Commercial Senior Manager

1 month ago

London, Greater London, Afghanistan Sopra Steria Full time

Do you want to provide effective commercial management and advice so that business plans may be achieved, and commercial risks are minimised?

As Senior Commercial Manager you are required to provide effective commercial, contract and supplier management for clients within the designated sector, in accordance with Sopra Steria business controls. The role will impact upon Internal and External stakeholders operating across a portfolio of clients. You will be a driven and charismatic individual, with a keen eye of detail and an ability to operate across a wide array of stakeholder. An individual that relishes the prospect of adding value, whilst upholding the values of the business.

Operating across our ADS sector, this role will have exposure to client site whilst operating in a hybrid variable way of working.

What you will be doing:

  • Provide effective commercial, contract and supplier management for client in accordance with Sopra Steria business controls.
  • Develop relationships with client teams by attending client governance meetings, ensuring issues and disputes are resolved promptly.
  • Operate commercial frameworks and assure the bid responses in order that business targets can be met.
  • Manage procurement and negotiation of supply contracts directly linked to client contracts, working in conjunction with central purchasing.
  • Assure that delivery performance and contract compliance are in accordance with commercial plans.
  • Assure the accuracy and effectiveness of account specific financial control processes including financial monitoring, forecasting, billing and cost control against contractual and commercial plan requirements.
  • Act as the point of escalation within a specified perimeter for resolving delays in payment of invoices by clients.
  • Identify opportunities for profit improvement and potential commercial or contractual risks, implementing mitigating actions to improve profit and minimize exposure to loss, disputes, and claims.
  • Support the promotion of commercial awareness within the Account.
  • Provide advice on commercial and contractual matters to colleagues within a specified field.
  • Provide regular reports to the Commercial Directors for the Sector and Customer Account Teams on the commercial health of the assigned area.
  • Contribute to the development of best practice commercial management, business rules, processes and controls.

What you will bring:

  • Develop relationships with client teams by attending client governance meetings, ensuring issues and disputes are resolved promptly.
  • Operate commercial frameworks and assure the bid responses in order that business targets can be met.
  • Manage procurement and negotiation of supply contracts directly linked to client contracts, working in conjunction with central purchasing.
  • Assure that delivery performance and contract compliance are in accordance with commercial plans.
  • Assure the accuracy and effectiveness of account specific financial control processes including financial monitoring, forecasting, billing and cost control against contractual and commercial plan requirements.
  • Act as the point of escalation within a specified perimeter for resolving delays in payment of invoices by clients.
  • Identify opportunities for profit improvement and potential commercial or contractual risks, implementing mitigating actions to improve profit and minimize exposure to loss, disputes, claims.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you

Security Clearance: Level SC
Referral: £3000

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements.

So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company?

Sopra Steria, is a European leader in consulting, digital services and software development, help clients drive their digital transformation to obtain tangible and sustainable benefits. We provide end-to-end solutions to make large companies and organisations be more competitive by combining in-depth knowledge of a wide range of business sectors and innovative technologies with a fully collaborative approach. Sopra Steria places people at the heart of everything it does and is committed to making the most of digital technology to build a positive future for its clients.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application.

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