Commercial Manager

MJM Industrial Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the automated material handling systems sector is seeking an experienced Commercial Manager for its London Heathrow operations. The ideal candidate will manage complex projects, ensuring cost control and commercial success while fostering strong relationships with customers and stakeholders. This role offers the opportunity to thrive in dynamic environments, mentoring a commercial team and implementing effective strategies.

Benefits

28 days of annual leave

Bupa Medical Cover

Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments

Cycle to work scheme

Pension

Access to Achievers recognition platform

Qualifications

• Experience within airport (ideally Heathrow) projects.
• Commercial management of a complex engineering project generating revenue of over GBP10m p.a.
• Good understanding of project programmes and schedule delay analysis.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for ensuring complex projects are cost and change controlled.
• Financial control of projects through forecasts and billing plans.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with customers and subcontractors.

Skills

Contract management

Cost control

Organizational skills

Negotiation

Supplier management

Education

Membership of a professional body (e.g., RICS, CIOB, ACostE)

Job description

Commercial Manager
London Heathrow
GBP80k
Permanent

Introduction to role
MJM Industrial are looking for an experienced Commercial Manager to join a global market leader in the design, manufacture, installation, and service of automated material handling systems and related services. They have built an excellent reputation for reliable project and service delivery, innovation, customer focus, and strong market awareness.

Working within the project execution team, the Commercial Manager will provide professional contract management, procurement, cost control, and administration to support the delivery of complex automation system projects into dynamic, evolving, and challenging airport and parcel environments.

Role Responsibilities
This role would suit someone who is a strong leader with high attention to detail, self-driven, motivated, organised, and enjoys challenging situations to see a job through to completion. The successful candidate will thrive in dynamic, complex, and technical environments.

The ideal candidate would embody our core values of ownership, building reputation with customers, drive to win, team play, every day better, safe base, and we care.

• Accountable for ensuring complex projects are cost and change controlled and protected from commercial risk through contract interpretation, management, and administration both upstream to customers and downstream to subcontractors
• Financial control of projects through forecasts (cash flow & costs), application for payments, and billing plans
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with customers, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders in support of the above accountabilities promoting project engagement and successful delivery against the project requirements and deliverables
• Continuously improve upon own and others commercial management disciplines, community development, and best practices to help support better individual and collective project delivery
• Support in upskilling and mentoring the existing commercial team to further develop an effective Commercial Management team through the implementation of commercial strategies and targets developed jointly with the Commercial Lead / Project Steering Group / Project Directorship

Role Qualifications and Skills

• Experience within airport (ideally Heathrow) projects
• Experience with different forms of contracts (e.g., NEC3, NEC4, MF/1)
• Commercial management of a complex engineering project generating revenue of over GBP10m p.a.
• Ability to drive and influence people to work to dates / programme
• Management of change process through analysis and understanding of scope, quantification (estimating) for compensation events time and cost
• Good understanding of project programmes and schedule delay analysis
• Supplier and subcontractor management including pre and post contract relationship management
• Exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to coordinate and prioritise work within a fast-moving environment
• Adept at negotiation, diplomacy, and conflict resolution
• Membership of a professional body (e.g., RICS, CIOB, ACostE) preferred
• Work with multidisciplinary project teams taking ownership and accountability for commercial success of projects

What s on Offer

• 28 days of annual leave (excluding public holidays)
• Bupa Medical Cover
• Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments, promotion of health and wellbeing.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension
• Access to Achievers, an award-winning recognition platform.