisor

NES Fircroft; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft, Aberdeen, is seeking a Commercial Adviser to progress the commercial aspects of the business and deliver optimal commercial solutions while managing risk and negotiating high-quality arrangements.

You will manage DSAs, transportation and third-party services agreements, identify value opportunities, and ensure stakeholders are informed and compliant with obligations. The role requires strong communication, collaboration, and a proactive, results-driven approach.

Qualifications

• Performance focussed with commercial mind-set, agility and a focus on delivery and performance as well as problem solving

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operational commercial agreements for NOV assets and operated assets, including DSAs, transportation agreements and third party services agreements.
• Identify where value can be optimised and risks managed, and ensure such incremental value and risk mitigation is secured
• Ensure relevant stakeholders are informed of actions to be in full compliance with obligations and responsibilities
• Enforce or perform contractual rights and obligations allocated to the Commercial Adviser and support others as needed
• Propose amendments to commercial agreements with the Head of Commercial and stakeholders
• Consult stakeholders on communications with counterparties, disputes, amendments or interpretation questions
• Ensure implementation of all agreements is supported by timely handovers across business areas
• Ensure obligations and actions are uploaded to the agreement obligation tracker and completed
• Protect business-critical information and documentation under Group Records Management standards
• Provide relevant information to understand commercial intent, opportunities for value enhancement and key risks in agreements
• Any other reasonable duty as instructed by the manager

Skills

Performance mindset

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Results oriented

Job description

Job Role: Commercial Adviser

Work Location: Aberdeen

Department: OBO & Commercial

Purpose of Role:

The purpose of this role is to progress the commercial aspects of the business, and deliver optimal commercial solutions, both to maximise value in its various forms, to appropriately manage risk, negotiate new high quality commercial arrangements, or amend existing agreements, in accordance with legislative and government guidance, and identification, management and resolution of conflict.

Critical Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that all activities are carried out in a safe manner complying with all regulatory requirements, legislation and HSES Procedures

Ethics and Compliance Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all activities and behaviours are carried out in accordance with Ethics and Compliance Policies and Procedures, and to complete any compulsory compliance training as required

Areas of Accountability, Responsibility and Competence:

• Providing day to day management of operational commercial agreements for NOV assets and operated assets. In particular, management of DSAs, transportation agreements and third party services agreements.
• Identifying where value can be optimised and risks managed, and ensuring that such incremental value and risk mitigation is secured
• Ensuring relevant stakeholders have a timely awareness of the actions required to be in full compliance with obligations, making clear which individuals or teams are responsible for enforcing or performing such rights and obligations
• Ensuring any risk to, or erosion of contractual rights is highlighted to the relevant stakeholder manager and so that existing rights are preserved and enhanced
• Enforcing or performing contractual rights and obligations that are allocated to the Commercial Adviser and supporting the performance of such rights that are allocated to others
• Proposing amendments to the commercial agreements in the first instance with the Head of Commercial and then with relevant stakeholders as necessary
• Ensuring relevant stakeholders are consulted in respect of the commercial agreements, particularly regarding any communication with counterparties, disputes, amendments, or regarding any interpretation questions
• Ensuring that the implementation of all agreements is supported by timely and thorough ‘handovers’ to all the relevant areas of the business.
• Ensuring obligations, actions and responsibilities are uploaded to the agreement obligation tracker system and that all actions are carried out
• Ensuring the protection of business-critical information and documentation, including application of the Group Records Management standard
• Ensuring that colleagues in relevant assets and supporting functions are provided with the relevant information to understand the commercial intent behind the agreements, the opportunities for further value enhancement and a summary of the key risks in the agreements
• Any other reasonable duty as per instruction by your manager.

Critical Skills, Qualifications, Experience, etc.:

• Performance focussed with commercial mind-set, agility and a focus on delivery and performance as well as problem solving
• Demonstrable stakeholder management skills and ability to learn from and influence others
• Ability to recognise links between wide ranging issues with the skill to develop overviews and propose solutions under changing circumstances.
• Sound communication and relationship building skills with the proven ability to form strong and trusting working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, and to influence and motivate individuals to work together in pursuit of team goals
• Demonstrates the ability to be results oriented with a commercial focus and has the enthusiasm to seek improvements in business performance

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.