We're looking for a Commercial Manager to join our Transportation team based in Brixworth. This is for our highly esteemed maintenance works contract supporting North & West Northamptonshire council roads network. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, matched pension scheme, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, with opportunities to buy/sell leave and even more.

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Brixworth, Northamptonshire

Hours: 40 hours per week 

What will you be responsible for?

As a Commercial Manager, you'll be working within the Commercial team, supporting them in overseeing the commercial and contractual aspects of a local authority term service contract, managing costs, ensuring value for money, and maintaining financial control over highways maintenance and improvement projects. You will be working closely with operational teams, local authority stakeholders, and supply chain partners optimising commercial performance ensuring compliance with contract terms.

Your day to day will include:

• Leading on and managing the commercial performance of the term service contract, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations, monitoring and controlling project costs, adhering to budgets are and mitigating commercial / financial risks
• Working with procurement teams in managing subcontractors and suppliers, negotiating favourable terms and bringing value for money
• Ensuring accurate measurement and valuation of works, including applications for payment, variations, and final accounts, building strong relationships with local authority clients, ensuring service delivery meets expectations and contractual KPIs
• Providing regular commercial reports to senior management and the client, giving transparency in financial performance
• Addressing and resolving commercial disputes efficiently, working collaboratively with legal and operational teams, adhering to relevant legislation, industry standards, and corporate governance policies

What are we looking for?

This role of Commercial Manager is great for you if:

• You can lead and motivate commercial teams successfully within the highways or infrastructure sector, ideally within a local authority term service contract environment, along with a strong understanding of NEC contracts, including administering, negotiating, and managing contractual obligations
• Hold a degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline. MRICS or equivalent professional qualification, proven ability managing  budgets, forecast costs, and driving cost efficiencies.
• Can influence, negotiate, and manage stakeholder relationships effectively., demonstrate an analytical mindset with the ability to assess commercial risks and implement effective solutions

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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