Commercial Manager, East London

JOB TITLE: Commercial Manager LOCATION: London SALARY: £55-70k + Package My London based client is currently recruiting for an experienced Commercial Manager with previous rail experience to work on a depot project in London. THE ROLE * Manage and build collaborative relationships with suppliers, monitoring and reporting their performance and compliance. * Prepare recommendations for interim payments to suppliers in accordance with contract requirements and produce payment certificates for sign off by the appropriate Project Manager. * Provide post contract award commercial services for both 'goods' and 'services' up to and including Final Account. * Maintain financial impact assessments for instructed change. Negotiate on financial impacts of Compensation Events with suppliers. * Maintain the project data sets to achieve consistency, accuracy and alignment. * Assist cost and expenditure planning / benchmarking (including the completion of Data Capture Analysis (DCA) sheets) in accordance with client process. * Support cost management, trending estimating and forecasting to the project. * Analyse cost performance data and provide relevant input for monthly performance reports. * Support management of budget and spend profiles continually identifying ways to improve cost performance. * Manage the impact of inflation currencies and exchanges into forecasting and aligned with tracking indices. * Carry out cost impact analysis of proposed changes to scope/schedule. * Assist 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. * Work with the client teams to integrate commercial activities. * Identify areas of cost risk including mitigation measures and opportunity and keep the Risk Manager informed of contingency drawdown / returns. * Work with the Procurement Manager to develop robust and optimal Procurement Plan and strategies. * Work with the contract team to ensure correct and robust contractual terms are built into contracts. ABOUT YOU * Chartered Quantity Surveyor * Understanding of rail infrastructure requirements for assessing risk. * Sound understanding of the context in which projects are to be delivered. * Technically experienced in most aspects of their profession. * Wide and varied experience of large and complex construction projects. * Relevant successful experience of provision of QS services in a large project environment either in contracting or consulting organisation. * Understanding of project management, planning risk, and investment processes is desirable. * Knowledge of Employer's commercial business systems. Qualifications * BSc/MSc or relevant equivalent qualification. * Chartered Quantity Surveyor "VGC Personnel Ltd are acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy"