Commercial Director

Job description / Role

My client is a leading, international design consultancy working on highway, marine and major utility projects throughout the Middle East.

They are looking for a Commercial Director to lead all aspects of the Middle East business whilst minimizing the risk profile of the organization through leadership and governance of all commercial and legal activities during the lifecycle of any bid or contract award.

Key responsibilities of the Commercial Director include:

- Supporting opportunities and leading commercial, financial and contract development work streams through to financial close and award
- Leading all aspects of support and governance of bid opportunities across the Middle East business
- Ensuring commercial handover is communicated and understood from bid to operational delivery
- Being the practical and professional senior person responsible for all pre-contract commercial and legal escalation issues
- Motivating and developing employees across the business to improve quality and consistency of commercial performance and match the demands of the business going forward
- Supporting the raising of commercial awareness and performance within all operational and business development teams
- Being an active member of the Group Commercial and Development team, contributing to strategy and policy, decision making and direction & the development of an enhanced commercial culture in the business

Requirements

The Commercial Director will have:

- A minimum of 15 years of experience in a consulting environment
- Previous Middle East experience
- A background as a Qualified Commercial Practitioner with significant experience in contract and commercial law
- Significant experience in operational management and financial structuring of opportunities

The Commercial Director will be a Chartered Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) and will have a network of internal as well as external contacts to ensure that their commercial knowledge is topical, using systems to gather and analyse business intelligence and market information to inform tender pricing strategies.

About the Company

Leap29 is a Global Recruitment Business established in 2000. In line with our success and vision we have grown organically to our current size, where we source professional applicants for clients around the globe in Oil & Gas, Construction & Engineering, Power, Mining, Legal & Finance and Pharmaceuticals. With new offices recently established in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, USA and Malaysia we are now even better placed to service our clients & candidates around the world. Organisations in 89 countries have used Leap29's quality controlled and audited service to source candidates which they were unable to access through their own network. As an organisation, we strive to deliver a highly professional and effective search solution to all our customers. We achieve our greatest success through our highly evolved referral network of senior professionals and our ability to source expatriate, repatriate or local candidates. Tailored Business solutions are offered to our partners depending on their specific need. These are predominantly retained, contingency & interim services. Leap29 continues to successfully deliver to large multinationals and small SME niche businesses alike.