Role

• Comply with all health and safety and sustainability policies and procedures.
• Provide business support to the Commercial Group. This will involve proactively facilitating our relationship with both internal and external customers by ensuring the completion of necessary commercial reports and documentation.
• Deal directly with internal and external customers and where appropriate direct them to the appropriate contact or department to solve their queries.
• Liaise with all staff including Area Managers, Site Managers, Project Managers and the Commercial Team.
• Ensure contract processes and procedures are adhered to at all times, advising and supporting as required.
• Attend risk meetings, review risk registers and follow risk management processes.
• Identify business priorities and plan work effectively, by building controls and milestones into plans and programmes.
• Comply with business policy and procedures, supporting continuous improvement.
• Explore future possibilities and opportunities for improvement, support change initiatives and identify alternative solutions.
• Support Area Relationship Improvement Plan with clients and area-specific supply chain.
• Obtain commitment from others by persuading, convincing and negotiating. Manage stakeholders utilising experience to negotiate in line with business goal requirements.
• Assist Principal Commercial Manager with dispute avoidance and any dispute resolution.
• Deliver Change Management in accordance with the company’s contract ensuring timescales are met by all relevant stakeholders.
• Management and resolution of queries submitted by the supply chain regarding core services pricing.
• Maintain commercial control to ensure planned milestone payments are achieved, final accounts are closed to meet the business targets.
• Monitor and review supply chain performance.
• Manage supplier payments in line with contractual and company policy.
• Provide post-contract cost control on billable works.

Candidate

• Commercial experience in construction, property maintenance or related field including:
  • Developing cost models
  • Risk Analysis & Management
  • Preparation of work proposals/tenders
  • Dispute resolution
• Excellent working knowledge of commercial processes
• Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Fraud prevention
• Health & Safety Awareness training