United Kingdom onlyVIVO, a 50:50 joint venture between Serco and EQUANS, has been awarded places on the Defence FM and Housing Maintenance framework contracts.
VIVO embodies both experience and innovation. It combines Serco’s comprehensive track record delivering engineering, technical and FM services to the UK MOD for over 55 years with EQUANS’ market leading FM, energy, asset optimisation and regeneration capabilities.
Location: Home based, with national travel required
Salary: Competitive + company car/car allowance + benefits
Hours: Monday to Friday, full time, permanent
VIVO are seeking an experienced Principal Commercial Manager to maximise performance across our DSTL and RFCA contracts for VIVO on a full time, permanent basis.
This role will see you lead commercial activities, including taking ownership of contractual matters, compliance, additional works and contract changes to maximise financial performance.
You will work closely with the contract delivery team, taking collective responsibility for financial and operational performance, liaise with all support function colleagues to support contract performance, and support senior commercial colleagues to deliver functional improvements. This will include identifying works that are out of scope and identifying opportunities to maximise revenue.
In addition to this, you will commercially deliver the Billable Works programmes, monitor and review Supply Chain performance, carry out the role of Tender Manager for Billable Works and maintain commercial control to ensure planned milestone payments are achieved and final accounts are closed to meet the business targets.
The primary focus will be change management, providing effective commercial guidance to all stakeholders and ensuring compliance with all statutory requirements.
This role will be very customer facing, with the expectation that you will be on site in Salisbury at least once a week, with a further day or two per week on sites across England. Attending meetings where you will provide reports and updates on all commercial matters will be essential and frequent.
What You Need To Do The Job:
First and foremost, you should be an experienced Principal Commercial Manager from a Facilities Management, Construction, Property Maintenance or similar environment, with a solid understanding of pricing and cost modelling, risk analysis and management, dispute resolution and commercial processes.
It is important that you have demonstrable experience with client engagement, with the ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships and a collaborative working environment, as well as the ability to motivate through clear and effective direction, delegation, decision making and strive for excellence.
Experience of working with Government or Local Authority clients would be an advantage in this position.
With regards to qualifications, we are more than happy to accept applications from candidates that are qualified by experience.
What We Offer:
- 6% employer matched pension contribution
- 25 days annual leave
- Bonus
- Company car or car allowance
- Private medical cover for self and partner
- Life assurance at 2 x base salary
VIVO Defence Services
The role you have applied for is with VIVO Defence Services, a joint venture between Serco and EQUANS. By applying for this role, please be aware that information contained within your CV may be shared between VIVO Defence Services, Serco and EQUANS during the recruitment process.
At VIVO, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. Therefore, we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool.
We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working and operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly a Disability Confident Employer. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. If candidates wish to request extra time to apply then they should contact 0345 010 4000 and ask to speak to a VIVO Recruiter.
