Commercial Manager

Job Description

Due to recent contract wins our Social Infrastructure team are looking for an experienced Commercial Manager. Previous experience of working on Social Housing refurbishment contracts would be beneficial.

The role will encompass both work winning and the delivery of live projects whilst providing strong functional leadership, management, governance and excellence for all commercial activities pre and post contract, across either a single large project or portfolio of projects.

• Ensure that United Living’s SHEQ standards, operating processes and company policies are understood and adhered to at all times and that, as far as is reasonably practicable, legislative requirements are complied with.
• Ensure that all employees are induction in the United Way of working and ensure that all employees are complying with and adopting this in their daily disciplines.
• Act in a professional manner in everything you do such that the Company’s reputation is enhanced.

• Assist in the preparation of tenders as directed and attend pre contract meetings and reviews as necessary.
• Support the bid and estimating teams and study documents and advise on onerous conditions therein, offering solutions when appropriate and work with the bid team to create an achievable profit plan for each scheme.

• Contribute fully to the development and implementation of Company policies and procedures.
• Marketing the business with existing and new clients to assist the business development team.

• Agree target margins for project/s responsible for.
• Perform Commercial Lead function and engage with the project team(s) to ensure consistent delivery of successful projects in order to support the achievement of United Living business objectives and to deliver the target margins.
• Attend site meetings as necessary.
• Actively interrogate all appropriate financial and contractual information ensuring that it accurately forecasts project(s) position and value, costs & margins against the target margin and profit plans.
• Ensure any changes and solutions are agreed with the Head of Depts prior to implementation.
• Support the Heads of Depts to ensure that all significant contract issues and correspondence and all necessary contractual processes have been observed, notices issued, records kept, and documents stored by the team to protect the company’s position.
• Provide advice to the management team on contractual, valuation and measurement matters.

• Review and when necessary, facilitate subcontract enquiries including formulating the tender list in consultation with the wider management team and subsequent analysis and assessment of subcontract quotations.
• Review and agree project procurement strategy with Head of Depts and ensure implementation.
• Support the Group Procurement Department buying deals by ensuring they are communicated to subcontractors at tender stage and applied at order stage.
• Negotiate sub-contract packages to deliver the most favourable outcome for the company.
• Check that at all times, the drafting and placement of sub-contracts are being completed following the Company’s authorisation procedure and ensure no subcontractors commence on site without a subcontract order fully completed.

• Ensure that surveyors understand their responsibilities for the preparation and negotiation of interim valuations and final accounts.
• Develop & maintain close relationships with customers, consultants & subcontractors to continuously improve customer experience, improve our company position and obtain repeat & negotiated business.
• Ensure monthly valuations are invoiced, paid, in full and on time.
• Ensure that any agreement with client representatives is documented.
• Ensure that adequate records are kept in respect of any future claims.
• Prepare and once approved by line manager submit and negotiate all necessary contractual claims Subcontract.
• Ensure that surveyors prepare and negotiate interim valuations and final accounts including all necessary measurement as well as making sure that any agreement of variations with supply chain is documented.
• Ensure surveyors…