Commercial Manager - Local Authority

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading procurement and supply organization is seeking a Commercial Manager in London. Responsibilities include managing commercial activities, planning procurement, and analyzing claims. The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of contract forms and proven experience in supplier relationship management. This role offers competitive pay and is located in the public sector.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of commercial activities on major projects.
• Ability to interpret market information for strategy development.
• Experience with contract administration and change control.
• Ability to undertake analysis of claims management.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial activities on major work streams.
• Plan and manage procurement activities for contracts.
• Prepare detailed analysis of variances.
• Manage claims and advise on their defense.

Skills

Knowledge of commercial activities

Ability to produce estimates for major schemes

Knowledge of contract forms (JCT/ICE/NEC)

Knowledge of Construction and Case Law

Detailed project management knowledge

Proven experience in managing supplier relationships

Job description

About The Role

Role: Commercial Manager
Contract Length: Until 31/12/2025
Location: London
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £529.94 per day

Spinwell is recruiting for a Commercial Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMERCIAL MANAGER

• Managing the commercial activities and their inter relation on major work-streams, projects and programmes to deliver commercial control, including identifying and assessing potential risks to commercial agreements and supplier performance.
• Plan, deliver and manage all procurement activities to deliver contracts and frameworks for works, goods and services contracts.
• Management of estimating and cost planning using construction and engineering industry market economics and understanding their impact on cost and price.
• Management of construction, engineering, supply and service contracts.
• Preparation of detailed analysis of variances and explanations, and understanding of concept of, and ability to calculate earned value.
• Formulation of negotiation parameters, analysis and interpretation of commercial data and demonstration of flexibility whilst achieving negotiation objectives.
• Management of claims, mitigation and advising on defence of claims, including analysis of the various parties' positions.
• Chair of performance meetings with suppliers, communicates performance data and agrees improvement plans.Able to differentiate between issues that can be managed locally and those that need to be elevated for either information, or resolution and action.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE COMMERCIAL MANAGER

• Knowledge and experience of how the various commercial activities inter relate and are applied on major work streams, projects and programmes.
• Understands and interprets market information appropriately and deploys it effectively in strategy development.
• Able to produce estimates for major schemes appropriate for all design stages, understanding the limitations of each and applicable levels of optimisation bias, risk and contingency and apply cost checks to emerging designs.
• Knowledge of JCT / ICE / NEC forms of contract and their differences, and the ability to manage contract administration, including contract communications, change control, variation/compensation event assessment, valuation/certification; contract remedies and contract close out.
• Knowledge of Construction and Case Law in relation to Claims Management, and ability to undertake analysis of claims
• Ability to plan and deliver cost management to meet periodic reporting cycles and ability to maintain deliverables within required timescales.
• Detailed project management knowledge including Programme and Project Management (PPM) methods and practices to manage and resolve threats to delivery.
• Proven experience of managing complex customer and supplier relationships and expectations in a projects environment.

If you are a Commercial Manager, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!