Commercial Manager

TN United Kingdom; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Commercial Manager to lead the commercial operations of a significant framework project. This role offers a unique opportunity to mobilize projects across Southern Water's areas, ensuring successful conversion of opportunities and profitability. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in commercial management within a Tier 1 contracting environment, with a strong understanding of NEC and JCT conditions. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and inclusion, and be part of a team that drives innovation in the construction sector.

Qualifications

• Relevant Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying with extensive senior commercial experience.
• Chartered Status in a relevant professional body or appropriate qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercials on the mobilisation and operations of a major framework.
• Advise on commercial strategy and manage a team of commercial staff.

Skills

Commercial Management

Risk Management

Team Leadership

Strategic Planning

Negotiation Skills

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Chartered Status

Job description

We're looking for a Commercial Manager to join our Natural Resources team, within a commutable distance to Falmer. In this role you'll lead commercials on the mobilisation and ongoing operations of our new 7-year, c£1bn framework with Southern Water.

Location: Falmer, East Sussex up to 3 days a week
Contract: Permanent, Full Time – flexible and part time hours may be available if desired, just let us know.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will work within a delegated level of authority and will have overall day to day commercial responsibility supporting the framework team in managing the commercial, procurement and financial aspects of Southern Water Strategic Delivery programme for AMP 8. This is a rare opportunity to mobilise projects across Southern Water's areas.

Your day to day will include:

• Working closely with the wider Senior Leadership Team to advise on commercial strategy to ensure successful conversion of opportunities and profitability of work undertaken.
• Advising on commercial implication of any bid or delivery strategies ensuring full visibility on risk and reward opportunities.
• Seeking and implementing effective risk management and mitigation strategies to achieve targeted commercial outcomes.
• Managing a team of commercial staff across the region, identifying talent, training needs, allocating resources, recruiting and ensuring development through PDR's.
• Empowering excellent performance at all levels, ensuring that Kier Culture and principles are upheld and generally being an ambassador for the NRNN business.

What are we looking for?

• A relevant Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying and can demonstrate lengthy experience in a senior commercial capacity within a Tier 1 main contracting environment.
• Chartered Status in relevant professional body or appropriate professional qualification.
• Strong understanding of NEC, JCT conditions, arbitration and adjudication processes.
• Strong commercial reporting track record, ability to produce board level reports for the region accurately outlining the business commercial position, risks and opportunities.
• Experience in developing and implementing wider commercial strategies to drive work winning, business unit growth and profitability.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier #LI-CH1