Commercial Manager

Job description / Role

Key Responsibilities:
• Provide direct contracts and commercial support to the General Manager in the drafting and implementation of contract renewal, amendments, and commercial strategies, with a focus on effective management of risk and delivery of maximum return within existing contracts.
• To work with the bid teams and lead the commercial responses both pricing and contractual elements for tenders.
• Manage and review contractual terms and conditions and their negotiation to ensure that the company liabilities and legal/contractual obligations are defined, communicated, and qualifications correctly incorporated into a tender response.
• Ensuring where appropriate client, partner, and subcontractor due diligence is undertaken.
• Identifying, managing, and reporting on key risks and issues.
• Managing contractual disputes and claims.
• Providing commercial input to the required processes regarding contract changes, approval of new opportunities, etc.
• Ensure that Contracting activity is in full compliance with company requirements with respect to Company best practice guidelines.
• Drafting and negotiating sub-contracts to ensure the flow down of contractual risk is implemented where applicable.
• Contract administration responsibility, contract reviews, amendments incentive performance, etc. in order to ensure that all costs are fully recovered and are accounted for.
• Oversee the preparation of annual project budgets and re-forecasts and prepare consolidated annual divisional operational budgets and forecasts in the service line.
• Ensuring that periodic contract audits and reviews are undertaken.
• Develop and sustain professional working relationships with clients and internal support functions.

Key Qualifications and Skills:
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or BSC (Hons.) in Quantity Surveying with professional membership of a relevant recognized institute (RICS, MICArb, etc.)
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in commercial Management
• Candidates from a contracting background will be preferred and worked on EPC projects in the Oil and Gas industry
• Held previous roles such as Project Commercial and Contracts Manager
• Previous Gulf experience is preferable but not mandatory.

About the Company

Sunshine Enterprise is an industry-leading Staffing and Recruitment Firm. Our clients are fortune 500 companies, high growth start-up companies, government, and private equity firms, and lead professional services firms. As a leading force in the business landscape, we take pride in bringing together great people and great organizations by fostering a work environment that values creativity, diversity, and growth.