Senior Commercial Manager

Senior Commercial Manager

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Location:

National

Opportunity:
Senior Commercial Manager to work on the Great Grid Partnership (GGP) with National Grid. The programme covers the next 10 years and involves a range of projects of varying value and duration.

• Actively involve in winning new work and developing appropriate commercial strategies.
• Engage during Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) stages and throughout project delivery.
• Develop and agree a commercial strategy to achieve budget and maximise profitability.
• Manage commercial opportunity, risk and ensure commercial reporting procedures are robustly and timely adhered to.
• Manage, coordinate, supervise and support commercial teams in personal development and advice.
• Manage all commercial aspects including monthly reporting, end‑life forecasting, monthly project reviews and account settlement.
• Proactively manage procurement in line with the supply‑chain vision.
• Rigorous management of contractual processes.
• Negotiate with National Grid on all contractual matters and ensure timely resolution.
• Input into management reports and articulate management information clearly.
• Maintain ownership and proactively close out old projects and legacy issues.
• Understand and promote Morgan Sindall core values.
• Keep abreast of changes in commercial legislation and cascade to wider project teams.
• Deliver contractual awareness training to wider project teams.
• Develop a lessons‑learnt culture to enable continuous improvement.
• Be self‑driven, results‑oriented with a positive outlook and a growth mindset.
• Possess good management skills and the ability to motivate employees to achieve high standards of compliance.
• Display excellent organisational, planning and time‑management skills; manage multiple projects simultaneously without compromising quality.
• Manage the monthly reporting process including cost‑value reporting (CVR).
• Have experience using COINS and commercial management of sub‑contractors including procurement, valuations and final accounts.
• Setup and manage direct labour, plant and materials on projects; possess knowledge and experience of dispute resolution.

• Educated to BSc in Quantity Surveying (or other equivalent commercially related discipline) and working towards professional membership of an appropriate organisation (e.g., RICS/CIOB).
• Experience of a Contract Management System (CEMAR, Fast Draft, etc.).
• Supervisory or management experience within a project commercial team.
• Experience with NEC 3 or 4 essential.
• Established level of experience capable of managing a team while reporting to the Commercial Director for strategic and management guidance.

• Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days.
• Flexible and adaptable working.
• Family‑friendly policies and work/life approach.
• Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Annual bonus scheme up to 15%.
• Recognition scheme and long‑service awards.
• Car scheme and private medical insurance.

Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.

Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.