Job Title: Commercial Manager

Location: Portsmouth (HM Naval Base)

Service Area: Commercial

Hours of Work: 37 Per week

Salary: Competitive

What You’ll be doing:

This opportunity is to join our growing commercial team as a Commercial Manager, in supporting the delivery of Hard FM and Alongside Services for Portsmouth Naval Base. This is a varied role responsible for managing a range of infrastructure projects, providing plenty of opportunity to develop your commercial career and contribute to the success of KBS Maritime.

You’ll develop, negotiate and manage commercial proposals for infrastructure projects for Portsmouth Naval Base and provide commercial guidance and expertise to colleagues and delivery teams to ensure contractual obligations are met.

In addition to the above, the Commercial Manager shall be responsible for; monitoring contract performance, ensuring the project milestones are delivered in line with the commercial proposal, monitoring contractual KPIs and leading on representations for any relief events. You will act as a trusted business advisor, leading and managing the relevant delivery partners by  building and maintaining excellent working relationships with internal functional areas, the customer, suppliers and external stakeholders.

You’ll Have:

Strong, proven experience operating in a similar Commercial role, with extended knowledge and experience of UK Defence industry Terms & Conditions. Experience of managing infrastructure projects is desirable, coupled with strong commercial acumen and financial awareness.

Ideally, you will be prepared to support all outputs and disciplines to achieve KBS Maritime projects  and evidence a willingness to work as part of team to deliver customer requirements by supporting KBS Maritime team members and collaboratively work toward achieving customer expectations and business results

About you:

As a Commercial Manager, you’ll be well organised, have excellent verbal and written communication skills including influencing, report writing and presentation. With good interpersonal skills, you’ll additionally be capable of working independently and collaboratively as part of a wider team

By remaining flexible to an ever-changing changing environment, you will employ a customer centric ‘can do’ attitude within the team ensuring that the customer’s needs are met. Lastly, you will demonstrate excellent collaboration with various internal and external customers which will be critical for creating a team delivery ethos and ethic.

You’ll get:

A competitive salary coupled with 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, an enhanced pension scheme and life assurance. Also, you will have access to our in – house benefits and discounts programme for all colleagues, cycle to work scheme and continued professional career development. Lastly, you will also have access to flexible parental benefits (if applicable) and our internal employee assistance network, giving you the opportunity to reach the heights of success within your new position.

Application process:

Applications are urged to apply prior to the advertising closing date of Friday 13th December 2024 with a view of interviews scheduled to commence week commencing Monday 16th December 2024. For all queries, please contact recruitment@kbsmaritime.com in the first instance who will advise accordingly.

About Us:

KBS Maritime delivers Asset Management, Facilities Management and Energy Solutions across the maritime and defence environments. With parent companies KBR and BAE Systems, the JV has the pedigree of two global organisations, but we have the ethos of a small business where our people are valued and empowered to succeed. It’s a great place to work and we bring opportunity to all our team.