Development / Commercial Manager
RS Hunter
- Lagos, Lagos State
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Development of complex commercial proposals and contracting mechanisms.
- Studying the requirements, duties and obligations of the company under contracts to ensure alignment with the company’s goals and industry regulations.
- Providing commercial input into the cost estimating process.
- Sign-off of bid/project terms in accordance with own levels of delegated authority and obtaining further corporate approvals in accordance with company delegations of authority.
- Identification and management of commercial risks to meet project commitments.
- Support to the production and assessment of supplier request for proposals (RFPs) ensuring risk mitigation and value for money is achieved and meets customer’s needs.
- Analysis and drafting of contract requirements and terms and conditions to ensure compliance with law and corporate policies.
- Develop negotiation strategies and lead negotiations to ensure strategic business objectives are met.
- Contract administration of the allocated projects to maximize profitability and ensure timely achievement of project objectives.
- Management of the commercial elements of the contract change control process.
- Providing contractual guidance and coaching to the project team and briefings on project commercial issues when required.
- Building effective commercial customer relationships and assuming commercial focal point for allocated projects.
- Development and continuous improvement of commercial processes and procedures within the business.
- As required, lead and project manage bid teams to ensure robust proposal responses are submitted on time and with appropriate governance and rigour.
- Provide input and support to through life-cycle project delivery improvement initiatives.
- As required, provide additional project/programme management support and expertise to meet business needs.
- Identify, develop and launch initiatives and tools to support delivery of sales and profit targets
- Develop relationships with key technology providers to enable us to develop forward thinking sales and support programmes for our customers
- Responsibility for all Sales and Commercial programme analytics and data science.
- Excellent communications skills.
- Stakeholder management.
- Problem solver.
- A willingness to learn and develop within the role.
- Proactive and can-do attitude Essential experience.
- Broad knowledge of customer base and industry segment.
- Strong Presentation and communication skills.
- Good planning and organizational skills.
- Proactive style and results driven.
- Ability to understand and interpret customer requirements and contractual issues.