Commercial Manager

City, Liverpool
Boden Group
Boden Group has partnered with a specialist Facilities Services provider who are looking for a Commercial Manager to join their team in the North West on a permanent basis. This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary, company vehicle or allowance, bonus and benefits package.

The Commercial Manager will provide an influential pre and post contract commercial management service to a portfolio of contracts within the public sector FM portfolio. The Commercial Manager will manage numerous stakeholder relationships, including those client representatives; operational teams running the contracts and other colleagues who provide functional support to the contracts (e.g., risk, finance, legal and HR etc.). Furthermore, they will have direct line management for a Assistant Commercial Manager (ACM) also in the area.

This role will cover contracts in Manchester, Liverpool, Barnsley, Stoke and Preston

What will you deliver?

• Identifying, monitoring, and reporting on risks.
• Supporting the management and mitigation of risks at all levels (operational, financial, commercial, technical, etc).
• Management of jeopardy management process.
• Management of variation/change control.
• Leading governance within the contracts to ensure that the requirements of the contract are being complied with.
• Aiding the quality of service by ensuring awareness of contractual responsibilities among all other colleagues (including contract deliverables, scope of services etc.).
• Enforcing commercial compliance (by audit and support against Minimum Commercial Standards).
• Supporting the management of cash under the contract sector.
• The requirement to ensure full commercial governance to all subcontractors.
• Provide day to day commercial support to the account management teams.
• Supporting the identification, management and mitigation of risks at all levels associated with bidding new contracts.
• Leading on KPI reporting and management
• Supporting and leading on the annual paymech weightings review.
• Leading and implementing change in law to the benefit of contracts.

Experience required?

• Relevant Facilities Management experience – ideally from contractor side
• Recent experience of managing and owning complex contract negotiations – highly desirable to be PFI
• Management experience to a small team
• Strong stakeholder engagement expertise
• Flexible on travel across the North West