HIMA Group
Sr Specialist Order Management
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HIMA Group is a globally independent provider of safety-related automation solutions for the process and rail industries, protecting people, assets, and the environment. Founded in 1908, the family-owned company is headquartered in Brühl near Mannheim, Germany, and has grown steadily through strategic acquisitions, including Sella Controls (UK) in 2023 and Origo Solutions (Norway) in 2024. Today, HIMA employs approximately 1,100 professionals across 22 group companies worldwide.
Our international teams bring together expertise from all corners of the world, working with a shared focus on developing reliable and sustainable solutions. At HIMA, employees are encouraged to take initiative, contribute their knowledge, and collaborate across borders to deliver projects with real impact.
Working at HIMA offers varied and responsible tasks, where your work has tangible influence. At the same time, you can continuously develop your skills and contribute to advancing safety technology. With a corporate culture built on collaboration, accountability, and sustainable innovation, we provide a professional environment where experts can thrive and make meaningful contributions.
Become part of a global success story and help shape the future of digital safety.
Job Purpose:
Reporting into the Rail Systems the Commercial Controller responsible for supporting projects and bids within Rail. Ability to manage the day to day commercial activities on all projects and bids. Capable of working within a team and alone to deliver against agreed targets and objectives. Ability to understand the suite of commercial contracts and work with the project teams to ensure the business delivers against its commercially responsibilities.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
- Detailed understanding of a broad suite of commercial contracts including NEC, JCT and the Network Rail Suite of contracts – ability to support multitude of parallel project contracts.
- Bid stage contract review support with detailed feedback on areas of Risk to the business and priced solutions.
- Estimating & bid support: develop/validate estimates (labour, materials, third party), pricing assumptions, contingencies, and estimating governance for tenders/variations.
- NEC & JCT commercial management: administer valuations/applications, ensure contractual compliance, support final accounts and commercial close-out.
- Change control process: support the commercial change process (registers, approvals, substantiation, audit trail) aligned to PMO governance.
- Early Warning & cost-risk leadership: support the NEC Early Warning process, quantify impacts, drive mitigation options, and maintain a commercially robust risk/contingency position.
- Supplier AFP / payment assessments: assess supplier applications for payment/AFPs against progress, substantiation, and contract terms; reconcile to earned value/deliverables and manage payment recommendations.
- Where applicable: Earned Value Management (EVM) / EVA management: implement earned value (PV/EV/AC), track CPI/SPI trends, integrate with forecasting (EAC) and provide corrective-action insight.
- Working closely with Projects, Procurement & Commercial
- Ensure compliance with all relevant Company Quality Assurance Procedures and current legislation / standards.
- Capable of preparing capturing requirements management and project change control
- Support client relationships ensuring project stakeholder collaboration.
- Supporting the Project team in maintaining contract risk and opportunity plans and manage the associated contingency budgets.
- Attend stakeholder meetings where required.
- Management of Change both client and sub-contractor - to include contract reviews.
- Ensure all projects and bids have a commercial risk register and its managed accordingly.
- Commercial support for both Bids and Projects including clients meetings
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Skills and Experience:
- Capable of preparing documentation in case of dispute and the ability to manage through to successful resolution.
- Relevant Qualifications in order to undertake the role effectively.
- Ability to problem solve, work under own initiative, drive to deliver results and approachable.
- Have a proactive work ethic, be self-driven and flexible, patient with great time management, focus on personal and team learning to further improve business capability.
- Have the ability to work within a team of diverse disciplines.
- Managing change.
- Managing key stakeholders
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity.
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Our Benefits
- Purpose-driven work: Contribute to sustainable solutions in safety-related automation that protect people, assets, and the environment.
- Global collaboration and diversity: Work in diverse, internationally aligned teams that act as “One Team, One Goal” to deliver results worldwide.
- Knowledge-driven culture: Share ideas, think entrepreneurially, and contribute to innovative solutions with tangible impact.
- International work environment: Work with colleagues worldwide, participate in global projects, and collaborate across teams and countries.
- Development opportunities: Long-term career opportunities within an expanding international organization.
- Community and culture: Team events, open communication, flat hierarchies, collaborative teamwork, and a culture of diversity and inclusion.
Disclaimer
HIMA Group offers flexible working hours and the option to work remotely. For certain positions, employees can choose between different part-time models. Job sharing is also possible.
Diversity, equality, and inclusion are an integral part of our corporate culture. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, ethnic origin, or sexual identity.
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