Senior Commercial Manager in Cheltenham

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
• Optimise income, income recovery and profitability to achieve or exceed budgeted financial performance. Regularly monitor income and instigate action to ensure prompt payment
• Pro-actively monitor and mitigate performance deductions and ensuring good jeopardy management, reporting and actions to mitigate including training/awareness,
• Pro- actively identify all significant risks and opportunities, prioritising 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 through exchange of relevant information so that all chargeable works are identified.

What we are looking for

• 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 behaviour 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.