Commercial Manager, Portugal

Bracken Recruitment have an exciting opportunity of an experienced Commercial Manager for international Consultancy for projects in Portugal. The company that we represent are a market leader and have an extremely strong pipeline of work moving forward. You will be representing the client in the delivery of a major hyperscale data centre. Provide commercial support on behalf of the developer/client and oversee the performance of the appointed PMO consultancy from a commercial perspective, ensuring their delivery aligns with the developer’s objectives, controls and governance standards.

General Responsibilities:

• Oversee procurement and tendering activity on site across CSA and MEP packages
• Supporting bid evaluation, commercial workshops and award recommendations, with upfront strategy already defined by the developer’s procurement team
• Oversee and liaise with the wider commercial team, consultants and cost managers supporting the programme
• Oversee the relationships between surveyors and operations, ensuring co-operation and engagement that allows for successful projects which support the achievement of the business objectives and that you are able to deliver the agreed budgeted margins.
• Participate in group-wide forums and initiatives and contribute fully to the development and implementation of company policies and procedures.
• Oversee end-to-end Capex management on site, with the PMO owning day-to-day budget setting, forecasting, cash flow, change control and variance reporting — ensuring outputs meet the developer’s standards and reporting needs.
• Liaise with Senior Operations Management to ensure that the project forecasts positions are accurate against the target margin and profit plans.
• Ensure that all contractual processes, correspondence and documentation are stored correctly.
• Liaise with Senior Management Team on contractual matters 
• Ensure profit plans are understood for each scheme/project and monitor and deliver on agreed areas and work on identifying further areas for recovery.

Requirements:

• 10 Years plus
• BSc in Quantity Surveying or similar commercial related course
• Professional membership of appropriate body
• Leadership experience with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Bid Knowledge
• Excellent legal/contractual knowledge
• Data Centre Industry experience
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Experience of a senior commercial role

Please contact Steve Lee on Email: (url removed) or Mobile: (phone number removed) for a confidential discussion.