Commercial Manager

Commercial Manager - Required for our client to join their specialist Civil Engineering contracting business based in West Sussex. The Commercial Manager will be working on a prestigious within the Heavy Civil Engineering Sector. The company that the Commercial Manager will be working for are a well-established Civil Engineering contractor, whom work on projects from conception through construction to project delivery. The companies' specialities span across a variety of different sectors including water and waste water, infrastructure and coastal protection.

The Commercial Manager will be leading all aspects of commercial activities within the Commercial and Procurement Departments to mitigate risks and maximise opportunities.

Commercial Manager Position Overview

• Provide awareness of where costs can be minimised and where value can be maximised and ensuring profitability and customer focus are achieved or exceeded.
• Ensure subcontract procurement is administered in line with company procedures.
• Advise on conditions of contract at tender and post contract award status.
• Minimise financial risk to the business.
• Review and management of purchasing, hiring and replacing of plant and vehicles in line with the company's needs.
• Review and management of cost-effective procurement which suits the company's needs and adheres to the required specifications, standards and timescales.
• Monitor all necessary resources, generating and implementing resource plans for present and future business.
• Actively promote and ensure achievement of the company & project KPI's.
• The Commercial Manager will report into the Board of Directors, and will represent the Board for all matters relating to all activities with the Divisional Managers.

Commercial Manager Position Requirements

• Proven experience in a Managing QS or Commercial Management role
• Have 10 years work experience within a Civil Engineering Construction, ideally within the marine and/or water sector
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors membership (RICS) (desirable)
• Experience of Dispute resolution
• Finance Management - CVR's & Financial reporting & processes
• A thorough understanding of Contract awareness - NEC3,4, ECC, ICE & JCT
• Detailed knowledge & understanding of tendering & procurement processes
• Understanding of the certified management systems ISO 9001 -2015, ISO 14001- 2015 & ISO 45001, - 2018

Commercial Manager Position Remuneration

• Salary - Dependant on experience
• Company Car / Allowance
• 25 Days holiday + BH
• Pension up to 10% match
• Phone and Bonus

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries. We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, and contact you in relation to this application and the services we offer.