Commercial Manager

Position: Commercial Manager

Location: Brighton or Chatham with hybrid working

Salary: £90-110k neg (DOE), bonus, car/allowance and excellent benefits package

Our Client: Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,000 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting six long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.

The Role: Our Client is looking to strengthen their commercial team with a Commercial Manager for their CMDP joint venture framework. Based at either the Brighton or Chatham office, you will provide leadership and management to the commercial delivery teams and core team commercial functions for the CMDP business.

CMDP is a joint venture which will deliver a range of schemes to maintain and improve Southern Water's water supply and wastewater treatment works in the eastern half of its region (Kent & East Sussex).

Responsibilities:

1. Commercial management of the out performance of projects & Tranches of projects.
2. Commercial & contractual support to the procurement team.
3. Provide input to continuous development of CMDP commercial strategy for pre-works orders & construction phase.
4. Leading the commercial team in the tranche programme.
5. Continuous review of commercial resource levels with the Programme Manager to ensure effective and efficient delivery.
6. Advise Senior Commercial Manager of commercial resourcing requirements.
7. Support the Senior Commercial Manager in recruiting of commercial resources.
8. Support the Senior Commercial Manager in providing contractual and commercial training to all staff in the CMDP business.
9. Support the Senior Commercial Manager in review and continuous development of commercial processes and procedures.
10. Undertake approvals to gates and other processes in accordance with the CMDP authority matrix.
11. Deputise for the Senior Commercial Manager as and when required.

Experience:

1. A comprehensive level of commercial experience preferably with a contracting organisation.
2. BSc or HND in Quantity Surveying or other equivalent construction related subject.
3. Professionally qualified to RICS, CMinstCES or several years' experience in a management & leadership role.
4. NEC3 Contract experience.
5. Preferably previous water/construction experience within a joint venture environment but this is not essential.
6. Experienced user of Microsoft products, Excel in particular.
7. Experience & Knowledge of IT reporting systems.

Key Words:

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