Commercial Manager

Arguile; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Arguile is seeking a Commercial Manager in Birmingham to lead commercial negotiations and shape strategic direction within the organization. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the future of a fast-growing department.

The ideal candidate will possess experience in contract management, risk assessment, and fostering client relationships. Responsibilities include monitoring and ensuring compliance with contracts, supporting client engagement teams, and managing contractual obligations.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial negotiation and managing contractual obligations.
• Ability to identify and manage risks and liabilities in contracts.
• Experience collaborating with finance and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Identify risks and commitments in contracts and ensure understanding.
• Draft, update, and maintain contract documents.
• Monitor compliance and financial performance against contracts.
• Support client engagement teams in commercial aspects post-contract.

Skills

Contract management

Financial management

Risk assessment

Commercial negotiation

Client relationship management

Job description

London HQ - occasional travel there and across the UK for client visits

Our client, an international property services business, currently have an opportunity for a Commercial Manager, within a fast growing commercial department, this is a unique opportunity, a chance to be truly strategic and shape the future of the organisation.

The company have a long and successful history of delivering large projects to various private and public sectors clients and are on a journey to change the way they do business – and looking for ambitious, commercially minded individuals to help them get to the next level!

The role holder will have the opportunity to lead the commercial negotiation of new business with both new and existing clients and to shape the strategic direction of the function.

You Will

• Identify the risks, liabilities, and commitments of contractual agreements; ensure these are clearly understood and that the business fully appreciates any potential impact.
• Review, draft, update and maintain contract documents
• Monitor and report performance and compliance against contractual obligations including commercial performance, financial management and contract management
• Work with the contract delivery teams to ensure that the management of change request process and change implementation is carried out in line with the contracts.
• Report on progress of change requests and projects
• Review contract performance, assessing commercial risks and ensuring appropriate steps are taken to manage the risk
• Prevent and resolve contractual disputes
• Assuring adherence to Group Commercial Policy
• Supporting the client engagement teams in all commercial aspects, post contract signature, to achieve the orders, profit and cash budget and overall management of the Client relationship.
• Support the delivery streams who are responsible for the delivery of projects and provide clear direction working with the client engagement team.

The Person

• growth mindset – looking at maximising value and minimising risk
• Experience of working closely with finance, operations and technical specialists
• Good on both the legals and financials