Commercial Manager

ONLi Group Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ONLi Group Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to support the Scaffolding Commercial Director across UK, Ireland, Europe and international operations. You will help strengthen commercial performance, governance, reporting and risk management for a specialist access business with 80m+ scale.

Key duties include reviewing high‑risk contracts, ensuring robust process controls, providing guidance to QSs and site teams, leading major applications and final accounts, and

Qualifications

• Senior, credible and commercially robust.
• Able to simplify complex issues and provide clear recommendations.
• Calm under pressure and comfortable leading difficult commercial conversations.
• Strong relationship builder with Operations, Finance, clients and senior leadership.
• Highly organised with strong governance, documentation and audit discipline.

Responsibilities

• Support the Scaffolding Commercial Director with governance, reporting preparation and implementation of agreed commercial controls across UK, Ireland, Europe and international operations.
• Review high-risk contract terms, payment schedules, LADs, bonds, warranties, scope exclusions, under-hire, extra hire and other key commercial risks.
• Ensure contract review processes, approval routes, query sheets and document control requirements are followed consistently.
• Provide commercial guidance to QSs, Contract Managers, Site Managers and Operational Leads.
• Lead or support negotiations on major applications, final accounts, client disputes and settlement discussions where delegated by the Commercial Director.
• Develop commercial strategies for challenging accounts, including evidence requirements, risk position, negotiation approach and escalation route.
• Attend client meetings and support senior-level commercial discussions where required.
• Ensure lessons learned from difficult projects are captured and fed back into tendering, operations and contract review.
• Mentor Quantity Surveyors and commercial support staff, improving consistency, confidence and commercial judgement.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, training and development of the growing Commercial team.
• Provide cover and support for regional commercial leads where required.
• Drive a high-performance commercial culture focused on ownership, evidence, communication and cash.

Job description

Our client is a market leading Scaffolding contractor who operate across the UK and Europe and are currently looking for a Commercial Manager.

The Commercial Manager will support the Scaffolding Commercial Director in strengthening commercial performance, governance, reporting preparation and risk management across the UK, Ireland, Europe and international Scaffolding operations. This is a senior support role within an 80m+ specialist access business covering scaffolding, hoists, mast climbers and related access solutions. The role will assist with the preparation, analysis, challenge and evidence required for board-level reporting, while also supporting major contracts, complex negotiations, final accounts, commercial controls, team development and standardisation across the group.

About The Role

• Support the Scaffolding Commercial Director with day-to-day commercial governance, reporting preparation and implementation of agreed commercial controls across UK, Ireland, Europe and international operations.
• Review high-risk contract terms, payment schedules, LADs, bonds, warranties, scope exclusions, under-hire, extra hire and other key commercial risks.
• Ensure contract review processes, approval routes, query sheets and document control requirements are followed consistently.
• Provide commercial guidance to QSs, Contract Managers, Site Managers and Operational Leads.
• Lead or support negotiations on major applications, final accounts, client disputes and settlement discussions where delegated by the Commercial Director.
• Develop commercial strategies for challenging accounts, including evidence requirements, risk position, negotiation approach and escalation route.
• Attend client meetings and support senior-level commercial discussions where required.
• Ensure lessons learned from difficult projects are captured and fed back into tendering, operations and contract review.
• Mentor Quantity Surveyors and commercial support staff, improving consistency, confidence and commercial judgement.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, training and development of the growing Commercial team.
• Provide cover and support for regional commercial leads where required.
• Drive a high-performance commercial culture focused on ownership, evidence, communication and cash.

Key Attributes

• Senior, credible and commercially robust.
• Able to simplify complex issues and provide clear recommendations.
• Calm under pressure and comfortable leading difficult commercial conversations.
• Strong relationship builder with Operations, Finance, clients and senior leadership.
• Highly organised with strong governance, documentation and audit discipline.

Points of Appeal

• Working for a market leading Scaffolding Contractor
• Excellent overall package
• Excellent career progression