Commercial Manager

Job Description

About the Role

Commercial Manager

Ref: IRC2252393

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Location

, GB

Department Name

Strategic Sourcing

This is an exciting time to join Network Rail, we are passionate about great service and commit to our service equation vision by Putting Passengers First. Performance, safety and getting the fundamental basics right, is something we strive for as well as asking ourselves; what can we do to put our passengers and freight users at the centre of everything we do?

We offer hybrid working – with the requirement to be in the office two/three days a week.

Brief Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to develop their Commercial career path. As a Commercial Manager, you will provide pre and post-contract commercial management for the Maintenance Delivery Units in the Routes.

The Maintenance Delivery Units carry out critical maintenance work to keep the railway running, simply put without it, the railway couldn’t operate safely. The Maintenance Delivery Units rely on their supply chain to maintain the railway, it is important they are supported and that the supplier contracts they engage with are operated and administered properly to ensure continual service.

Its busy, its reactive, its challenging, no two days are the same, but we operate in a hard-working but friendly and approachable culture.

We have two permanent opportunities and one 12-month secondment/FTC opportunity (with the potential to be made permanent). These roles can be based across our North West & Central Region (at our Milton Keynes, Birmingham, or Manchester offices).

About the role (External)

Some key responsibilities of the role

The role is varied across pre contract procurement, post contract administration, financial review, the following is some of the key activities that the Commercial Manager would engage in.

1. Manage assessment and valuation of contractor’s applications and processing of payment certification in accordance with Network Rail processes, contractual terms and conditions and commensurate with contractual entitlement.

2. Day to day and reactive commercial management to ad hoc issues such as unexpected variations, claims, negotiation of disputed items, supplier queries and managing corporate governance.

3. Implementing contract extensions where appropriate, identifying variations, ensuring they are valued in accordance with the contract, notifying any effect to budget holders and ensuring all relevant governance is complied with.

4. Regularly meeting key suppliers to ensure performance is up to standard and agree any outstanding contractual matters (such as inflationary issues)

5. Liaising with the Maintenance teams to understanding the overall workabnk to identify where appropriate any annual commitments we might have with our suppliers.

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:

(Essential)

Extensive experience in commercial management.

Demonstrable relevant experience

Good understanding of NR Suite and construction industry forms of contract

Good understanding of the construction/railway industry

Good negotiation skills

We would also like but it isn’t crucial to have/to be:

Desirable

Educated to degree standard in related subject

Membership of a relevant professional institute, chartered status

Awareness of industry issues

A career with Network Rail is a journey and we will do everything we can to make it a great one. We adhere to a structured pay framework, any salary offered will be within the following pay range: Band 4C Starting salary of 43,588 and raising to 49,037.