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Mitie has an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Manager to come and join our Team! The Commercial Manager shall coordinate with other support functions and dedicated contract roles to understand and deliver required commercial solutions and provide day to day commercial management support to the contract teams. This role will also see the Commercial Manager at the forefront of identifying and managing legal, financial and commercial risks and opportunities in collaboration with the contract team. Driving the uptake and creating awareness of commercial best practice and internal governance policies and procedures will also be an integral part of the role. The successful candidate will be a dedicated member of the contract team responsible for the delivery of exceptional Commercial Management support to the contract and provide guidance to the wider team on a multitude of issues ranging from contract performance, variations and damage claims, through to the successful resolution of construction defects and associated disputes.The Commercial Manager shall coordinate with other support functions and dedicated contract roles to understand and deliver commercial solutions and provide day to day commercial management support to the contract teams. This role will also see the Commercial Manager at the forefront of identifying and managing legal, financial and commercial risks and opportunities in collaboration with the contract team. Driving the uptake and creating awareness of commercial best practice and internal governance policies and procedures will also be an integral part of the role.
Main Duties
1. Advising contract teams on queries and interpretations regarding contract terms including liabilities, payment mechanisms, KPIs, scope and specification requirements to drive efficiencies and reduce scope creep.
2. Ensures risk & opportunity registers are maintained by account management teams and all items have clear action plans.
3. Supports the management of risks and opportunities identified by the account teams
4. Provides support to account teams on contract variations and change orders ensuring they are executed in accordance with the specific requirements of the contract and compliance with internal policies and procedures.
5. Supports the Operation Director and Contract Manager to keep core contract data up-to-date and accurate.
6. Supports the preparation of position papers and commercial reviews for escalations of major issues and risks.
7. Prepares documentation and reviews contract documents to support the submission of variation documentation.
8. Inputs to the development and improvement of internal systems and commercial processes and procedures.
9. Ensure the appropriate governance is followed for all documents requiring sign-off and signature by the appropriate internal stakeholders.
What we are looking for
10. Essential Competencies for the role shall include:
11. Substantial experience in Commercial Contract Management
12. Experienced in Risk and Opportunity Management
13. Experienced in resolving complex issues through problem solving and negotiations
14. Experienced in managing KPI's and Payment Mechanisms
15. Understands key contract provisions critical for managing the contract risk profile
16. Desirable
17. PFI experience, ideally in Healthcare
18. Experience of managing challenging clients
19. Defect management experience
20. Negotiating and/or supporting settelement agreements
21. Experiences at drafting and/or reviewing variation documents including sub-contract agreements
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.