Assistant Commercial Manager

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Job Title: Assistant Commercial Manager

Location: Falmer (Hybrid Working)

Salary: Salary and package are to be discussed at the screening stage.

Job Overview

Ready to shape the future of Southern Waters infrastructure projects Join us as an Assistant Commercial Manager and help drive commercial excellence across highvalue contracts that impact millions. At Southern Water our Commercial Management team plays a pivotal role in delivering worldclass infrastructure by ensuring smart efficient and commercially sound decisions are made across the business. Were not just tracking numberswere managing risk optimising value and protecting vital services for our communities.

Responsibilities will include:

As an Assistant Commercial Manager youll be a key player within a dynamic and fastpaced environment supporting the Commercial Manager to drive value and ensure every pound is well spent. Acting as a trusted advisor and commercial business partner youll get stuck into the full contract lifecyclefrom shaping precontract strategies to resolving postcontract challenges. Youll be right at the heart of highimpact infrastructure projects ensuring our contracts deliver maximum value while maintaining compliance mitigating risk and driving operational performance. Below are some of the responsibilities of the role:

• Support delivery of cost management services within a specified business directorate providing commercial support and advice to the business including appraisal of options feasibility studies cost planning procurement support cost management change management and cost appraisals throughout the contract/project lifecycle
• Operate within a defined framework of commercial/cost management control and audit in line with procurement best practices and techniques
• Work closely with Project Managers to provide precontract capabilities including support on contract strategy contract creation precontract assurance and agreement and contract drafting and paperwork; utilise contract management Centre of Excellence to guide best practices and provide expertise as required
• Align commercial management activity with quality management and other audits undertaken liaising with appropriate stakeholders to drive efficiency and ensure audit activity reflects contractual pricing terms conditions and service delivery specification
• Support and implement standardised audit/site visit procedures undertake targeted ad hoc audits and support auditors on site visits using expertise to drive valueadd activities
• Assist with ensuring all commercial and cost activity is recorded using agreed processes and that it is incorporated into the costs and budgets
• Support Commercial Manager to work with Project Managers and contractors to assist setting of target costs/fixed prices as appropriate for the contract form
  

About You

Were looking for someone with a commercial mindset strong analytical skills and a collaborative approach. Ideally youll be working towards a degree in Quantity Surveying (or a similar discipline) and have some experience in commercial or cost managementparticularly within the utilities or infrastructure sectors. It would be great if you also bring an understanding of NEC contracts (or a willingness to learn) a solid grasp of project lifecycles and commercial models and a passion for continuous improvement. If you have ambitions for professional membership (such as ARICS) excellent communication and relationshipbuilding skills and a proactive attitude youll thrive in this role. If youre excited about growing your career in a sector thats vital to our communities and constantly evolving wed love to hear from you.

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday 37 hours a week.

Southern Water operate a hybrid approach to working between our Falmer office and home.

We are offering a salary of up to TBC per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:

Company and performancerelated bonus

Generous pension up to 11 company contribution

25 days annual leave

Life assurance equal to 4x salary

Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)

Health Cash Plan

Full funded eye tests

Two paid volunteering days a year

Occupational health service

Discounts with over 800 popular retailers

Digital GP service

Study support may be available for jobrelated qualifications

Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options

Cycle to work scheme

Does this opportunity excite you but youre not 100 sure if you meet all the requirements for the role Or are you concerned that normal office hours arent possible given your personal circumstances Whilst we cant accommodate every flexible working request well try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of outofhours incident support because when problems appear fixing them is our top priority. Thats why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means youll become part of our incident support team. During your interview your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

Privacy Statement:

Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months) will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria your application will not be considered.

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