Commercial Director

Infinity Recruitment Consultancy Limited; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

25 days leave

Private Healthcare

Pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Infinity Recruitment Consultancy Limited seeks a Commercial Director near Cambridge for a full-time permanent role, Monday to Friday. Lead the commercial function and provide strategic direction across multi-million pound civil engineering projects, ensuring on-target and on-budget delivery.

You will oversee tenders, procurement, risk management, forecasting, and client relationships, mentoring a team of Commercial Managers and Quantity Surveyors, and reporting performance to the Board.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading commercial teams in civil engineering/construction.
• Experience managing multi-million pound projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial function across a well-established organisation.
• Provide strategic commercial direction, ensuring on-target and on-budget project delivery.
• Oversee live project compliance, manage commercial risk, project forecasting, tenders, bids and estimation, procurement, and negotiation.
• Present commercial performance to the Board.
• Establish commercial policies and procedures ensuring best practice.
• Build and sustain commercial relationships with supply chain partners, contractors and clients.
• Make commercial business decisions with HSEQ, operations & logistics.
• Develop and mentor Commercial Managers and Quantity Surveyors.
• Set and monitor cashflow targets across projects.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Analytical

Strategic direction

Financial management

Communication

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering / Quantity Surveying

MCIOB

MRICS

Tools

Procurement

Estimation

Job description

Commercial Director

Our superb client based near Cambridge is seeking an experienced and/or degree educated Commercial Director to join them on a full-time permanent basis working Monday to Friday.

As Commercial Director, you will have responsibility for:

• Leading the commercial function across a well-established, successful organisation
• Providing strategic commercial direction, ensuring on-target and on-budget project delivery.
• Overseeing live project compliance, managing commercial risk, project forecasting, leading project tenders, bids and estimation, overseeing procurement, negotiation.
• Presenting commercial performance to the company Board.
• Establish effective commercial policies and procedures ensuring project best practice.
• Building and sustaining commercial relationships with supply chain partners, contractors and clients.
• Making commercial business decisions and working closely with key personnel within HSEQ, operations & logistics.
• Developing and mentoring an experience team of Commercial Managers and Quantity Surveyors, performance managing and capability planning.
• Set and monitor cashflow targets across your projects

To be considered for the role of Commercial Director, you will have extensive experience working within the civil engineering / construction industry, where you will have an impressive background in leading commercial teams and managing multi-million pound projects. You will hold a degree in Civil Engineering / Quantity Surveying and be MCIOB / MRICS or working towards. You will have strong negotiation and analytical skills, be commercially astute, have strong leadership skills and will be a confident communicator. You will also have a full UK driving licence for travelling to other offices and project sites.

In return, for the role of Commercial Director, our client is offering a starting salary of c£120,000, company car, 25 days paid annual leave plus statutory holidays, Private Healthcare, Pension, Employee Assistance Programme, and much more.