Commercial Manager

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); City Of London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure services company is seeking a Commercial Manager to oversee contracting and commercial governance. This role involves maximizing commercial performance through collaboration and governance while offering generous benefits including enhanced leave, pension scheme, and support initiatives. Join us to contribute to essential energy solutions across the UK.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Life assurance

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Volunteer days

Qualifications

• Proven background in commercial contract management, ideally in legal or procurement.
• Experience in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong financial acumen for interpreting commercial data.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of all contracting and commercial governance.
• Maximize commercial performance of the business.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders for effective operations.

Skills

Commercial contract management

Legal frameworks understanding

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder management

Financial acumen

Bid pricing

Job description

Overview

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group, we're enabling the energy essential to support our lives. We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation. Home Decarbonisation - We're working to eliminate fuel poverty, providing end-to-end management in energy efficiency and carbon reduction. Our team works closely with homeowners and local authority partners to provide home energy advice to prepare for Net Zero. This is a home based role but there will be a requirement for frequent travel to our offices in Sutton, Aylesbury and elsewhere across Britain.

Want to come and be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

The role of the Commercial Manager is pivotal for a commercially astute individual who will take ownership of all contracting and commercial governance across AgilityEco. This role will bring discipline, structure and accountability to our commercial operations ensuring an effective centrally managed function whilst working effectively with key stakeholders across departments. The Commercial Manager will play a pivotal role in maximising the commercial performance of the business. They will partner with P&L leads and the broader leadership team to ensure commercial rigour in pricing, contracting and proposition development, balancing risk management with the pursuit of profitable growth.

Key responsibilities include:

• Contract Ownership & Governance
• Legal & Commercial Expertise
• Cross Functional Collaboration
• Commercial Strategy & Performance
• Procurement Oversight
• Business Partnering

What you\'ll bring

• Proven background in commercial contract management, ideally within a legal or procurement setting
• Strong understanding of legal frameworks and commercial governance
• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to lead on complex disputes and contractual issues
• Experience of working in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to interpret and model commercial data
• Experience supporting or leading bid pricing and commercial modelling
• Ability to balance governance with pragmatic business decision-making
• Track record of improving profitability and commercial outcomes

What\'s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000\'s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

• 25 days plus additional 1 day per year of service up to 30 days and bank holidays
• 2 paid volunteer days per year

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We\'re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We\'re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We\'re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We\'re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you\'re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It\'s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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