Senior Commercial Manager

KBR, Inc.; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc. is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager in Saudi Arabia to coordinate with PMCs, manage executive commercial reporting, and drive cost control across major civil and infrastructure projects.

The role requires extensive post‑graduate experience and certification, with a focus on procurement, contracts, and risk management. The successful candidate will lead cost reporting, cashflow preparation, and the development of benchmarking and change control processes, ensuring alignment with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or quantity surveying is required.
• Minimum 15 years post-graduation experience is expected.
• MRICS, CIOB, or equivalent certification is required.
• Previous experience as Senior Commercial Manager is essential.
• Strong knowledge of major civil & infrastructure procurement & contract management is needed.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with PMCs for management of executive commercial reporting.
• Develop, implement, and govern standard cost and commercial reporting formats for PMCs.
• Prepare programme-wide consolidated cost reports and monthly cashflow reports.
• Review procurement guidelines for BoQ and tender documents; develop PMCs standards.
• Produce Commercial Reports throughout the project life cycle; manage risks and opportunities.

Skills

15+ years experience

MRICS/CIOB

Senior Commercial Manager background

Procurement & contract management

MS Office & project software

FIDIC/NEC contracting

English fluency

Project management software

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or quantity surveying

Tools

MS Office

Project management software

Job description

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Senior Commercial Manager – Lead, the Senior Commercial Manager is responsible for coordinating with PMCs for management of executive commercial reporting, control, recommending the most appropriate commercial strategy, pre and post contract management, provision of accurate status reports that allow timely decisions to be made to prevent schedule slippage and cost overruns, and production of close out reports for each project.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, implement, and govern standard cost and commercial reporting formats for use by the PMCs.
• Develop and maintain a database of all Insurances, Guarantees, Warranties.
• Coordinates with PMCs to compile and validate analytical commercial data.
• Develop the Project Cost Report (PCR), Commercial Executive Report and Cashflows within Unifier and integrate with other platforms for consistency of data.
• Review of existing procurement guidelines for BoQ and tender documents for development of standards for the PMCs.
• Prepare the programme-wide consolidated cost reports consistent with the agreed reporting requirements, including those of DevCo, BOD, Excom, Treasury, PIF, and HRH.
• Collate annual programme wide budgets and prepare monthly cashflow reports for submission to the client for review and approval.
• Prepare and develop cost benchmark reports for Tender Price Index, Professional Fees Benchmark, Construction Cost Benchmark for above ground Assets and Infrastructure, efficiency benchmarks including GFA/ BUA, Floor/ Ceilings, KSA Key Input Market Price Analysis (monthly), and KSA Market Insight (quarterly).
• Prepare and issue the cost benchmarking templates, elemental cost plan format and required information to the PMCs.
• Participate in the development and implementation of programme change control
• procedure(s).
• Prepare and issue programme wide project Cash Flow reports,
• Prepare project cost reports, including trend analysis and change reporting.
• Review cost risks and opportunities.
• Reporting seamlessly between Cost Break Down Structure and Work Brown Structure linking Cost and Schedule including Earned Value.
• Prepare updates for changes on the Programme baseline budget
• Supporting the Business Plan exercise.
• Provide portfolio-wide risk management services to support effective governance, decision-making, and assurance for respective District/Master Plan, in alignment with approved risk policies, frameworks, and systems.
• Consolidate PMC risk registers into programme-level and departmental risk registers for escalation and reporting.
• Assist the Client with development of commercial strategy.
• Leads and direct contracts, risk, and other support service departments. In doing so, ensures timely production of all required commercial deliverables by KBR.
• Production of Commercial Reports throughout the project’s life cycle.

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or quantity surveying
• Minimum 15 years post-graduation experience
• Certified as MRICS, CIOB, or equivalent
• Prior experience as Senior Commercial Manager
• Sound knowledge of commercial aspects of major civil & infrastructure projects including urban developments, roads, bridges, and utilities with significant experience in procurement and contract management of such projects.
• Experienced user of MS Office and understanding of project management software
• Experience in international contracting mechanisms including FIDIC and NEC
• Fluency in English language both written and spoken

COMPETENCIES

• Leadership
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills