Commercial Manager

Accenture PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC in London is seeking a Quantity Surveying professional to provide commercial support across a range of projects. You will work to ensure projects meet time and budget constraints and engage with clients to resolve issues.

You will bring strong procurement awareness, cost planning experience, and familiarity with contract forms (FIDIC/NEC) to help deliver value and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree standard in a related subject / Commercial / Quantity Surveying qualification - desirable.
• Demonstrable experience in pre-contract cost planning (inc estimating) and post-contract cost and contract management processes (including electronic tools).
• Experience with contract forms (FIDIC or NEC) and communicating that knowledge to bid writers.

Responsibilities

• Provide Quantity Surveying/commercial support on a range of projects and programmes.
• Maintain awareness of procurement and pre-contract duties to deliver projects on time and in budget.
• Interface with clients to resolve issues and support KPI delivery and cost saving initiatives.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related

Tools

Electronic cost planning tools

Job description

Job Description

Provide the necessary Quantity Surveying / commercial support on a range of projects and programmes of work.

• Have a strong awareness of Procurement and Pre-Contract duties, how they work in tandem to completing projects on time and in budget
• Excellent commercial acumen with well-developed problem-solving, interpersonal, communication skills with demonstrable experience delivering similar programmes of work.
• Interfacing with our Client, you will resolve issues within your control as per the projects' demands.
• Support the delivery of departmental KPIs and objectives such as savings in total cost of ownership, value engineering and continuous improvement.
• Work to tight deadlines, under pressure whilst still delivering quality output and prioritise requirements where necessary. A keen eye to detail is essential as well as the ability to work methodically through a demanding workload.
• You will need to communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders and hold the ability to negotiate and influence with users outside your own network of responsibility.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualification

• Educated to degree standard in a related subject / Commercial / Quantity Surveying qualification - desirable.
• Demonstrable experience in the provision of pre-contract cost planning (inc estimating) and post contract cost and contract management processes (including electronic tools)
• Have technical expertise in relation to contract preparation.
• Will be well versed in either FIDIC or NEC forms of contract and communicate that knowledge to those who will be responsible for writing bids.

Locations

London

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