Techniche Global are supporting a major global engineering, design consultancy  to appoint a

  
Rate:                    £65-70 Per hour PAYE + holiday + pension
Location:             Glasgow- hybrid (Travel expenses covered if not located nearby)
Duration:             contract initially until Dec 2026
Working Hours:  37.5 hours per week
  

Key Responsibilities:
  
Commercial Leadership and Strategy

• Lead all aspects of contract negotiation and execution, covering both project-based service orders and resource-based commercial arrangements.
• Develop, own, and implement the commercial strategy to achieve target margin outcomes across all contract types, adapting it in line with the evolving work pipeline.
• Ensure effective engagement of the supply chain to support successful delivery, protecting the commercial strategy and maintaining balanced commercial outcomes across all partners.

Contract & Supply Chain Management

• Monitor and review the performance of supply chain partners and their contractual arrangements, taking action where performance, risk, or commercial alignment requires adjustment.
• Support project teams with pricing activities, ensuring alignment with the agreed commercial strategy and acting as the final reviewer prior to internal governance reviews.
• Oversee and coordinate all commercial governance review processes to ensure contracts, proposals, and commercial submissions receive formal approval before client submission.

Frameworks, Performance & Processes

• Work collaboratively with senior leadership to develop and validate key performance indicators, ensuring commercial risks and incentivisation mechanisms are balanced and acceptable.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve commercial tools, processes, and protocols governing the commercial administration of the business.

Financial Management

• Collaborate closely with Finance to finalise monthly profit and loss reporting and provide recommendations for profit distribution where applicable.
• Act as the escalation point for commercial issues arising within project teams, resolving matters directly with client-side commercial representatives as required.

Contract Compliance & Instruction Management

• Ensure project teams obtain formal instructions and agreement of commercial values for compensation events or variations, in full compliance with contractual provisions.

Stakeholder & Client Engagement

• Participate in regular commercial leadership meetings with client counterparts and peer organisations.
• Establish and chair internal and external commercial meetings to ensure timely processing of compensation events, variations, and other commercial matters, mitigating risk to the organisation.