Job description
Job Title: Commercial Manager
Department: Build
Location: Boston
Mission and Vision:
Vision – To be the preferred partner for our clients and the benchmark against which our competitors are measured.
Mission – Employ the best people who can deliver to time, cost, and quality to satisfy our clients requirements.
Summary of Role:
Responsible for overseeing all commercial aspects of a large contract, with an annual turnover exceeding £10m. The role involves understanding the impact of commercial and technical changes at a strategic level within the customers business sector.
Key Responsibilities:
Business Leadership:
Anticipate and plan changes in commercial resource within a project to meet evolving demands.
Support and positively react to organizational changes.
Tendering and Pre-Contract Activities:
Provide commercial support to the tendering process.
Prepare comprehensive commercial reports for tenders.
Start Up of New Projects:
Actively participate in the implementation of project commercial start-up procedures.
Procurement:
Ensure efficient procurement of materials and off-site services in accordance with our clients procurement policy.
Prepare the project procurement schedule and oversee subcontract procurement in line with the procurement policy.
Collaborate with the supply chain to promote continuous improvement in terms of cost, quality, and learning.
Applications for Payment and Invoicing:
Maximize cash flow through timely valuation preparation, invoice submission, and payment receipt.
Manage final accounts, variations, claims, and disputes.
Cost Control:
Identify, manage, and reduce unnecessary costs and inefficient activities.
Monitor and manage subcontract costs, resource scheduling, and plant/equipment efficiency.
Accounting and Reporting:
Produce accurate and timely CVR reports and forecasts.
Challenge project teams to ensure accurate progress reporting.
Establish and maintain accurate reporting structures.
Risk and Opportunity Management:
Identify early project risks and opportunities.
Use risk and opportunity registers to minimize risks and realize opportunities.
Change Control:
Identify and record any changes through regular and detailed review of construction information.
Challenge changes that could affect project performance.
Ensure recovery of the cost (time and money) of client changes.
Programming and Project Controls:
Provide advice on programs regarding contractual and commercial requirements to mitigate risk and maximize opportunity.
Main Contract Administration:
Ensure understanding of contractual relationships and obligations.
Implement necessary contractual notices accurately and timely.
Subcontract Administration:
Prepare and issue subcontract notices on time.
Authorize subcontract instructions.
Enforce robust subcontract change control procedures.
Ensure timely and accurate subcontract payments.
Manage final accounts, variations, claims, and disputes with subcontractors.
Project Completion:
Manage the closeout of projects.
Ensure accurate records and information are kept and archived.
Level of Responsibility:
Responsible for initiating and leading tasks and processes, exercising broad autonomy and judgment within parameters in the area of responsibility.
Please contact Harry Sharrard at Anderselite for more information, via LinkedIn.