Description:
The Commercial Manager will be responsible to plan, direct, and coordinate the project’s day-to-day commercial/business service operations, formulates strategies and management programs to provide overall direction with the help of subordinate managers; and manage daily operations and assigned personnel. Highly experienced in managing commercial and contracts functions for major programs from inception through completion. Major scope elements include development of the program contracting strategy, administration of the prime contract, contract formation and administration and claims.
Major Responsibilities
- Responsible for managing a team of senior contracts managers in the execution of the program objectives, remaining specifically responsible for the formation and administration of all contracts on the program.
- Manges the staffing, training, and retention of contracts personnel for the program.
Prime Contracts
- Provides support and guidance to the program in the management of the prime contract; works with the program to identify the prime contract baseline, project opportunities and risks, and to develop a risk mitigation plan.
- Participates in program related meetings, works closely with all functions and reviews project financial data.
- Ensuring awareness of all program activities that may affect the prime contract.
- Identifying opportunities for revenue enhancement, schedule relief and claim avoidance.
- Taking appropriate actions to protect Bechtel’s interests and or improve program performance.
- Ensuring compliance with prime contract terms and conditions
- Directly performs or participates in the preparation and negotiation of changes to the baseline contract as well as the resolution of constructive changes with respect to additional compensation and time.
- Provides for adherence to contract insurance provisions and coordinates with the Risk Management Department on any occurrences covered by the Customer or Bechtel provided insurance.
- Directly performs or participates in the management of Bechtel’s contractual and commercial interests in connection with the program.
- Develops a program to identify and prepare claims as they develop directing the efforts to negotiate and resolve claims in coordination with the Bechtel Claims Group and Legal Department.
Contracts Formation
- Reviews, implements, and/or suggests revisions to the NEOM and program formation procedures and processes.
- Manages and performs contract formation activities from initial planning through administration.
- Develops and implements the program contracting strategy and associated procurement (formation) execution strategies.
- Oversees, performs, and reviews the contractual documents and approves the same for customer review.
- Prepares, maintains, and manages the control and status reporting documents for formation.
Contract Administration
- Reviews, implements, authors, and or suggests revisions to the NEOM and program administration procedures and processes.
- Reviews and suggests revisions to the contract general terms and conditions to identify and monitor areas of risk, ambiguities, conflicts, or deviations from the requirements.
- Develops, reviews, implements and or manages appropriate mechanisms to monitor compliance with contract terms and conditions.
- Conducts identification, administration, management, and resolution of contract claims as the develop, including engagement of legal counsel, as necessary.