Commercial Manager
- Recruiter
- Turner & Townsend Limited
- Location
- Bristol
- Salary
- DOE
- Posted
- 31 Mar 2017
- Closes
- 26 Apr 2017
- Sectors
- Business Opportunities
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Senior / Commercial Manager - Bristol
Turner & Townsend are a leading independent professional services company specialising in programme management, project management, cost management and consulting - We have an opportunity across Defence and Utilities and seek various levels of Commercial Experts within the Commercial Function and responsible for: Sourcing, Sales, Contract Management, Disposals and Corporate Activities i.e. Policy, Training and Supplier Relations. Contracting authority for all contracts up to level of delegation agreed circaGBP100M.
STAFF ONLY POSITION
Sourcing
Role may include advising senior Delivery team staff on acquisition strategies for procurements circa GBP100M. Supported by a team of commercial practitioners, assists / manages major competitive or single source processes and sourcing activities, including development of invitations to tender or negotiate, including complex contracts requiring non-standard pricing conditionsor bespoke T&C's.
Sourcing responsibilities include:
*Accountable for ensuring that commercial strategies contribute to cross departmental procurement agenda.
*Conducts commercial assurance of business cases, commercial strategies and contracting approaches, to ensure that sound commercial practices are being applied.
*Accountable for providing commercial service delivery within budget, on time, and for providing commercial inputs to the project schedule.
*Leads complex and business critical or strategically important negotiations.
*Examines risks to project commercial success and implements appropriate mitigations.
*Assists Delivery Team leaders to develop commercial strategies.
*Develops supplier management strategies in order to maximise commercial leverage.
*Devises and develops the strategy for transition to contract management.
Contract Management
Role may include management of the largest contracts, including complex contracts with multiple supply chains. Supported by commercial practitioners, is authorised to make changes to cost and schedule for such contracts, accept deliveries (compliant and non-compliant), take enforcement steps as appropriate, and lead contractor performance management assessments.
Contract Management responsibilities include:
*Development and implementation of effective contract and supplier management strategies, to extract maximum value from contracts, motivate performance and drive innovation.
*Development and implementation of contract management plans, compliance and obligations matrices.
*Proactive monitoring and contract management, to deliver enduring thru-life value-for-money solutions.
*Providing contract management inputs to the project schedule (project action tracker);
*Monitoring supplier performance against set KPIs, to deliver successful outcomes - time, cost and performance.
*Establishing effective contract management information systems.
*Providing timely feedback on supplier performance issues, successes, and contractual risk to senior project leaders.
*Enforcing contracts through generating considerations, identifying performance trends and taking appropriate action, evaluating non-conformance, dispute resolution, and applying enforcement tools and remedies to secure consideration and compensation as appropriate.
*Leads and supports allocated Project Team engagements with suppliers when commercial aspects might be affected.
Corporate
Role may include conducting the senior level assurance and due diligence of Commercial activity, enforcing adherence to Commercial policy, managing the development of staff within the Commercial Function and supporting training delivery as an SME, supporting the UK Brexit planning and implementation in respect to client contracts, succession planning and resource recruitment and allocation.
Specific knowledge acquired by obtaining a technical/professional qualification and/or post graduate qualification, in addition to role specific knowledge and experience that would be expected of an established professional or fellow of a relevant professional institute who regularly provides information and advice as part of a professional, technical or managerial role. This would typically be the level of knowledge expected of an established Subject Matter Expert (SME). The role requires knowledge acquired by obtaining CIPS / Chartered status as well as additional in depth relevant work experience.
Specifically the role requires the following:
*Significant experience of either Contract Management or Contract Placement (Sourcing) with some experience of the other, in single source and competitive markets.
*An understanding of Domain sectors and the ability to make commercial decisions based on established policy, commercial levers and relevant past experience.
TURNER & TOWNSEND:
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services provider that supports organisations that invest in, own and operate assets.
Working from over 100 offices in over 40 countries. We help organisations succeed by managing risk while maximising value and performance during the construction and operation of their assets.
We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Turner & Townsend are a leading independent professional services company specialising in programme management, project management, cost management and consulting - We have an opportunity across Defence and Utilities and seek various levels of Commercial Experts within the Commercial Function and responsible for: Sourcing, Sales, Contract Management, Disposals and Corporate Activities i.e. Policy, Training and Supplier Relations. Contracting authority for all contracts up to level of delegation agreed circaGBP100M.
STAFF ONLY POSITION
Sourcing
Role may include advising senior Delivery team staff on acquisition strategies for procurements circa GBP100M. Supported by a team of commercial practitioners, assists / manages major competitive or single source processes and sourcing activities, including development of invitations to tender or negotiate, including complex contracts requiring non-standard pricing conditionsor bespoke T&C's.
Sourcing responsibilities include:
*Accountable for ensuring that commercial strategies contribute to cross departmental procurement agenda.
*Conducts commercial assurance of business cases, commercial strategies and contracting approaches, to ensure that sound commercial practices are being applied.
*Accountable for providing commercial service delivery within budget, on time, and for providing commercial inputs to the project schedule.
*Leads complex and business critical or strategically important negotiations.
*Examines risks to project commercial success and implements appropriate mitigations.
*Assists Delivery Team leaders to develop commercial strategies.
*Develops supplier management strategies in order to maximise commercial leverage.
*Devises and develops the strategy for transition to contract management.
Contract Management
Role may include management of the largest contracts, including complex contracts with multiple supply chains. Supported by commercial practitioners, is authorised to make changes to cost and schedule for such contracts, accept deliveries (compliant and non-compliant), take enforcement steps as appropriate, and lead contractor performance management assessments.
Contract Management responsibilities include:
*Development and implementation of effective contract and supplier management strategies, to extract maximum value from contracts, motivate performance and drive innovation.
*Development and implementation of contract management plans, compliance and obligations matrices.
*Proactive monitoring and contract management, to deliver enduring thru-life value-for-money solutions.
*Providing contract management inputs to the project schedule (project action tracker);
*Monitoring supplier performance against set KPIs, to deliver successful outcomes - time, cost and performance.
*Establishing effective contract management information systems.
*Providing timely feedback on supplier performance issues, successes, and contractual risk to senior project leaders.
*Enforcing contracts through generating considerations, identifying performance trends and taking appropriate action, evaluating non-conformance, dispute resolution, and applying enforcement tools and remedies to secure consideration and compensation as appropriate.
*Leads and supports allocated Project Team engagements with suppliers when commercial aspects might be affected.
Corporate
Role may include conducting the senior level assurance and due diligence of Commercial activity, enforcing adherence to Commercial policy, managing the development of staff within the Commercial Function and supporting training delivery as an SME, supporting the UK Brexit planning and implementation in respect to client contracts, succession planning and resource recruitment and allocation.
Specific knowledge acquired by obtaining a technical/professional qualification and/or post graduate qualification, in addition to role specific knowledge and experience that would be expected of an established professional or fellow of a relevant professional institute who regularly provides information and advice as part of a professional, technical or managerial role. This would typically be the level of knowledge expected of an established Subject Matter Expert (SME). The role requires knowledge acquired by obtaining CIPS / Chartered status as well as additional in depth relevant work experience.
Specifically the role requires the following:
*Significant experience of either Contract Management or Contract Placement (Sourcing) with some experience of the other, in single source and competitive markets.
*An understanding of Domain sectors and the ability to make commercial decisions based on established policy, commercial levers and relevant past experience.
TURNER & TOWNSEND:
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services provider that supports organisations that invest in, own and operate assets.
Working from over 100 offices in over 40 countries. We help organisations succeed by managing risk while maximising value and performance during the construction and operation of their assets.
We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.