Commercial Director

Sigmar Recruitment; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Senior leadership role

Leadership of 15+ professionals

Job summary

Sigmar Recruitment is assisting an Irish contractor to recruit a Commercial Director to lead the nationwide commercial function from its Galway/Dublin bases. The role requires a Quantity Surveying background, extensive construction sector experience, and a track record of driving profitability across a large commercial team.

You will oversee contracts and procurement, shape strategy, and partner with senior executives to push performance and growth across regional offices in Ireland.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or related discipline.
• Extensive experience in the construction industry, ideally in senior commercial leadership.
• Strong Quantity Surveying and commercial management background.
• Proven experience leading and developing large commercial teams.
• Strong understanding of construction contracts, procurement, cost management and commercial strategy.
• Excellent leadership, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic commercial leadership across the business and nationwide operations.
• Lead, develop and mentor a team of 15+ commercial professionals.
• Oversee all commercial and contractual aspects of construction projects.
• Drive commercial performance, profitability and cost control across the business.
• Establish and implement commercial processes, procedures and best practices.
• Work closely with senior leadership and operational teams to support growth.
• Manage commercial risk, procurement strategies, contractual negotiations and financial reporting.
• Ensure consistency and excellence in commercial delivery across all regional offices.

Education

Quantity Surveying degree

Strong leadership

Contract management

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder management

Job description

CommercialDirector

Salary:€100,000–€130,000+Benefits

Location:GalwayorDublinbutcanalsoaccommodateotherareasofIreland

AboutYourNewEmployer

WeareworkingalongsidealeadingIrishcontractorwhoarelookinganexperiencedCommercialDirectortojoinawell-established,nationwideconstructionbusinesswithofficesacrossIreland.

ThisisaseniorleadershipopportunityforanambitiouscommercialprofessionalwithastrongQuantitySurveyingbackgroundandaproventrackrecordofmanaginglargecommercialteamsanddrivingcommercialperformancewithintheconstructionindustry.

Leadingateamof15+commercialprofessionals,youwilltakeresponsibilityfortheoverallcommercialstrategyandperformanceofthebusiness,providingleadership,directionandoversightacrossadiverseportfolioofprojectsnationwide.

AboutyourroleasaCommercialDirector

• Providestrategiccommercialleadershipacrossthebusinessanditsnationwideoperations.
• Lead,developandmentorateamofover15commercialprofessionals.
• Overseeallcommercialandcontractualaspectsofconstructionprojects.
• Drivecommercialperformance,profitabilityandcostcontrolacrossthebusiness.
• Establishandimplementcommercialprocesses,proceduresandbestpractices.
• Workcloselywithseniorleadershipandoperationalteamstosupportbusinessgrowth.
• Managecommercialrisk,procurementstrategies,contractualnegotiationsandfinancialreporting.
• Ensureconsistencyandexcellenceincommercialdeliveryacrossallregionaloffices.

WhatSkillsYouNeed:

• Degree-qualifiedinQuantitySurveyingorarelateddiscipline.
• Extensiveexperiencewithintheconstructionindustry,ideallyinaseniorcommercialleadershipposition.
• StrongQuantitySurveyingandcommercialmanagementbackground.
• Provenexperienceleadinganddevelopinglargecommercialteams.
• Strongunderstandingofconstructioncontracts,procurement,costmanagementandcommercialstrategy.
• Excellentleadership,negotiationandstakeholdermanagementskills.
• Commerciallyastute,strategicandcapableofinfluencingatboardandexecutivelevel.

What'sonOffer?

• Salarypackageof€100,000–€130,000.
• HybridWorking
• Seniorleadershippositionwithinaleadingnationwideconstructionbusiness.
• Opportunitytoleadanestablishedcommercialdepartmentof15+professionals.
• Nationwidepresencewithestablishedregionaloffices.
• Excellentopportunitytoinfluencethecommercialdirectionandfuturegrowthofthebusiness.