Commercial Manager

STARPLEX LIMITED t/a Woodland Consultancy Services; Paisley; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Limited Company contract

Outside IR35

Job summary

Woodland Consultancy Services is seeking a Commercial Manager for a 3-year contract role in Glasgow. The role will involve developing procurement strategies and managing ITT processes, including competitive tender submissions and supplier negotiations to achieve best value.

The successful candidate will lead end-to-end tender management, with responsibilities across cost planning, evaluation, and stakeholder engagement across bid, design, and delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Commercial Manager in the nuclear or defence industries.
• Experience in pre-contract and tendering within major infrastructure projects, with strong commercial acumen and analytical skills.
• Experience of the job scope below.
• MRICS and/or MCIPS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Cost planning, estimating, and benchmarking.
• Tender preparation, evaluation, and negotiation.
• Procurement strategy development.
• Commercial risk identification and pricing.
• Stakeholder engagement across bid, design, and delivery teams.

Skills

Commercial management

Tendering

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Education

MRICS/MCIPS preferred

Job description

COMMERCIAL MANAGER - CONTRACT CENTRAL GLASGOW

Our Client is seeking a Commercial Manager for an initial 3-year contract role that has an immediate start.

Woodland Consultancy Services welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates and assesses applicants based on skills, experience and suitability for the role.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Experience as a Commercial Manager in the nuclear or defence industries
• Experience in pre-contract and tendering within major infrastructure projects, with strong commercial acumen and analytical skills
• Experience of the job scope below
• MRICS and/or MCIPS preferred

JOB SCOPE:

The role will involve developing procurement strategies, contract management plans and ITT processes (including supporting competitive and compliant tender submissions). The successful candidate will manage the tender process end-to-end, including preparation of documentation, commercial evaluation of bids, and supplier negotiations to achieve best value outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Cost planning, estimating, and benchmarking
• Tender preparation, evaluation, and negotiation
• Procurement strategy development
• Commercial risk identification and pricing
• Stakeholder engagement across bid, design, and delivery teams

DURATION: 3 years

LOCATION

The role will be based on 3 days a week in our Clients Offices in Central Glasgow (ideally Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday but this is negotiable) with two days remote.

RATE

£75.00 per hourLtd co rate

If the role is Likely to be outside of IR35 the final decision will only be made after a QDOS assessment.

BENEFITS

Limited Company contract Outside IR35.

We are instructed to only submit to our Client candidates whose qualifications and experience match clients specifications and can work in the UK.