Senior Commercial Manager in Birmingham

Base salary: £61,622pa to c.£77,028pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 20%, which is paid on top of the base salary, is fully pensionable, and a range of competitive benefits.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives, and achieves their full potential. This means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish, and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

The Senior Commercial Manager is responsible for delivering commercial activities within the Delivery teams. The role provides leadership to HS2 commercial staff engaged in the management of the major infrastructure contracts required to deliver the HS2 vision. The role works alongside the supply chain and contractors within the development and delivery teams, assuring and supporting their commercial activities to provide an independent view to the Head of Commercial.

To be responsible for developing commercial works information, reviewing works information from other functions and drafting contract documents to ensure consistency and alignment with procurement plans. To be responsible for supporting the Procurement team in the development and delivery of tender evaluation models and contract documentation including terms and conditions and associated commercial mechanisms, works and site information to be consistent with strategies and procurement plans.

To be responsible for evaluating tenders and supporting moderation to achieve Contract Award. To be responsible for developing a contract management plan. To be responsible for supporting contract readiness.

To be accountable for providing commercial assurance to Head of Commercial of all Delivery commercial activities (HS2 & Supply Chain), including:

• Delivering commercial and contract management of the contracts to maintain effective commercial control;
• Administration of the obligations of the Project Manager under the NEC3 Contract, including assessment of variations and compensation events, contract payments, performance incentives;
• Managing effective cost verification;
• Reviewing and analysing supply chain monthly reports to drive supply chain performance;
• Delivering on input into contract level performance information into monthly MBR reports;
• Providing final cost estimate updates;
• Supporting monthly contract and programme performance reviews and other ad-hoc reviews;
• Supporting the settlement of supply chain disputes;
• Providing day-to-day ad-hoc contract and commercial advice to client team;
• Identifying opportunities for project savings, supporting the development of associated proposals/business case for approval;
• Developing a collaborative culture within the IPT that encourages innovation, enhances functional capability, creates consistency of performance, maximises the benefits of knowledge sharing and embeds industry best practice across the organisation;
• Supporting the relationship and engagement with key contractors;
• Reviewing estimates (at all stages).

To be responsible for leading and reviewing estimates. To be responsible for providing second key corporate governance approval of change and risk draw down in accordance with corporate governance requirements. To be responsible for leading commercial resources, agreeing objectives, managing performance and development to ensure staff have the necessary skills and support to deliver in their roles. To be responsible for providing domain knowledge in the development and maintenance of efficient and effective contract and commercial management policies, processes and procedures.

Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

• Ability to manage and administer high-value and delivery-critical contracts to deliver major complex infrastructure or similar projects and programmes.
• Ability to develop commercial strategies and plans on infrastructure projects.
• Ability to deliver value-driven management of commercial relationships with supply chain.
• Ability to support negotiations with both internal and external parties, and the ability to settle disputes whilst maintaining business-critical commercial relationships.
• Ability to manage internal and external stakeholder parties to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Ability to develop and improve commercial policies, processes and procedures.
• Ability to support the development of commercial teams in a complex organisation.
• Ability to demonstrate contract, commercial and risk management skills.

• Experience of managing commercial management teams in major complex infrastructure projects and programmes to deliver value for money for the Client/Employer.
• Experience of working with or for publicly funded bodies and/or a major publicly funded programme.
• Experience of planning, developing and implementing high-value and complex contracts and of working closely with procurement teams in tender preparation, administration and evaluation.
• Experience of using commercial management and reporting systems.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect. It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept. Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application; however, we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high-speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs. HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff – living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.