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Commercial Director

Job Posted: 6 days ago

Salary: £ 125,000 - 145,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Ashford, Kent

Expire in: 21 days

Job Description

An exciting senior leadership opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Director to join a leading infrastructure contractor working on a major, long-term infrastructure programme in Kent.

This role will provide strategic commercial leadership across a significant project environment, working closely with senior project, operational and business leadership.

The Role

As Commercial Director, you will take overall responsibility for the commercial strategy and performance of the project.

Key responsibilities will include:

Providing strategic commercial leadership across the project
Leading and developing the commercial team
Establishing and implementing commercial strategy
Maintaining overall control of project financial performance
Overseeing forecasting, CVRs and cost-to-complete reporting
Managing commercial risk and opportunities
Leading major procurement and subcontract negotiations
Providing senior-level contract and commercial advice
Managing change, variations and commercial negotiations
Supporting dispute avoidance and resolution
Maintaining strong client and stakeholder relationships
Ensuring robust commercial governance across the project
Working closely with the Project Director and senior leadership team
Supporting wider business objectives and commercial strategy

About You

The successful candidate will be an experienced senior commercial professional with:

Significant experience operating at Commercial Director / Senior Commercial Manager level
A strong background in civil engineering, infrastructure or major construction
Experience leading sizeable commercial teams
Strong NEC and contract management experience
Proven experience managing complex, high-value projects
Strong commercial strategy and financial management capability
Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills
Experience working closely with Project Directors and senior leadershipThis is a high-profile, long-term opportunity for a commercially driven leader looking to take responsibility for a significant infrastructure programme and play a key role in its successful delivery.

To find out more, contact Harry Buckland at Aldwych Consulting:

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

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