Commercial Manager

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ref: LP127-2417

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

• To manage post-contract commercial activities for Buildings and infrastructure work on a high-profile project and reporting directly to a Senior Commercial Manager.
• Ensure that Commercial teams are delivering value for money and that fair and effective Commercial Management processes are implemented and maintained throughout the entire project
• Monitor project budget, proactively manage the changes on the project, including project risk registers and contingency with the project’s Delivery teams.
• Liaise with the Estimating team to provide accurate and current project cost data, evaluating high value changes as required
• Tracking commercial performance on projects/ programmes and identifying early warnings and risks making recommendations to the Project Director.
• Delivering commercial reports to a high standard of client satisfaction
• Mentoring the support service members within the Advisory Services Team
• Managing client expectations and commercial relationships
• Prospecting for new work, identifying opportunities with current and new clients, developing client relationships and leading major bids
• Developing new service offerings
• Winning new work and clients

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or related field
• 12+ years’ experience of managing Commercial Management teams on large construction and/or infrastructure projects
• Mainly pre contract experience
• Comprehensive technical experience across all trades and extensive experience in weekly and monthly reporting cycles.
• Use of Aconex, Oracle and Cost X IT Platforms an advantage.
• Must come from a consultancy background
• Commercial Management experience through the planning, development and tendering stages of major infrastructure and/or construction projects

About the Company

Propel Consult delivers a service in step with the needs of both our client companies and candidates. Our ability to add value to all levels of recruitment stems from our wholehearted belief in providing a professional service to both parties. We have built relationships with many leading indigenous and mulitnational organisations throughout the Middle East and internationally in countries such as UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt and many more. Concentrating our resources has created 5 distinct specialist divisions: