Commercial Manager (Data Center projects)

LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS (ASIA) LIMITED (SINGAPORE BRANCH); Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS (ASIA) LIMITED (SINGAPORE BRANCH) is seeking a seasoned commercial professional to lead the commercial aspects of large-scale project management. The role emphasizes financial control, procurement strategy, and client-claims handling across data center and construction domains.

The incumbent will guide teams on revenues, costs, and cash flow forecasts, negotiate with clients, and liaise with auditors and financial institutions to ensure timely payments and compliant

Qualifications

• Inputs to supervisor on commercial aspects of the project management program.
• Guidelines for financial reporting documentation and ongoing adherence.
• Analysis of project revenues and direct/indirect costs against forecasts.
• Options evaluation for deviations from plan in consultation with supervisor.
• Support to project teams on corrective action.

Responsibilities

• Oversee payments collection from clients and liaise with banks for timely payments.
• Monitor cash flows against forecasts and guide corrective actions for deviations.
• Negotiations with clients during claims process and handling variances in scope.
• Procurement strategy creation and evaluation of sub-contractors and contracts.
• Ensure timely notices and clarifications to clients on variations and notices issued.
• Coordinate with external auditors on necessary documentation.

Skills

Commercial planning

Financial reporting

Project management

Data center

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Quantitative Surveying

Job description

Job Description & Requirements

Job Duties

Commercial planning & monitoring

• Provide inputs to supervisor on commercial aspects of the project management program
• Define documentation guidelines for financial reporting on the project; Oversee adherence to the same on an on-going basis
• Guide subordinates on analysing project revenues and direct/indirect costs against forecasts
• Evaluate options for addressing significant deviations from the plan in consultation with supervisor
• Advise and support relevant project teams on corrective action
• Provide necessary support with respect to documentation, etc. to external audit teams

Cash flow management

• Oversee and direct team on collecting payments from clients in a timely manner; seek support from supervisor in case of any issue
• Liaison with financial institutions for timely payment to suppliers and sub-contractors
• Monitor project cash flows against forecasts on an on-going basis
• Guide subordinates or relevant project teams on taking corrective action for any deviations from forecast
• Raise unresolved issues to supervisor in a timely manner for subsequent planning and resolution

Client Claims

• Conduct commercial negotiations with client during the claims process; Seek inputs from engineers and project teams on technical aspects
• Oversee timely issue of notices to the client for any subsequent variations in scope of work, sequence of work, timelines, documentation requirements, etc. from the original contract
• Provide necessary clarifications to the client for any queries/concerns related to such notices issued
• Inform the Head of Commercial on major deviations from project scope and outcomes of high-impact negotiations

Supplier/sub-contractor management

• Create procurement strategy for the project in conjunction with supervisor
• Review and approve procurement schedules created by subordinate
• Guide subordinate on evaluation of sub-contractors, preparation of contracts and monitoring of sub-contractor performance
• Monitor critical sub-contracted work as directed by supervisor

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantitative Surveying or relevant
• Total work experience: 8-10 years in experience in managing the commercial department of projects of similar size/complexity
• Project management knowledge across construction projects in multiple domains, building, M&E etc
• Data Center work Experience preferred.