Commercial Leader

3 weeks ago


Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom ENGINEERINGUK Full time

About Network Rail

We are committed to becoming one of Britain's best employers and believe this starts with prioritizing the candidate's needs in every aspect of our operations. Our ambition to be responsive to passengers and freight users drives us every day, and we empower our team members to do the right thing for those who use the rail network. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues, and protecting safety and wellbeing.

The post is responsible for overseeing a diverse set of teams that provide commercial support across the business units and functions in the Wales and Western Region. You will be responsible for commercially managing the delivery of frameworks supporting multi-million-pound projects within Wales & Western Region. You will work closely with stakeholders, suppliers, and project teams to coordinate activities and provide stakeholders with commercial support and guidance as required while ensuring compliance with our internal governance policies.

Commercial Services is a group of four teams:

  1. Supporting the regional investment and asset protection organizations in managing commercial activities with investment partners and third parties.
  2. Providing estimating services to the capital delivery organization for asset renewals and enhancement schemes.
  3. Providing commercial services to support asset inspections & examinations and isolations.
  4. Managing the road vehicle fleet across the region.

This team's focus is on providing effective pre and post-contract commercial support across a wide range of projects.

The Role

  • Develop, implement, and maintain complex commercial funding strategies.
  • Develop, implement, and maintain complex third-party and industry commercial strategies.
  • Lead commercial activity, which is compliant with Network Rail policies, procedures, and governance and legal requirements.
  • Influence and liaise with other industry and national programs to manage consistency in the commercial approach to supply markets.
  • Identify key commercial and contractual risks to the business and manage contracts to mitigate risk.
  • Develop appropriate processes and systems to regularly measure and monitor supplier performance and exercise delegated authority to procure in accordance with established policies and governance.
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of best practice systems and processes for the effective, efficient, and consistent management of procurement and supply chain activities.
  • Lead and direct the preparation and implementation of appropriate commercial assurance regimes and prepare robust tender documents structuring the pricing document to facilitate cost analysis feedback for high-value/high-risk contracts and manage the whole tender process.

Requirements

  • Proven commercial leadership at a functional level.
  • Successful experience in negotiating commercial arrangements.
  • Substantial experience in setting up, implementing, and running third-party financing and commercial arrangements.
  • Thorough knowledge of construction and third-party contracts and contract requirements.
  • Practitioner experience of risk management and contracts assurance.

Desirable

  • Wide and successful management background either in rail or construction industry with extensive experience at a senior level of procurement and contracting.
  • Experience of operating contracts and procurement processes and procedures within Network Rail.
  • Experience of leading private financing programs and/or complex multiple-party commercial arrangements.

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