Senior Commercial Manager

Rullion Managed Services; Dunball; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent infrastructure organization in the UK is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to oversee the commercial success of key contracts. You will support procurement activities, manage contractual agreements post-award, and drive financial performance while mitigating risks. The ideal candidate has extensive contract management experience within the power construction sector, a degree in quantity surveying, and the ability to foster relationships across teams. This hybrid role offers flexibility while requiring at least three days a week presence in the office.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in commercial and contract management.
• Experienced in risk management and change processes.
• Familiarity with power construction industry contracts.

Responsibilities

• Support procurement during contract creation.
• Ensure alignment of specifications with contract terms.
• Manage contracts post award, including variations and disputes.
• Drive progress and cost management through reporting.
• Lead contract closure and performance assessment.

Skills

Commercial management expertise

Strong commercial acumen

Contract performance understanding

Excel proficiency

Ability to challenge metrics

Education

Degree in quantity surveying/commercial management

Job description

About the Role

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The Opportunity

As Senior Commercial Manager, you'll take ownership of the commercial success of each contract assigned to you. From the very start, you'll play a key role in supporting the procurement process during contract creation, ensuring smooth pre-award activities that lead to successful contract awards.

Once contracts move into execution, you'll be the commercial lead-driving performance, managing risks, and steering contracts to successful completion. Your focus will be on maximising operational and financial outcomes while safeguarding against commercial risks, all to support the safe and cost-effective delivery of the NNB programme and wider business objectives.

This is a hybrid role based at the Satellite Delivery Centre, with flexibility to work from home-though you'll be expected in the office at least three days a week.

This is your chance to work at the heart of one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes. You'll collaborate with procurement, delivery and project teams, monitor contract performance using KPIs, and resolve challenges pragmatically to keep the programme moving forward.

Who You Are

We're looking for a Senior Commercial Manager who's decisive, commercially astute and delivery focused. Do you offer…

• Proven expertise in commercial and contract management, with a track record of successful outcomes.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to make sound decisions on matters of significant financial value.
• Solid understanding of contract performance, risk management, change/claim processes, and common Forms of Contract in the power construction industry.
• Keen eye for detail, with experience using Excel and commercial management systems to analyse costs, forecasts, and contractors' submissions.
• Ability to professionally challenge progress metrics and contractors' programmes while maintaining strong relationships and collaborating with delivery teams to achieve best value.
• Degree qualified in quantity surveying/commercial management (or similar) and chartered or working towards chartership (RICS or equivalent).

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will ordinarily require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.

What You'll Be Doing

Supporting the procurement process during contract creation, including defining requirements, reviewing scope and value, and contributing to ITT preparation, evaluation and negotiation.

Ensuring technical and commercial alignment of specifications with contract terms, and engaging with key stakeholders across procurement, delivery, finance and legal functions.

Leading the commercial management of contracts post award, administering scope, schedules, pricing, payments, variations, disputes, claims and supplier relationships in line with NNB procedures.

Driving progress and cost management through reporting, reviews and risk mitigation, while maintaining accurate commercial files and correspondence.

Leading contract closure, including commercial completion, performance assessment and capturing lessons learnt for continuous improvement.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.