Commercial Manager

The Role

Are you someone who understands and can find solutions to affect the impact of commercial and technical changes at strategic level? If you've answered yes, you sound like our kind of person.

You’ll have a proven background with a large UK Main Contractor, able to demonstrate leading commercial teams on a range of projects across healthcare, life science and commercial sectors.

VINCI Building have an opportunity for a driven individual with experience of managing all commercial aspects on mid to large scale construction projects across.

You will be responsible for a number of deliverables, supporting the region and wider teams on the commercial aspects of a diverse range of mid to large new build and refurbishment projects for a broad customer base, typically across our principal sector of healthcare, but also education, Life Sciences and commercial sectors.

• Anticipate and plan change in commercial resource within a project or projects to meet changing demands
• Support and react positively to organisational change.
• Tendering and Pre-contract activities, providing commercial support to the tendering & work winning process, and preparing commercial reports as necessary.
• Start-up of new Projects, actively participate in the implementation of project commercial start up procedures.
• Procurement, ensuring that materials and off-site services are procured in an efficient manner with capable organisations in accordance with VINCI Building procurement policy.
• Ensure the delivery of subcontract procurement in accordance with the procurement schedule timetable and the VINCI Building procurement policy.
• Carry out gap analysis between packages to ensure full and complete subcontract procurement takes place
• Ensure inclusive invitations to tender are prepared and full tender evaluations are completed then make recommendations to award in accordance with the VINCI Building procurement process.
• Work with supply chain to promote and measure continuous improvement in terms of cost, quality and learning of all parties.
• Applications for payment and invoicing, maximise cash flow through timely preparation of valuations, submission of invoices and receipt of payment.
• Manage prompt preparation and settlement of final accounts, including variations, claims and disputes.
• Cost Control, identify, manage, reduce and drive out unnecessary costs and inefficient activities, monitoring subcontract costs to ensure that the project meets and/or exceeds targets.
• Accounting and reporting, produce accurate and timely CVR reports and forecasts and contribute towards the setting of financial targets.
• Risk and Opportunity Management, identify early project risks and opportunities and ensure that they are managed.

• Holds the relevant qualification (e.g., Degree in Quantity Surveying)
• You have demonstrable experience within a large UK Main Contractor on a range of projects, principally Healthcare new build and refurbishment projects, managing all commercial aspects on mid to large construction projects turning over in excess of £10m per annum.
• Strong knowledge of NEC forms of contract

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Building is about recognising and celebrating each other's differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process, please contact us directly.

VINCI Building recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.