Senior Commercial Manager - can be based flexibly at Milton Keynes, Bletchley, Birmingham or Crewe

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Senior Commercial Manager - can be based flexibly at Milton Keynes, Bletchley, Birmingham or Crewe

Sector: Sales and Business Development
Role: Senior Executive
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

About Network Rail
Join Our Team at Network Rail!
Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone.

If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!

Brief Description
Route Services is a division of Network Rail that provides services to help deliver a better railway for a better Britain. This role sits within Supply Chain Operations (SCO), which supplies and delivers the logistics, materials, components, rail and road fleet that enable the maintenance and renewal of the railway.

About the role (External)
You will be responsible for all of the post contract commercial contract management and support pre-contract activity of all frameworks and contracts related to the programme of works.

Key Accountabilities

1. Establish and implement appropriate commercial strategies including effective project cost management.
2. Manage framework agreements and support contracts leading the commercial review of contractor delivery.
3. Initiate estimating and risk & value management of projects during the project life-cycle.
4. Lead the negotiation of all prices under existing contracts/framework agreements.
5. Monitor and manage all project reporting accurately maintained and recorded.
6. Lead and deploy the commercial team in the management of all live projects.
7. Provide expertise, advice and governance on all contract/scope changes.
8. Manage all commercial correspondence and contractual notices.
9. Identify emerging problems and support in the management and resolution of disputes.
10. Establish compliance controls and audit regimes.
11. Lead the final account settlements on all projects.
12. Support demonstration of efficiencies and continual improvement of estimating.
13. Support with pre and post contract procurement activities.

Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Essential
Knowledge of railway and construction industry conditions of contract.
Educated to degree level or equivalent and professional qualification.
Experienced negotiator.
Experience of resolution of construction contract disputes.
Relevant railway and/or construction experience.
Knowledge of railway commercial contract management.

Desirable
Experience of managing and developing a team of staff.
Good communication skills both written and oral.
Experience of contractors accounts.

Company

Every day, 4.8 million people use our network. Keeping Britain moving and building a better railway for the future is full of challenges - but also tremendous opportunities. We believe that investing in our people is one of the most effective ways of improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of the railway.

Your health, wellbeing and benefits

We provide access to support services such as our employee assistance program to help with finances, family, health and wellbeing. In addition to this, we offer excellent benefits, are sensitive to work-life balance and encourage our employees to use their volunteer days for their favourite causes.

We have a range of benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave entitlement.
• Discounted online shopping site.
• A range of discounted offers including childcare vouchers and healthcare offers.
• Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
• A range of pension schemes.
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.

What Diversity and Inclusion means to us

'Diversity' means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. 'Inclusion' means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourage innovative and fresh ways of thinking.

Disability Confident Leader

Network Rail is an accredited Disability Confident Leader. This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.