Head of Commercial

Head of Commercial

Due to company growth LivGreen are now looking for a Head of Commercial to join the team, This is a new role to business with a lot of variety.

The role will focus on the Bid Management, Procurement, Pricing and Invoicing within LivGreen to ensure we are maximising our profitability and competitiveness.

This will be a Office and Site based role; The office is based in Fishponds, Bristol.

Responsibilities:

• Take responsibility for maintaining and improving GP for projects, involving cost control and negotiation uplifts/extras.
• Undertake monthly site surveys with the client & PM where necessary to secure/negotiate uplifts, including upgrading specifications and additional works.
• Assist with managing the QS and wider team
• Act as an escalation point for the team and make commercial decisions including labour issues and client disputes within set limits
• Customer negotiation
• Contract interpretation, checks and negotiation
• Maintain Positive Cash Flow throughout the projects by assisting in credit control where required
• Report on Project GP on a weekly basis, as well as WIP monthly.
• Negotiate and secure subcontractor prices
• Approve Subcontractor Payments
• Create & Send monthly valuations and invoices to clients
• Overseeing cost-analysis and estimating process against an agreed Schedule of Rates
• Procurement of all supply items and subcontractor packages
• Pricing of all contract variations.
• Overseeing all Bids; Assist in the writing of bids, as well as pricing.
• Coordinate with the existing bid team on what to input into Bids.
• Creating partnerships with key suppliers and negotiate the most competitive rates and terms possible.
• Ensuring systems are put in place to mitigate against any errors in pricing and purchasing.
• Review all pricing and ensure that we are market competitive (this will be in conjunction with the procurement exercise).
• Working with sales and operations to ensure clients are paying promptly and that spend limits are achieved on every contract.

Skills/Traits:

• Ownership – able to take control of situations & tasks and see them through to completion.
• Honest & Trustworthy
• Strong Commercial Awareness
• Intuitive and able to think on feet
• Management Capabilities
• Strong Negotiation Skills
• Assertive
• Able to forecast and analyse financial data per project
• Attention to Detail

LivGreen Ltd values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.