Commercial Manager Vacancy– General Role Description (Manchester/ Blackburn/ Carlisle)

Commercial Manager - CAPITA

(Manchester/ Blackburn/ Carlisle)

 

The following vacancy is now available.

 

General Role Description:

Work along side business unit managers to:-

• Assist in the commercial aspects of contract and client management of both Outsourced contracts and major projects
• Take an entrepreneurial approach to finding and prioritising (with BU managers) those issues which require commercial support
• Take a hands on approach to supporting resolution of commercial issues where appropriate, or implementing and managing appropriate resource for the same. Ownership of issues to the point of resolution is essential.
• Manage day to day level negotiations with clients and service providers

• Support in the negotiation of larger scale commercial changes to key accounts and projects

• Support the development of new propositions

• Liaise with internal legal teams to support BU managers on the more complex aspects of contract review and service propositions

• Engage in the standard project review process, in particular supporting the commercial management of change and variation on major projects

• Conduct ad hoc contract compliance reviews

• Support key compliance processes for the north including liability approval requests

• Report progress on key commercial issues to and receive instruction from the regions South Operations Board

Key requirements

• Ability to manage clients in a pragmatic and personable way

• Strong comprehension skills, and understanding of fundamental contract mechanisms commonly found in service contracts
• Understanding of cost behaviour, and ability to quickly ascertain relevant drivers of cost and profit in given scenarios
• Ability to work under low levels of supervision

• Strong ability in general management, and task management

 

• Key focus on outcomes and business objectives – as this is generally the measure of success in an organisation such as Capita.

Please contact Steve Lucas or Clare Hart , Student Experience Support Tutors (AFE) on s.lucas@mmu.ac.uk or Clare.Hart@mmu.ac.uk for further information.