Sanderson is working in partnership with a major Client in the UK. We are currently recruiting for Construction Commercial Lead to be Chester based out.

Job Title= Construction Commercial Lead

Location = Chester

Duration= 4 months initially

About the Role

• The role is based in Northwest of England (approx. 15 miles west of Chester) with occasional business travel including potential international trips
• Sector knowledge: Power & Chemical
• Discipline knowledge: Civil, Mechanical, pipework, electrical, instrumentation, access, insulation, painting within Industrial sector (power, chemical, oil, gas, etc)
• Experience 10 years plus including >5 years in a senior commercial role on major capital projects (several hundred million to over billion pounds)
• Must have experience of major EPC or EPCM contracts either client or contractor
• Ideally have working knowledge of the ICHEME form of contract
• Strong commercial background ideally client side
• Working with wider team and supporting client’s Project Director and client wide team with role including:
• Supporting client with front end development process (knowledge of FEL gates is desirable)
• Interrogating & analysing the EPCM contractors’ cost, commercial and contract submission
• Comparing costs with internal and/or external benchmarks to check value for money
• Challenge client and contractor cost including being able to demonstrate basis for challenge
• Review cost elements including people costs, EPCM contractor costs, major equipment cost, bulks material, sub-contractor cost etc
• Any cost or commercial input to change management
• Reviewing cost & commercial submissions from the contractor and providing advice and guidance to client
• Ensuring the change management process is followed by all parties
• Leading cost reviews and meeting with contractor on behalf of client
• Providing cost input to client project team and business support functions (i.e. finance)
• Ad-hoc support to client as with Client Director
• Pre-contract & Post contract knowledge including with IChemE form of contract

Sanderson committed to barrier-free and inclusive recruitment. We are a Disability Confident recruiter, and a RIDI 100 and Business Disability Forum partner organization.

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Commercial Contracts Manager

• Canary Wharf (hybrid working)
• 6 month contract

Sanderson are currently partnered with a leading consultancy to source an experienced Commercial Contract Manager. The successful candidate will oversee and manage contract negotiations and post contract commercial management within a large public sector programme.

Further Details;

• Experience of NEC contracts is essential.
• Working closely with senior stakeholders to support creation of short term and long term strategies to maximise value and minimise risk.
• You will be focusing on supporting the delivery of continuous improvement and providing market insights.

Commercial Manager – Conflict of interest

• London – Flexible Hybrid Working
• 6 Month contract

Sanderson are currently partnered with a leading consultancy to identify a Commercial Manager. The Commercial Manager will be joining a new but rapidly growing team that supports and delivers on a wide range of major public sector projects.

As the Commercial Manager you will have the opportunity to lead and deliver on high value projects whilst also leading and developing small teams of consultants with a focus on identifying and mitigating conflicts of interest across your project portfolio.

Responsibilities;

• Provide Commercial expertise in a complex customer environment.
• Lead and deliver on various projects (in a team or as a solo consultant).
• Lead on commercial governance.
• Work with clients to provide solutions to conflicts of interest.
• Managing a large number of suppliers on a range of projects addressing conflicts of interest that arise.

Experience Required;

• Previous consulting experience (2+ years)
• Large public sector project experience

If you’re interested in learning more about this position, please apply online.

Commercial Manager

Salary; £40,000 – £50,000 + Company Car

Location; Hull, York or Barrow in Furness

As a Commercial Manager, you will take charge of the commercial management of a diverse portfolio of projects or a significant single project. Your role will include overseeing the management and development of project surveyors, as well as trainee and assistant surveyors, ensuring the successful commercial execution of projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contract Analysis & Negotiation: Conduct thorough analysis of proposed contract terms, recommending alternative terms where necessary to mitigate risks. Oversee the procurement process for all subcontracted works.
• Subcontract Management: Provide expert advice on the use of standard subcontract forms across all projects.
• Payment Management: Oversee the management of interim payment applications, ensuring the timely issuance of client payment certificates and receipts.
• Time Claims Management: Manage extension of time claims and coordinate with the planning department to ensure alignment.
• Commercial Briefings: Ensure all on-site team members receive a comprehensive commercial briefing.
• Record Keeping: Notify the project team of required records to substantiate additional payments, and ensure meticulous maintenance of these records.
• Variation and Claims Management: Measure, evaluate, and agree on variations, and assess formal claims issued by subcontractors.
• Subcontractor Payments: Manage subcontractor payments, issue payment notices timely, and assess interim and final accounts based on work executed and claims.
• Project Documentation: Ensure all handback documentation is completed and issued by subcontractors.
• Financial Reporting: Prepare and issue accurate monthly cost forecasts and cash flow reports.
• Project Review Meetings: Attend monthly project review meetings to provide commercial insights.
• Legal and Commercial Awareness: Maintain up-to-date commercial and legal knowledge.
• Contract Variations: Manage and submit all Main Contract variations promptly.
• Team Development: Train, coach, and mentor junior commercial staff.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Negotiation & Leadership: Strong negotiation skills, with the ability to lead and motivate commercial teams.
• Commercial Strategy: Proven ability to develop and implement commercial strategies to maximize project margins.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills for effective interactions with suppliers and clients.
• Educational Qualifications: A relevant degree (1:1 or 2:1) or HNC/HND equivalent is required.
• Experience: Significant experience in a similar role is essential.
• Professional Membership: Full membership of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is desirable.

Apply today to take the next step in your career as a Commercial Manager!

IT Procurement Manager

Up to £525 pd (Inside)

Initial 6-8 Month DRC

Swindon (One day per week)

Our client, are looking for a strong IT Procurement procurement professional to support across BAU and project based IT sourcing.

This contract would be for an initial 6-8 months, but given he volume of work there would be a good chance of having the contract extended further.

Experience:

• Excellent technical proficiency across all IT sub categories
• Collaborative worker who enjoys leading and developing small teams
• Excellent IT sourcing experience
• Experience leading IT transformation work (desirable)
• Experience in building sustainable IT supply chains (desirable)
• Excellent negotiating skills
• Strong stakeholder management abilities

We are also keen to see submissions for junior IT procurement professionals.

For more information, please reach out to [email protected]

Location: Glasgow

Salary: £27,000

Benefits: 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, private pension scheme, private healthcare scheme and industry leading training and development opportunities.

We are partnering with a leading Glasgow based business who were recently voted as one of the UK’s top 5 best big companies to work for.

We are looking for people with exceptional customer services skills and an interest in pursuing a career within Stock Management.

This is a full time, permanent position based in Glasgow with excellent progression and development opportunities.

Please apply online.

Thank you.

Entry Level IT Job Opportunity – Glasgow

Location: Glasgow

Salary: £27,000

Benefits: 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, private pension scheme, private healthcare scheme and industry leading training and development opportunities.

We are partnering with a leading Glasgow based business who were recently voted as one of the UK’s top 5 best big companies to work for.

We are looking for people with exceptional customer services skills and an interest in pursuing a career within IT.

This is a full time, permanent position based in Glasgow with excellent progression and development opportunities.

Please apply online.

Thank you.

Intelligent Resource is working in partnership with a major Client in the UK. We are currently recruiting for Exit Planning Manager to be UK based out.

Job Title= Exit Planning Manager

Location = Remote/ Havant

Duration= 6 Months Initially

IR35 Status: Inside

Brief Approach to Supplier Transition and Exit

• Understand the contract and contractual obligations of the incumbent supplier
• Review and understand Exit Strategy under the agreement and commence planning activities accordingly
• Focus on objectives, deliverable, timings and risk management
• Incumbent supplier should prepare functional and technical overviews in-line with their contractual obligations and update documentations, process flow charts.
• All material including knowledge articles should have been updated and reviewed by client before official hand over.
• Client should draw up comprehensive deliverable and artifacts lists which must be signed off by all parties including incumbent supplier, incoming supplier and key client stakeholders to ensure the approach is understood by all parties.
• The client should validate the incumbent prepared documents and materials and prepare a backup for keeping the lights on during transition.
• Knowledge Transfer is a critical stage in the transition process, and it should (subject to agreement) include the incoming supplier with SMEs from incumbent supplier and client.
• Incoming vendor should bring in the right set of tools, framework and experienced and qualified individuals that can help assess, plan and prepare for the transition.
• Client’s engagement and lead is critical during the transition. This ensures the incumbent vendor passes on the documented and required knowledge to the incoming vendor, monitoring and take control if things are not going in the right direction.
• Record the sessions: There is no substitute to in person knowledge transfer. And even more important is to record, preferably video record, these sessions. This serves two purposes – to gain detailed understanding of the topics by going through it time and again and to enable creation of induction programs for new consultants on-boarding
• Replay sessions: Documentation of acquired knowledge and replay/presentation back to the client demonstrates the knowledge and also bring in confidence to both the client and incoming vendor.
• Common Reporting Framework: Establish common daily reporting mechanism to ensure that there is no ambiguity in status across client, incumbent and incoming vendors
• Treat Transition as an investment not as a cost: Be rest assured both the client and incoming vendor will reap benefits in the medium to long term
• Friendly, Collaborate and Flexible: Create a friendly atmosphere towards the incumbent. Demonstrate collaborative working and flexibility during the transition from the incumbent. This warmth goes a long way to extract the best out of transition from incumbent personnel

Intelligent Resource committed to barrier-free and inclusive recruitment. We are a Disability Confident recruiter, and a RIDI 100 and Business Disability Forum partner organization.

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Role Overview
The role reports into the Senior Procurement Manager for Public Services and forms and integral part of the overall Sopra Steria Procurement Team. The role will manage a small Team providing procurement ownership and support directly to one of Sopra Steria’s Business Units, across a wide and varied range of products and services. The role holder will support the business with their ongoing supplier requirements, in terms of new supplier development and set up, supplier commercial & contractual negotiation, cost improvement optimisation and savings, etc, but also challenge the business in terms of procurement strategy, supplier selection, supplier consolidation and procurement controls. With this in mind, the role holder will be expected to have a good working knowledge of procurement best practices, systems, tools and techniques, including but limited to data analysis, manipulation and presentation. The individual in this role will be accountable for the provision of procurement services to the business and as a result, interact with stakeholders at senior levels within the organisation, agreeing priorities, activities, targets, etc. We would expect the individual within this role to be able to operate at senior levels and ensure that the agreed business outcomes are delivered.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the Procurement Team responsible for providing support to the business;
• Working with stakeholders, develop the procurement strategy and working practices, marketing procurement capabilities;
• Ensure that Procurement is at the forefront and driving activities for any new third party requirements working alongside key business owners;
• Manage the appointment of suppliers through comprehensive sourcing processes including eSourcing tools and processes where appropriate;
• Ensure best use of data to monitor suppliers and spend in order to develop & implement approaches to re-negotiation, consolidation and savings identification;
• Ensure that existing procurement controls, policies and processes are adhered to by the business, and develop new controls where needed and appropriate;
• Provide input to the business on supplier and procurement risk through all stages of the supplier engagement;
• Challenge the business in respect to any supplier engagements where appropriate and ensure Procurement are a key decision maker in third party related activities;
• Develop and capitalise on key supplier relationships;
• Conduct regular reviews of existing contracts with suppliers to ensure continued competitiveness and value for money is being achieved and to exploit price review clauses to their fullest extent;
• Investigate any new and alternative sources of supply & third party technology in the marketplace, to enhance competition between our suppliers and to exploit any benefits for SSCL’s;
• Work closely with the internal businesses and support functions which include commercial, client development, presales, bid support and transition projects to ensure Procurement are adding maximum value;
• Provide regular management updates and reporting to evidence and demonstrate procurements value to the business;
• Work closely with the wider Procurement Team to ensure parity of processes and establish any opportunities for leveraging suppliers and spend across the wider business to provide cross sector, JV and category improvements

IT Procurement Manager

Up to £525 pd (Inside)

Initial 6-8 Month DRC

Swindon (One day per week)

Our client, are looking for a strong IT Procurement procurement professional to support across BAU and project based IT sourcing. This person would be a key figure in the team, leading on key strategic projects and helping lead and motivate the IT procurement team.

This contract would be for an initial 6-8 months, but given he volume of work there would be a good chance of having the contract extended further.

Experience:

• Excellent technical proficiency across all IT sub categories
• Collaborative worker who enjoys leading and developing small teams
• Excellent IT sourcing experience
• Experience leading IT transformation work (desirable)
• Experience in building sustainable IT supply chains (desirable)
• Excellent negotiating skills
• Strong stakeholder management abilities

For more information, please reach out to [email protected]