Commercial Manager (3rd Party Agreements Manager)
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| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | Snow Hill, Birmingham |
| Area | Midlands, UK |
| Sector | High Speed RailCivils & Rail |
| Salary | 65,000 - 71,160 + Pen (6:12) + Health + 25 days hol |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Charlton Recruitment |
| Job Ref | HS849 |
| Job Views | 318 |
- Description
- High Speed 2 is looking for Commercial Manager / Senior QS/Procurement Specialist who has some experience of negotiating and drafting bespoke Third Party Contractual Agreements with third parties such as: local authority, utilities (stats authorities), Network Rail, Highways Agency, land owners etc. Open to people for client, PQS, contractor or developer background but most of negotiated and developed nonstandard Third Party contractual agreements.
Job Purpose:
The Commercial Contract Negotiator / Developer will manage the negotiation, development and embedding of contractual arrangements with a variety of third parties e.g. local authorities, land owners, highways authorities, rail companies. The agreements will be for a variety of purposes including asset protection, interface agreements and construction agreements all of which are required to facilitate the construction and operation of the HS2 network.
Reporting to the Head of Commercial Agreements. This role is within the Commercial Agreements team, part of the Procurement and Supply Chain department. The Commercial Agreements team supports the creation and development of third party relationships through the negotiation, development and implementation of highly collaborative and value for money agreements.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Responsible for developing, negotiating and implementing a portfolio of Commercial Agreements, in accordance with processes.
- Manage internal stakeholder relationships, ensuring their pipeline of agreements is identified, planned and delivered to the plan.
- Develop strategies for a portfolio of agreements ensuring that these are aligned with the Commercial Strategy and the overall HS2 objectives, including the delivery of wider benefits.
- Supporting the achievement of assurance and governance requirements of all commercial agreement deliverables as defined within the HS2 Construction Procurement Handbook.
- Responsible for the negotiation of assigned portfolio of agreements, developing negotiating strategies and plans, forming and leading negotiation teams to agree all principles. Responsible for instructing legal drafting, reviewing and negotiating contract details.
- Present to boards and committees, as required, in order to secure ‘buy-in’ and respond to challenge and scrutiny.
- Embed awarded agreements within relevant business teams, ensuring contract management plans are in place.
- Provide subject matter expertise and undertake assurance across a portfolio of awarded agreements throughout the agreement life cycle.
- Manage interfaces with construction (and other) procurements and with directorate commercial team, to influence delivery strategies and to ensure requirements of Commercial Agreements are appropriately shared with contractors.
- Lead development and assess commercial models for charging by third party and/or pricing of HS2 services effectively managing risk, complying with Managing Public Money guidelines and driving best value.
- Provide timely and accurate reports on Commercial Agreements activity
Required Criteria
SKILLS
- Ability to build collaborative relationships
- Ability to lead cross-functional negotiation teams in fast paced commercial environments.
- Ability to develop contract documents
- Analytical and problem solving skills in relation to wide-ranging propositions
- Ability to produce and present documents and reports to a variety of audiences, including internal stakeholders at various levels in the organisation.
- Ability to manage competing demands to agreed deadlines
KNOWLEDGE
- Commercial knowledge in construction contracts
- Knowledge of procurement processes, and of applicable UK and EU procurement legislation and the NEC suite of contract forms
TYPE OF EXPERIENCE
- Experience of negotiating, developing and producing Bespoke Third Party contractual agreements
- Experience of delivering performance focused collaborative agreements within a commercial environment.
- Experience of procurement and/or commercial management of contracts
- Commercial expertise to ensure that value for money is secured and demonstrated
- Experience of large scale projects
- Sponsor / Stakeholder relationship and management experience
