Senior Commercial Manager - Infrastructure

Procurement Heads Ltd; Bagstone; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £70,000

Discretionary bonus

PMI

Matched pension 5%

27 days annual leave

Job summary

Procurement Heads Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Buyer to lead the development and implementation of contract management strategies, overseeing high-value contracts, and driving governance across the portfolio.

You will mentor a team, manage post-award activities, and provide expert NEC contract oversight to deliver value-for-money and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Proven experience developing and implementing contract management strategies, frameworks or improvement programmes.
• Experience overseeing portfolios of contracts and providing senior governance and assurance.
• Strong post-award NEC contract management expertise, including change management, compensation events, risk and payment processes.
• Demonstrable success in improving supplier performance and resolving complex contractual issues.
• Strong knowledge of commercial governance, procurement principles and contract management within regulated or public-sector environments.
• Degree, professional qualification or equivalent senior-level experience.

Responsibilities

• Leading the development, implementation and ongoing enhancement of contract management strategies and improvement and promoting contract management best practices, standards, templates and assurance processes.
• Managing and mentoring a team responsible for strategic contract oversight and commercial governance.
• Defining governance frameworks, accountability structures and escalation processes for high-value and high-risk contracts.
• Overseeing post-award contract management activities including mobilisation, performance monitoring, risk management, change control and contract close-out.
• Providing expert oversight of NEC contracts, ensuring effective use of early warnings, compensation events, programme management and payment mechanisms.
• Supporting contract owners and suppliers in addressing performance issues and delivering value-for-money outcomes.
• Producing portfolio-level reporting and present recommendations to senior leadership and governance boards.

Skills

Contract management

Governance & assurance

NEC contracts

Supplier performance

Public sector procurement

Education

Degree or professional qualification

Job description

Responsibilities will be:

• Leading the development, implementation and ongoing enhancement of contract management strategies and improvement and promoting contract management best practices, standards, templates and assurance processes.
• Managing and mentoring a team responsible for strategic contract oversight and commercial governance.
• Defining governance frameworks, accountability structures and escalation processes for high-value and high-risk contracts.
• Overseeing post-award contract management activities including mobilisation, performance monitoring, risk management, change control and contract close-out.
• Providing expert oversight of NEC contracts, ensuring effective use of early warnings, compensation events, programme management and payment mechanisms.
• Supporting contract owners and suppliers in addressing performance issues and delivering value-for-money outcomes.
• Producing portfolio-level reporting and present recommendations to senior leadership and governance boards.

Skills and experience required:

• Proven experience developing and implementing contract management strategies, frameworks or improvement programmes.
• Experience overseeing portfolios of contracts and providing senior governance and assurance.
• Strong post-award NEC contract management expertise, including change management, compensation events, risk and payment processes.
• Demonstrable success in improving supplier performance and resolving complex contractual issues.
• Strong knowledge of commercial governance, procurement principles and contract management within regulated or public-sector environments.
• Degree, professional qualification or equivalent senior-level experience.

Benefits of the Senior Buyer role include:

• Up to 70,000
• Discretionary bonus
• PMI
• Up to 5% matched pension
• 27 days annual leave