Senior Commercial Manager

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Job Role: Senior Commercial Manager - Project Controls, Change & Risk
Location: Blyth

ISG have recently secured a £500m new build Battery Gigaplant project in Blyth.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Commercial Manager who has good knowledge of Project Controls and can give examples of having administered, set up and goverened commercial process and procedures.

What’s in it for you?

• Basic salary plus car/travel allowance
• Private healthcare including private GP service
• Discounts such as gym, cinema etc to ensure you’re still reaping the benefits of ISG even when you leave the office
• Pension scheme
• Your work-life balance really matters to us, so in addition to your holiday allowance we have a You Day to allow you to take an extra day off to celebrate a special event, spend time with your family or just do something that will make your life easier or more enjoyable.
• By joining a growing division of ISG, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career in a fully supportive environment
  

What will you be doing?

Accurate And Timely Project Financial Management

• Conduct start-up meetings with the financial team within first week of contract award for allocated projects
• Ensure project team approach is clearly aligned with ISG’s expectations for the specific project
• Monitor financial resources on allocated projects to DCM, ensuring key risks are clearly identified and brought to the attention of Project Director/ Commercial Lead.
• Completion of all identified actions to deadlines Proactive project and technical support:
• Hold regular financial review for allocated projects, held on project site, with project financial team to address financial performance, identify potential issues or problems and collaborate to deliver solutions
• Provide accurate and timely feedback and guidance to the project financial teams on allocated projects
• Ownership for implementing solutions and closing issues where appropriate in support of the project financial team
• Timely transfer of skills and experience to the project financial teams on allocated projects to ensure they deliver to the required targeted margins
• Attend monthly financial meetings and contribute as required by PD/ CL.
  

Effective People Management

• Provide clear, appropriate and timely feedback on performance, attitude and behaviour to project financial individual team members on allocated projects.
• Develop and implement a mechanism for allocated project financials to share, with project construction team’s continuity of approach and lessons
• Ensure that the outcomes of sharing approach and lessons learnt are shared with relevant colleagues, when appropriate
• Act promptly and positively to address performance or behaviour issues when they arise, utilizing the support of HR.
  

Skills & Experience

The successful candidate will demonstrate direct experience of different project values up to £200m, and different contract forms which need to include one of the management forms, 2 stage, single stage and Design & Build. This person is also likely to be either MCIOB or RICS.
The candidate’s background should include all or most of the following experience:

• Experience in establishing, managing and leading a large project team and/or multiple smaller project
• Experience of most forms of contract
• Relationships with clients/consultants and suppliers which will raise profile of the division and lead to new
• Experience in claims resolution both with the Employer and Trade
• Evidence of strong interpersonal and people management skills are essential
• Demonstrably commercially focused with a proven track record of delivering high quality results whilst maintaining positive relationships in difficult financial environments
• Allocation of risk and maximisation of profit in single stage fixed price procurement routes
• Ability to multi task
• Ability to understand the wider picture whilst devoting attention to detail
  

How to apply

If you’d like to be part of #TeamISG – to dream smart, speak frankly, always care and never stop learning – the next step is to make your application by following the link below.

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