Job Description

Role: Commercial Contract Manager

Location: London/ Hybrid (2 days/week on site)

IR35: Inside

Rate: £575/day (MAX)

Duration: 12 Months

As a Commercial Contracts Manager your main responsibilities will be:

Post-contract award administration of a range of construction and professional service contracts

Developing and managing variations/change control and other contract mechanisms.

Support Senior Commercial Manager and where within experience provide commercial advice and support to relevant Stakeholders in developing commercial strategy.

Analysis and Issue resolution – make effective decisions and risk mitigation, escalating to Senior Commercial Manager where necessary. Drive continuous improvement of processes.

Support negotiations with suppliers to vary or change contracts, obtaining and managing input for operational colleagues and others as directed

Comply with all Departmental controls relating to commercial practice and otherwise, including strict adherence to their delegated authorities, governance, legislation and policy as appropriate

Support the operational project sponsors to deliver business objectives

Use contract management systems appropriately to ensure all commercial decisions are evidenced and auditable

Leading conflict and issue resolution with suppliers and stakeholders, seeking support from the Senior Commercial Manager where appropriate.

Develop and maintain positive relationships with relevant stakeholders, e.g. estates, operations and finance.

Proactively work with service providers to develop innovative commercial solutions and value -added proposals

Essential:

A proven track record working in the infrastructure/construction or property environment

The ability to successfully influence senior internal and external stakeholders

Excellent communication skills

Demonstrable success working as both part of a team and independently (remote-working)

Desirable:

Use of NEC3/NEC4 or PPC2000 forms of contract

Client-side experience

Regulated (Procurement Regs, OJEU) experience

Experience working with projects of a similar scale and complexity (c.£20m schemes as a minimum)

Lifecycle experience; pre-contract strategy, managing procurement, post-contract experience (if possible)

Good working knowledge and experience of Procurement systems (e.g. Oracle and/or Bravo) and file management systems (e.g. 4Projects)

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. 

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on (phone number removed).

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on (phone number removed)