Assistant Commercial Manager
Job Introduction
As an Assistant Commercial Manager, you will be part of the wider W2BC Project team delivering works for the Transpennine Route Upgrade between Huddersfield and Stalybridge. You'll have an interesting and varied role, providing commercial support as required in accordance with established Network Rail policy.
Day-to-day, you'll operate effectively in multi-disciplined teams, supporting both the Commercial Manager and project team. You will assist the Commercial Manager in pre-contract activities and evaluating and agreeing the value of payments and variations for a variety of works throughout the Route.
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This vacancy is Band 5, salary: Circa £27,820 per annum, dependent on experience.
Closing date: 20th December 2023. Late applications will not be accepted. We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.
Main Responsibility
Some of the key accountabilities of this role are:
- Assist in the measurement and evaluation of the commercial value of payments, monitoring the correct certification of works prior to authorisation in accordance with contractual obligations.
- Assist with the reporting on all commercial aspects of allocated projects.
- Assist in the preparation of contract specification and pre-tender documentation.
- Assist with the general procurement/commercial management on a variety of contract categories.
- Ability to self-manage own workload and communicate with various stakeholders across the portfolio.
- Proven communication and diplomacy skills with the ability to quickly adapt within a fast-paced environment.
The Ideal Candidate
We need savvy, commercial team players to join our Transpennine Upgrade Team. You will be capable of working collaboratively with our stakeholders to deliver on time with a key eye for detail. If you are a highly motivated individual with a passion for success, driving growth and improvement, and embodying our core values, we would love to hear from you.
We need you to have:
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Good problem solving skills
- Basic level of commercial awareness
- Basic negotiation skills with ability to influence decision making
- Computer literate including ability to utilise in-house and external software
It would be advantageous if you have:
- Able to effectively communicate at the appropriate levels, both internally and externally
- Membership of an appropriate professional organisation, or working towards membership
- Experience of using electronic sourcing and/or procurement systems.
Package Description
Key Information
Role: Assistant Commercial Manager
Salary: Circa £27,820 per annum, dependent on experience
Location: Leeds
Contract Type: Permanent
28 days annual leave + bank holidays
Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure travel this includes off peak and super off-peak tickets. Employees will also be entitled to 75% discount on season tickets.
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About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.
We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.
About the Company
Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter. Watch our video to find out more!
We're continuing to build a diverse organisation which is representative of the people we serve. We want to harness the skills and expertise of our people and attract the best talent, to enable a safe and accessible railway for everyone. To learn why inclusion is important to us, please click here.
About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone!
We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.
We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.
Over the coming years we will be building and improving crucial rail links between the country’s biggest cities, making our services faster, more comfortable and more reliable for the people who rely on us.
We’re also changing our organisation to put the passenger at the heart of everything we do, to make our people even prouder to work for us and to be recognised as a true leader in our industry.
In being a part of Network Rail, you’re not only part of an organisation with a vital role to play for the country, but also a team of more than 40,000 people, and a business dedicated to being one of Britain’s best employers.
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We have an exciting opportunity to join Transpennine Route Upgrade as Assistant Commercial Manager!
Transpennine Route Upgrade
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a Programme of activities that is improving the railway between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield.
Stretching across the North of England, this key 76-mile Transpennine railway serves 23 stations, crosses over and dips under 285 bridges and viaducts, passes through six miles of tunnels, and crosses over 29 level crossings.
Proposed improvements as will deliver a hard-working, reliable railway for passengers, allowing for trains with more seats, more services and faster journey times.
For more information please visit: www.theTRUpgrade.co.uk
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd