Commercial Manager (Consultancy)

The Company
Mace is an international consultancy and construction company that has delivered world class projects since 1990. Today we employ over 5,000 people across five global hubs in Europe, Middle East North Africa & India, North America, Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Opportunity
Be a part of our Consultancy business that spans our five global hubs, where we oversee work for world leading organisations across the public and private sectors. We are currently recruiting for a talented and motivated Commercial Manager to join our Cost & Commercial Management business unit, to support on a variety of highways infrastructure commissions and frameworks.
Commercial Manager - Highways
As a Commercial Manager you will be responsible for the management of commercial aspects of the business area including supporting pre-contract and operations, managing commercial risk and opportunity, ensuring accuracy of forecasts and that all commercial reporting procedures are adhered to.
Supporting the delivery of projects providing pre award, procurement and post award contract administration support, monitoring compliance with contract obligations and driving value from the supply chain.
Provision of a "cradle to grave" commercial function for all work packages making up the commission.
Responsibilities Include
Maintain and build relationships with suppliers, monitoring and reporting their performance and compliance.
Prepare recommendations for interim payments to suppliers in accordance with contract requirements and produce payment certificates for sign off by the appropriate Project Manager.
Provide post contract award commercial services for both 'goods' and 'services' up to and including Final Account.
Maintain financial impact assessments for instructed change.
Negotiate on financial impacts of Compensation Events with suppliers
Maintain the project data sets to achieve consistency, accuracy and alignment.
Assist cost and expenditure planning / benchmarking (including the completion of Data Capture Analysis (DCA) sheets) in accordance with client process.
Support cost management, trending estimating and forecasting to the project.
Analyse cost performance data and provide relevant input for monthly performance reports.
Support management of budget and spend profiles continually identifying ways to improve cost performance.
Manage the impact of inflation currencies and exchanges into forecasting and aligned with tracking indices.
Carry out cost impact analysis of proposed changes to scope/schedule.
Assist Project Managers in the preparation of cost reports and analysis on a Work Breakdown Structure /Activity basis, identifying areas of learning and any recommendations for efficiency improvement.
The Requirements
Experience, Knowledge & Skills
Proven experience working in the highways / infrastructure sector
Understanding of value management and programme development and monitoring, ensuring delivery against key milestone targets.
Framework experience beneficial
Excellent interpersonal skills in creating and maintaining relationships, able to converse to clients and peers to director level.
Qualifications
Degree in Quantity Surveying is preferred (or other commercially related discipline).
Professional Memberships are an advantage but not essential.
Mace is an equal opportunities employer.
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