Associate Cost Consultants

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Role description:
As an Associate Commercial / Procurement Director you will join a team of cost & commercial managers on a diverse range of of projects in the nuclear sector. Your role will lead on the formation of effective category / procurement / commercial strategies, and assist our client’s through the full lifecycle of contract procurement, tender assessment, negotiation, placement and administration of contracts to help support the safe delivery of value for money solutions of our client’s programmes, projects and business objectives.

The Associate Commercial / Procurement Director role provides a professional commercial support service to the client’s programme / project teams through the efficient identification, procurement and administration of contracts, identifying and controlling costs and commercial risks & opportunities in support of the Programme / Project Execution Plans. As part of this, you will be responsible for category management of our client’s significant expenditure on the acquisition of goods and services in support of their portfolio of projects.

A key driver in the successful formation and execution of the commercial strategy is that relationships are built and maintained with internal and external stakeholders effectively and collaboratively. As such stakeholder management and engagement is also a huge factor in the role; liasing with client teams, suppliers, contractors, consultants and more.

Role accountabilities:

- Lead, coach and develop the skills and capabilities of team members in order to share knowledge, increase team skill level and improve the standard of service delivery
- Create project costings and budgets from clear objectives, managing finances across a project in order to ensure the profit and budgetary targets are met and best value outcomes are achievedLead and manage individual cost management assignments from inception to completion, managing teams and resources to ensure delivery standards meet client expectationsMonitor and review the performance and behaviour of all team members, including mentoring, coaching and influencing others, and take action to ensure organisational policies and codes of conduct are followed
- Assure compliance with contracts in terms of project delivery parameters and scope of service
- Analyse and review complex information from a range of sources and oversee recommendations provided by other specialists, in order to improve the long-term performance of the cost/commercial management service
- Seek to continuously develop processes and lead the implementation of new cost and commercial management system improvements, working to improve services, drive innovation and enhance project delivery
- Manage the overall business relationship with key customers and customer groups in order to identify opportunities to improve the cost management offering and drive customer satisfaction
- Act as a lead cost & commercial expert, providing strategic advice to other senior managers on cost and commercial management matters, in order to support successful delivery in line with project objectives and strategies
- Manage and build strong working relationships with senior clients and stakeholders, in order to ensure client satisfaction, develop and extend the cost management service and create new business opportunities

Qualifications & Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Relevant professional qualification and ideally chartered status with a relevant professional institution i.e. RICS, CIPS, ICE, CIOB etc.
- Extensive experience with the NEC suite of contracts
- Possess the skills and experience to actively support the internal team and manage resources on technically complex projects/programme of works typically ranging between £10m and £100m and beyond
- Relevant professional experience, including of delivering large and complex projects across an entire project life cycle
- Experience of managing people, and leadership skills includi