Commercial Manager

Up to £385/day inside of IR35

6 Months initial contract

Based in Glasgow

Our client is a well-established Nationwide Rail company whose professionalism and well-respected name have been instrumental in their success.

Our client is looking for a Commercial Manager who has Drainage and Signalling experience. The focus of the role will be about Data Management, Contract Management and Oracle.

What you will need:

Essential

• 5 years’ experience in commercially managing investment projects within a rail environment.
• Demonstrable relevant experience within Drainage and Signalling
• Good understanding of railway and construction industry forms of contract
• Good understanding of the construction/railway industry
• Good negotiation skills

Desirable

• Educated to degree standard in related subject
• Membership of a relevant professional institute, chartered status
• Significant experience of working within a generalist commercial environment

The role:

• Support the Programme and project teams in monitoring for breaches of corporate governance –compliance with Corporate Governance rules in a timely manner.
• Manage cost reporting of all allocated projects within the reporting framework including Cost Forecasting, Anticipated Final Cost, Cost of Work Done, Gross Billing and Current Contract Value.
• Monitor, manage and report on all commercial aspects of allocated projects, flagging issues and proposing mitigation actions at the earliest opportunity to Project Manager and/or Programme Commercial Manager (functional reporting line) and/or Senior Commercial Manager.
• Monitor awareness of all site activities on allocated projects in order to influence decision making from a commercial perspective. Review contractor delivery; including leading valuation of medium value/medium risk contracts & attending all progress meetings to actively influence contractor’s commercial behaviours, delivery and activity.

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