Commercial; Performance and Business Support Manager - Urgent

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for someone coming from a Finance or Commercial Manager background to join an exciting and dynamic joint venture.

This organisation operates in the construction industry, so relevant experience in construction or infrastructure/utilities is required for this role.

An understanding on business operations at a grass-roots level and end-to-end procurement practices, bid management and contract management is also required.


The Role

In this role you will be responsible for but not exclusively limited to the following:

• Confidently dealt with all levels of management (including the Board) and establish and maintain positive relationships with partners.
• Lead and develop commercial plans including budgeting and forecasting for the short, medium and long term.
• Co-lead the supply chain and procurement model.
• Manage the financial planning calendar and implement appropriate review processes.
• Lead and continuously improve data, information, quality and performance.
• Analyse performance, including progress against TOC (financial and non-financial) etc.
• Manage budgets, expenses, pricing and commercial arrangements.
• Manage and report on the risks identified (risk assessment table) at TOC Development. Assess risks involved with new initiatives.
• Take a lead role in advising around pricing of variations, seeking appropriate approvals and reporting on delivery.
• Drive efficiency to ensure contracts remain financially viable and delivers on budget.
• Drive financial performance and value for money decisions.
• Support the ALT by conducting analysis of commercial opportunities.
• Resolve contractual and commercial difficulties.
• Ensure that all stakeholders understand and adhere to contractual commercial obligations.
• Manage financial aspects of contracts and agreements to protect the interest of the organisation.
• Formulate reports concerning such areas as work progress, costs, programme and quality.
• Ensure deadlines are met and be ready to handle unexpected situations.
• Provide technical support, training and assist in other areas and the wider industry, where appropriate
• Manage 6 staff members offering support, guidance and mentorship.

What you need

To be successful in this role you need to have demonstrated:

• 5 + years’ experience in a commercial, performance, and business support manager role (or similar)
• Experience in infrastructure and/or construction projects
• Extensive staff management over 5+ years
• Exemplary financial management skills
• Contract and contractor management
• End-to-end understanding and working knowledge of the procurement function, specifically bid management and contract management
• Sound understanding of commercial data; ability to offer analysis, interpretation and decision advice
• Business operations experience
• Proven ability to write sound Board reports and presentations
• Strong, practical problem solving skills with a commercial focus
• Excellent relationship and influencing skills to solicit buy-in from a wide range of stakeholders
• Ability to contribute to the strategic direction of the SLT
• Outstanding leadership and organisational skills
• Strong risk management skills
• Strong collaboration skills and bringing together a cohesive team to gain positive outcomes.
• Excellent knowledge of performance evaluation and change management principles
• Experience delivering projects with a high level of public visibility and interest.

Experience operating under an Alliance/Joint Venture model is highly desirable!

For more information on this role, please contact Danae Young by email [email protected], or click APPLY on the link below.