Mace
Commercial Manager - Contracts Management
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Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.
Ministry of Justice, Mace, Designer and Main Contractors
Mace, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Designer, and Main Contractors, is working in an Alliance to deliver the pre-construction and main works stages for 4 new prisons and a variety of extensions and refurbishments to existing prisons in England. These prisons form part of an overall programme that will deliver 20,000 modern and efficient prison places, and in order to meet future capacity demands.
The Contractors Alliance
The Contractors Alliance seeks to engage four major UK contractors in a collaboration, promoting joint processes and shared working practices which are intended to achieve improved efficiency, cost savings and other Improved Value outputs to the MoJ. Through such engagement, the overall objective is to achieve an alignment of interest between the Alliance Members. Ultimately the MoJ aims to gain pricing, programme, quality and social value benefits from the direct output of the works undertaken by the Alliance.
Role Overview
The Commercial Manager shall work with and integrate with the wider programme delivery teams and contribute to commercial, procurement, preconstruction and delivery stage activity.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing and building relationships with suppliers, monitoring and reporting their performance and compliance.
- Preparing recommendations for interim payments to suppliers in accordance with contract requirements and produce payment certificates for sign off by the appropriate Project Manager.
- Providing post contract award commercial services for both 'goods' and'services' up to and including Final Account.
- Maintaining financial impact assessments for instructed change.
- Negotiating on financial impacts of compensation events with suppliers.
- Maintaining the project data sets to achieve consistency, accuracy and alignment.
- Assisting cost and expenditure planning/benchmarking (including the completion of data capture analysis (DCA) sheets) in accordance with client process.
- Supporting cost management, trending estimating and forecasting to the project.
- Analysing cost performance data and provide relevant input for monthly performance reports.
- Supporting management of budget and spend profiles continually identifying ways to improve cost performance.
- Managing the impact of inflation currencies and exchanges into forecasting and aligned with tracking indices.
- Carrying out cost impact analysis of proposed changes to scope/schedule.
- Assisting Project Managers in the preparation of cost reports and analysis on a work breakdown structure/activity basis, identifying areas of learning and any recommendations for efficiency improvement.
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Required Qualifications and Experience
- Proven experience working in the construction sector and managing projects.
- Management disciplines including Value management and programme development and monitoring, ensuring delivery against key milestone targets.
- Acknowledgement of responsibilities and acceptance of ownership.
- Excellent interpersonal skills in creating, managing and maintaining relationships, able to converse to clients and peers to director level.
- Previous experience of working on large schemes, delivering multiple packages of work from design through to completion.
- Ability to demonstrate you understand the importance of service excellence and stakeholder engagement, be able to work collaboratively with the full project team. Striving to provide an inclusive environment and value the safety of our people above all else.
- Degree in a relevant construction related qualification.
- Construction background, ideally in Project Management or Commercial Management and be keen to grow your career and enjoy the opportunities Mace has to offer.
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Our Values
- Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.
- Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.
- Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.
- Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.
Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.
We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
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