Commercial Director

Position: Commercial Director

Location: Peterborough with hybrid working available

Salary Guide: £140-150k (Neg DOE), Car/Allowance, Bonus and excellent benefits package

Our Client: Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,400 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting eight long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.

Our client is part of Anglian Water's @one Alliance.

The Alliance is set to deliver a record £2.6 billion of the water company's overall investment in AMP8, with much of this work specifically targeted at protecting and enhancing the East of England's natural environment and providing resilience to climate change. This investment portfolio forms part of Anglian Water's wider, record £9 billion proposed plans for AMP8, which will see a huge programme of much-needed investment between 2025 and 2030.

The Role: This is an opportunity to play a leading role in one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes. The spend in the next 3-4 years will total more than £2bn, with a spend this year of £400m and forecasts of £500m and £600m in the following 2 years. You will need to have experience of handling this type of growth and attendant workload.

This is a key leadership role, and you will be an integral part of the Management Leadership Team.

Responsibilities: Develop and deliver the Alliance's commercial strategy, ensuring commercial performance consistently exceeds expectations.

Lead the commercial, estimating and contract management functions, building a high performing, collaborative and values led team.

Provide strategic commercial advice to the Executive Leadership Team and Board, supporting key business decisions.

Establish robust commercial governance, assurance and reporting frameworks.

Lead contract management across complex NEC based programmes, ensuring effective management of risk, change, claims and contractual obligations.

Drive commercial performance through effective cost management, forecasting, value engineering and financial controls.

Build exceptional relationships with Anglian Water, Alliance partners and the wider supply chain to deliver better outcomes together.

Lead the development of resilient, sustainable and high performing supply chain strategies.

Champion innovation, digital commercial practices and continuous improvement across the commercial function.

Foster an inclusive culture where people can thrive, develop and perform at their best.

Ability to mobilise and develop the commercial team, particularly those at the early stages of their careers.

Experience: Qualified to degree level in a relevant discipline

Significant senior commercial leadership experience delivering major infrastructure programmes valued at hundreds of millions of pounds or more.

A proven track record of leading commercial strategy within complex engineering, utilities, infrastructure or construction environments.

Extensive experience of NEC contracts and commercial management across large capital programmes.

Strong knowledge of procurement, contract administration, commercial governance and risk management.

Experience operating within regulated environments and delivering successful commercial outcomes through collaborative delivery models.

Outstanding stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at Executive, Board and partner level.

Professional membership with a recognised institution such as RICS, CIOB or CICES (or equivalent).

Experience of working for a Principal or Main Contractor.

Water sector experience is preferred but more important is a proven track record in construction.

You need to be driven with the ability to handle pressure.

You must be resilient.

Package includes: A competitive salary

Car/car allowance

Bonus

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)

Contribution Pension scheme

Life Assurance, Health Insurance

Private medical Insurance

And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc.

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