Senior Commercial Manager - London - Duration 12 months - Rate c£500-£550/day Umbrella.
Key words / skills: Commercial Manager, Rail, Network Rail, BPSS, Metro, Underground, TFL.

Overview:
Wilde Recruitment Ltd are working along side Network Rail in order to resource a Senior Commercial Manager to work in London on a 12 month contract.
As a Senior Commercial Manager your duties and responsibilities will include:
Responsible for managing the real time interface and relationship with a specific franchise. Working collaboratively with the delivery partners so they meet their contractual obligations. Lead the relationship with franchise operators.

Contractual negotiations and variations. Lead and manage commercial relationships with Board level members, including the negotiation of variations to contractual obligations, ensuring outcomes are consistent with affordability constraints, represent value for money and are in the customers interests.
Ensure contractual obligations are delivered including franchise payments. Maximise revenue and customer benefits while minimising risk to the customer and thereby protect the long term value of the franchise.
Advising on matters relating to the commercial relationship/contractual delivery.
Ensure that new franchises are let in accordance with the agreed ITT and affordability envelope and are mobilised on time and on budget. Minimise risk and minimise contractual claims. Protect and promote the long term value of the franchise by ensuring continued operation within appropriate liquidity levels, closely managing and mitigating against the risk of default.
Validate franchise payments and receipts.
Effective use of management information to challenge the franchisee on operational, project and financial performance, highlighting key trends and issues using data, allocating resources effectively and putting in place improvement plans when necessary.
Actively assisting the senior leadership team with the management and development of the Division and contributing to the wider management of the Directorate.
Providing robust financial and resource management and seeking to deliver efficiencies and secure cost saving opportunities.
Working collaboratively with finance colleagues to provide robust cash flow forecasts and end of year risk adjusted outturn cost estimates. Using your commercial knowledge and experience of the relevant franchise(s) and market to feed into and develop the future specification for the next franchises.

Essential
• Knowledge of railway and construction industry conditions of contract.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent and professional qualification.
• Experienced negotiator.
• Experience of resolution of construction contract disputes
• 5 years’ relevant railway and/or construction experience.
• Knowledge of railway commercial contract management.

Desirable
• Experience of managing and developing a team of staff.
• Good communication skills both written and oral.
• Experience of contractors accounts.

Candidate:
You will be an experienced Commercial Manager.
5-10 years experience.

To discuss this vacancy please contact: James Walker or Mike Kelly
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Wilde Recruitment Ltd operates as both an employment business and agency. If your application is for a position based in the UK or EU, under European Employment Law you MUST be eligible to live and work there.