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Mott MacDonald Bentley are looking for a Commercial Manager to work across the South East of the country. Working closely with other senior members of the Management Team to deliver a programme of works across waste water/clean water within infra and non infra. There are projects from Peterborough through to Colchester.
Main role requirements;
- Establishing and maintaining a financial forecasting regime.
- Reporting on the financial and contractual performance of individual projects and the performance of the framework, consisting of the management and development of the subcontract supply chain within the Framework.
- Manage, lead, develop and motivate our commercial team.
- Provide effective communication with customers and colleagues regarding any commercial and supply chain issues.
- Positively challenge current commercial thinking and agreements.
- Manage the procurement process ensuring that all strategies are developed and agreed and that tender processes are followed correctly.
- Subcontractors are properly managed in accordance with contract requirements including compliance, communications, payments, compensation events and programme submissions.
- Ensure robust cost management is undertaken at all times including accurate live forecasting and actual costs vs estimates.
Essential
- A commercial leader
- Will drive Commercial Leadership within the division and across the region.
- Experience of successfully managing a team
- Experience of managing projects in excess of the value of £10m
- Proven experience of working with clients and ability to influence clients to achieve excellent relationships and positive outcomes for both parties
- Demonstrable experience of people and programme of works management
- Sound commercial and financial acumen
- Experience of challenging current commercial thinking and agreements
- Proven experience in working collaboratively and leading from the front with best practice and behaviours
Desirable
- Strong track record in Commercial Management with experience of dealing with a programme of multiple contracts with a solid civils background.
- Use of technology (for example Commercial Dashboard) to drive performance
- Strong ownership of team tasks
- Will share best practice and learnings
What can we offer:
- 26 days holiday plus bank holidays with the option to buy and carry over.
- Flexible pension contributions up to 5% employee 10% employer
- Car allowance
- Life assurance of 4 x salary
- Income protection
- Private medical insurance
- Health cash plan
- Annual professional institution subscription costs
- Career and professional development opportunities