Commercial Manager

Job Title: Commercial Manager

Location: Stone, Staffordshire, UK (Remote work can be discussed however office presence will be required from time to time)

Duration: 6 months+ Extendable contract

Job Description

Commercial Manager

• Undertaking contract and commercial support for the UK transformer business of a global technology leader in the energy sector.
• Provide guidance and leadership on contract related matters to cross functional business team members
• Ensure project team members are aware of their responsibilities and roles to engender a team approach to contract management
• Develop contract strategies based on company policies, customer requirements, and the overall execution strategy considering risk, pricing, scope, and schedule
• Identify the contract baseline (including terms and conditions, specifications, drawings, estimate, proposal, schedule and other documents incorporated in the contract) and highlights areas of opportunities and potential risk
• Ensure timely and accurate execution of commercial aspects on a portfolio of contracts and subcontracts (i.e. payments, claims, variation orders, warranties, provisions, guarantees, etc); and maintain registers accordingly
• Verify that all parties to the contract have fulfilled their contractual obligations and there are no responsibilities outstanding
• Ensure that the assigned portfolio of contracts and/or specific projects follow contract and claim management methodologies in accordance with applicable procedures and terms
• Together with the business Legal Representatives, develop the negotiation strategy and support negotiations
• Support the Legal team in handling formal dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration proceedings
• Align with Legal to draft, negotiate and finalize agreements during the sales and project execution phases.
• Remote work: can be discussed however office presence will be required from time to time