Senior Commercial Manager

Job Description:
Boden Group is seeking experienced Commercial professionals who are in the Cheltenham / Gloucestershire area to lead a large Facilities Management contract. This role is varied and opportunity to impress on the businesses flagship contract. We would ideally like someone with a strong supply chain experience but this is not essential.
Responsibilities:
Be the contractual expert for your Operating Unit, providing timely information, analysis, advice and collaboration to the operational and administration teams
Work closely with the operational and administration teams to ensure understanding of the key requirements, including those which affect financial recovery and risk and the commercial / financial analysis of the business
Provide support to identify and price variations (capital works and services) and enforce the requisite contractual processes to achieve proper payment
Optimize income, income recovery and profitability to achieve or exceed budgeted financial performance. Regularly monitor income and instigate action to ensure prompt payment
Proactively monitor and mitigate performance deductions and ensuring good jeopardy management, reporting and actions to mitigate including training/awareness
Proactively identify all significant risks and opportunities, prioritizing activities to secure opportunities and mitigate risks, keep business fully informed and aware
Commercial management of subcontracts and suppliers ensuring robust appropriate rules of engagement including pass down liabilities
Ensure the timely and accurate production of contractual performance and commercial Services reporting
Create, maintain and enforce policies, procedures and governance to manage commercial risk
Support and perform any ad-hoc duties at the discretion of the Account Director or, Head of Commercial, or Commercial Director
Liaison with all contractual parties to administer any associated side agreements e.g. interface agreement, fm agreement, project agreement, direct agreement, collateral warranties
Continually liaise with operational teams to ensure a thorough exchange of relevant information so that all chargeable works are identified
Requirements:
Commercial awareness - Understands and applies commercial and financial principles. Views issues in terms of costs, profits, markets and added value.
NEC3/PFI forms of contract experience required
Degree in quantity surveying/commercial management or similar
Persuasiveness - Influences, convinces or impresses others in a way that results in acceptance, agreement or behavior change
Demonstrable experience of commercial management of Contracts in the order of £10m+ per annum of turnover, preferably within the FM market
Proven experience in managing claims and disputes to a successful outcome
Proven experience in benchmarking / Market Testing of FM Services
A good understanding and experience of PFI contracts preferably in a sensitive environment are key for this role
Experience of facilities management contracts with a particular focus on hard services
Able to identify and quickly mitigate risk
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