Job Purpose

Expo City Dubai will be hosting COP28 on November 30, 2023. A team has been put together to deliver ECD commitments towards the event, including infrastructure, signage, temporary structures, and fit-out works.

The commercial manager will work within the Community Management team to support all commercial aspects, including pre-contract and post contract services.

Role Description

Core Accountabilities

Strategic Responsibilities

• Supporting the Senior Commercial Manager in developing and delivering the procurement strategy and project budget
• Organising and compiling tender documents in line with the agreed procurement strategy in order to satisfy the Client\xe2\x80\x99s requirements and maintain probity.
• Managing the development of BOQs and PTEs for all packages and providing recommendations and feedback to supply chain as needed
• Co-ordination of tender queries and responses in order to control the flow and quality of information provided to the tenderers.
• Monitoring the cost control and time control mechanisms to maintain the project budget.
• Direct the work of external cost consultants to maintain financial control of post contract packages.
• Review and recommend payment for interim payments, prepare payment certificates for the Engineer.
• Develop and administer the change management procedures to meet the requirements of the Conditions of the contract.
• Reporting and advising the package managers on commercial issues and contract administration of procedures put in place to control time and cost issues.
• Identification and management of interface issues between contracts and scopes of work in order to fully advise package managers and the Client.

Operational Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility of Commercial Management for the community management team.
• Responsible for ensuring the implementation and maintenance of cost planning and budget across the different package managers and other relevant stakeholders.
• Lead escalation of any commercial concerns to the Project management team.
• Support the Senior Controls Director in all commercial aspects
• Manage the budget monitoring and reporting.

People Responsibilities

• Good communication and interpersonal skills to co-ordinate and liaise with the Package Managers.
• Ability to convey issues and discuss solutions with stakeholders.
• Ability to identify escalate issues and provide clear justifications to management.

Knowledge, Qualifications & Skills required

Essential (must have to perform the role)

• 8+ years\xe2\x80\x99 experience at a commercial management.
• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in quantity surveying, or equivalent
• Professional certifications and/or accreditation
• Deep understanding of Commercial management
• Experience of working in a senior and high-pressure environment with excellent communication and report writing abilities at/to Board level.
• Technical understanding and working knowledge of villa construction.
• Commercial and contractual expertise to identify and control the interfaces between the villa package contracts, both financially and contractually.
• Seniority and experience to manage the commercial aspects unsupervised.
• Knowledge of procurement strategies and pre contract procedures and preparations.
• Knowledge of post contract core skills and duties, change management, cost control.
• Experience of advanced word-processing and spreadsheet packages.
• Experience in working in a multi-cultural organisation, GCC region desirable
• Experience in working with senior level Government partners and multi-agency stakeholders
• Team management skills, presentation skills, risk management skills, project management skills, high attention to detail, communication skills

Job Results: Individual KPIs will be reviewed and agreed on an annual basis in line with Departmental, function KPIs and performance objectives and competencies

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