Senior Commercial Manager

Brighton, Sussex
Boden Group

Senior Commercial Manager – PFI
Position Overview

We are recruiting for an exciting opportunity as a Senior Commercial Manager to join an excellent and supportive team. You will provide a world class service to deliver commercial insight on business performance to influence the decision making process, drive profitable growth and support the delivery of the organisations long term strategic goals.

Responsibilities

• Be the contractual expert for your Operating Unit, providing timely information, analysis, advice and collaboration to the operational and administration teams
• Work closely with the operational and administration teams to ensure understanding of the key requirements, including those which affect financial recovery and risk and the commercial / financial analysis of the business
• Lead on strategic matters across your Operating Unit e.g. benchmarking, market testing, key negotiation on complex change and commercial matters
• Provide support to identify and price variations (capital works and services) and enforce the requisite contractual processes to achieve proper payment
• Pro-actively monitor and mitigate performance deductions and ensuring good jeopardy management, reporting and actions to mitigate including training/awareness,
• Pro- actively identify all significant risks and opportunities, prioritising activities to secure opportunities and mitigate risks, keep business fully informed and aware
• Commercial management of subcontracts and suppliers ensuring robust appropriate rules of engagement including pass down liabilities.
• Establish and maintain good responsive communication with the customer and any other end clients.
• Ensure the timely and accurate production of contractual performance and commercial Services reporting
• Create, maintain and enforce policies, procedures and governance to manage commercial risk.
• Support and perform any ad-hoc duties at the discretion of the Account Director or, Head of Commercial, or Commercial Director
• Liaison with all contractual parties to administer any associated side agreements e.g. interface agreement, fm agreement, project agreement, direct agreement, collateral warranties
• Ensure compliance with Authority Guidance and that the Commercial Portal is accurately updated with all requisite information
• Continually liaise with operational teams to ensure a through exchange of relevant information so that all chargeable works are identified.

What we are looking for

• Commercial awareness – Understands and applies commercial and financial principles. Views issues in terms of costs, profits, markets and added value.
• Degree in quantity surveying/commercial management or similar
• Creativity and innovation – Creates new and imaginative approaches to work-related issues. Identifies fresh approaches and shows a willingness to question traditional assumptions.
• Demonstrable experience of commercial management of Contracts in the order of 10m+ per annum of turnover, preferably within the FM market
• Proven experience in managing claims and disputes to a successful outcome
• A good understanding and experience of PFI contracts preferably in a health environment are key for this role.
• Experience of facilities management contracts with a particular focus on hard services.
• Able to identify and quickly mitigate risk.