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Senior Commercial Manager

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Location West Midlands
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This is a Full Time/Flexible Working, Permanent vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

🌟 Senior Commercial Manager

📍 West Midlands ¦ Liberty Group

 

Are you a commercially astute leader ready to shape the future of major contracts across a growing, purpose‑driven organisation? At Liberty, our people are at the heart of everything we do and this is a pivotal opportunity to make a real impact. 🚀

 

We’re looking for a Senior Commercial Manager to take ownership of contract risk and opportunity management across the Liberty Group, playing a critical role in both our financial performance and long‑term success.

 

💼 About the Role

This is a senior, influential position with responsibility for managing the full commercial lifecycle of high‑value and long‑term contracts — from bid stage through to final account.

Our portfolio includes:

  • One‑off construction projects 🏗️
  • Exciting decarbonisation and sustainability opportunities 🌍
  • Long‑term maintenance services, including heating & compliance and repairs & maintenance

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, clients and multidisciplinary teams to maximise profitability, mitigate risk and unlock opportunity.

 

🔑 Key Responsibilities

Contract Risk & Opportunity Management (End‑to‑End)

  • Pre‑Contract:
    Identifying and understanding contractual risks and opportunities, negotiating fair and robust terms, and ensuring the right commercial resource is in place from the outset.
  • Mobilisation:
    Creating and implementing clear commercial strategies and contract administration plans, ensuring teams are set up for success from day one.
  • Operational Delivery:
    Monitoring performance, managing change, issuing contractual notices, resolving issues early, avoiding disputes and maintaining strong commercial governance.
  • Contract Close:
    Agreeing final accounts, capturing lessons learned and ensuring robust records management.

Leadership & Influence

  • Lead and develop commercial and quantity surveying teams across the Liberty Group
  • Act as a trusted, client‑facing commercial lead, negotiating the best financial outcomes
  • Coordinate expertise across legal, operational, technical, finance, HR and business development teams 🤝
  • Deputise for the Group Commercial Director on commercial matters when required
  • Lead by example, embedding Liberty’s values and operating principles in everything you do

 

📩 Ready to Apply?

If you’re looking for a senior commercial leadership role where your expertise will truly make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

👉 Apply now and take the next step in your career with Liberty 🌟

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.   

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity. 
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

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Inside Housing Development Awards

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Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards

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2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards

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