We are seeking an experienced Head of Commercial responsible to lead on developing commercial arrangements from concept through the execution which deliver long-term profitable and cash generative contracts. This will be achieved by working closely with internal and external stakeholder to understand cultural, behavioural and operational drivers, and enshrining this into effective commercial models and mechanisms.

The role will play a key part in growth alongside other business leaders.

Location: Devonport Dockyard Naval Base, Plymouth ( this role will cover Nationwide)

Hours: Full Time, Permanent, 40 hours per week

Responsibilities

As a Head of Commercial you'll be working within the Devonport Dockyard team, supporting them in the redevelopment project at a Royal Navy site, 

Your day to day will include:

• Lead on the development of commercial strategies in response to new opportunities to maximise longevity of profit and cash for Kier.
• Build strategic relationships with customers, JV partners and key supply chain to positively shape and respond to opportunities
• Work with Bid teams to develop responses and proposals for new opportunities, seeking to optimise commercial solutions to support profitable delivery.
• Work with Project Director(s) to develop Kier's offering and present these to clients. Discuss and present commercial arrangements to deliver most optimum solutions for clients and Kier.
• Work with Business Development teams to scope and define the most advantageous commercial arrangements. Work with finance teams to identify solutions that maximise the returns.

What are we looking for?

This role of Head of Commercial is great for you if:

• Proven commercial leader with a track record of delivering successful projects/frameworks/portfolios
• Experience of developing commercial arrangements from concepts through to live contracts
• Experience of presenting and selling the benefit of commercial arrangements
• Ability to negotiate and influence across internal and external stakeholders and bring them along the journey

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.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role you will be required to complete a Government Security Check BPSS Clearance,  which takes place before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. (Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us - to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit www.kier.co.uk/careers/making-ground). This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier