Senior Commercial Manager

Salary Circa £90k, salary dependant on skills and experience

Permanent

Peterborough Office and Home working

Full Time / 37 Hours a week

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role provides you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your base location will be in Peterborough with travel to sites across Anglian Water's region.

Unique opportunity to be part of a Major Project team developing and delivering Major Infrastructure schemes, including the development of billion pound+ reservoir projects!

Anglian Water are developing two new strategic reservoirs for the region in the RAPID process: the Lincolnshire Reservoir and Fens Reservoir. These multi-billion-pound projects are nationally significant infrastructure projects and are being developed this AMP so that they are ready to start on site this decade and be in supply in AMP9. Along with this, the Major Infrastructure team will also be working to deliver exciting new Major Projects, including the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation Project.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Commercial Manager to join the team on a permanent basis. The position is a great opportunity for someone to shape and lead the commercial functions for our Major Projects, as part of our Major Infrastructure Commercial Team.

What will you be doing?

• Accountable for the development and/or subsequent implementation of commercial functions for Major Projects

• Defines the commercial strategy, ensuring this is aligned to AW goals and ODI's

• Ensures Major Projects have the highest levels of commercial integrity and holds accountability for implementing self-assurance

• Accountable for financial profile of each project

• Stewardship of AW's contractual and commercial position and ensures transparent, accurate and timely reporting

• Acts as commercial interface with client, partner organisations & strategic stakeholders

• Leads on development of any appropriate wider supply chain and frameworks for materials and services

• Ensures adherence to internal governance to satisfy contractual and legal requirements

• Leads on any commercial dispute resolutions

• Continuously seeks and implements best commercial management methodologies

• Identifies and proactively mitigates commercial risk

• Fosters close working relationships with the wider business that may need to be involved in commercial workstream

• Manages strategic stakeholders

As a valued employee, you'll be entitled to:

• Full private healthcare with no excess

• Car Allowance

• 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

• A flexible working culture

• Competitive pension scheme - we double-match your contributions up to 6%

• Life Assurance at eight times your salary

• Personal Accident cover - up to 5x your salary

• Bonus Scheme

• Lots of great discounts

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

• Paid time off when you're physically and mentally unwell

• An excellent Family Leave package - to help you support your family

What does it take to be a Senior Commercial Manager?

• Educated to degree level in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or equivalent

• Evidence of on-going leadership development and relevant personal development

• Experience in similar role at a strategic or senior level

• Working across complex matrix teams

• Success at creating an aligned culture focussed on high performance

• Adept in use of standard forms of contract and developing commercial strategies

Why Anglian Water?

Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world and we're proud of the difference we make. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly love what we do!

If you're passionate about what you do and would like to make a difference then we'd love to hear from you.

Closing date: 22nd January 2024