Senior Commercial Manager

Network Plus; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A utility services provider in England is seeking a Commercial Manager to drive profitability and manage client relationships. The successful candidate will oversee a multidiscipline team, ensure contract compliance, and develop new commercial processes. Experience in managing subcontractors and high volume contracts is essential. This role includes competitive salary and full benefits package.

Benefits

Full benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing subcontractors.
• Experience leading a multidiscipline team is desirable.
• Experience in administrating high volume activity contracts.
• Knowledge of contract compliance from an operational perspective.

Responsibilities

• Ensure achievement of annual and monthly commercial objectives.
• Manage the negotiation of key contract terms.
• Develop processes for cost and value capture.
• Control billing and work in progress identification.
• Proactively manage cash inflow and outflow.
• Implement performance reviews to address underperformance.
• Run commercial workshops to promote culture of compliance.

Skills

Management of subcontractors

Leadership of a multidiscipline team

Commercial administration of high volume activity contracts

Cost value reconciliations

Development of key relationships

Knowledge of contracts

Health, safety, and environmental awareness

Education

Degree qualification (RICS accredited or equivalent)

Job description

As a Commercial Manager, you will efficiently manage all commercial aspects of the business continually striving for improvement on profit margins and our working capital position. You will lead a commercial team with significant opportunity for development through business growth; consistently driving a culture of margin improvement. You will be a key figure in managing and owning the client relationship ensuring we maximise our position commercially.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the achievement of annual (and monthly) commercial objectives and targets in line with the operations manager; setting the annual contract plan & monitor / deliver performance against it
• Actively manage and participate in the winning of work; overseeing Process Management and negotiation of key contract terms for new (& where appropriate existing contracts) to minimise business risk and maximise returns
• Develop new processes & management for: Cost & value capture, subcontractor relationships and management, weekly profit and loss production and evaluation and application process and accuracy
• Have control of Value recovery, billing and WIP identification
• Proactively manage cash (inflow and outflow) including identification of, and delivery of betterment
• Implement and drive weekly & monthly performance reviews taking accountability for performance to interrogate performance and ensure appropriate actions in place to resolve any underperformance
• Ensure contract compliance from an operational and commercial perspective and drive this as through business culture - Run commercial workshops where appropriate
• Ensure compliance with deadlines - both internal and client enforced

Experience and Qualifications

• Management of subcontractors
• Leadership of a multidiscipline team (Senior QS, QS, Commercial assistants) is desirable
• Having commercially administrated high volume activity contracts
• Management and production of cost value reconciliations (Weekly P&L statements)
• Experience of new contracts / change management of existing (setting up new processes)
• Development of key relationships with senior stakeholders (internal & customer)
• Degree qualification (RICS accredited or equivalent) is desirable but not essential
• Sound knowledge of contracts
• Awareness of industry issues
• Good health, safety and environmental awareness

Salary and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary based on experience along with a full benefits package.

Network Plus is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

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About Network Plus: Network Plus is an award‑winning business delivering essential utility and infrastructure services for the UK's major providers of gas, power, telecoms, transport, water, and wastewater. We value the variety of experience, perspective, and other points of difference our workforce, clients, and supply chain offer. We are actively working with colleagues across the Network Plus Group to develop an inclusive environment – we want all our employees to feel valued and included to enable everyone to thrive at work and understand the value of their contribution matters no matter their background, identity, or circumstances.