Senior Commercial Director opportunity within a growing UK engineering and infrastructure business. You will provide strategic and hands-on commercial leadership across a complex, project-led environment, partnering with Operations, Finance, Procurement and SLT. You will own commercial governance, risk, reporting and negotiations, shaping procurement strategies and driving commercial maturity. This role offers significant leadership influence, cross-functional impact and a clear path to transform commercial performance. You will work in a dynamic setting, with hybrid London/Leeds-based operations and regular travel, to deliver measurable growth and value.
Responsibilities
Lead and develop the Commercial, Procurement and Document Control functions
Act as a trusted commercial adviser to Operations and senior stakeholders
Own commercial, contractual, project and supply-chain risk
Strengthen governance, processes and accountability across commercial activities
Improve commercial reporting, forecasting and financial performance
Lead negotiations across major client and supplier contracts
Develop procurement and supplier strategies to improve value and resilience
Drive consistency and commercial maturity across the organisation
Support business transformation and development of improved systems and processes
Provide commercial input into wider business strategy and growth
Build, develop and retain a high-performing commercial team
Key requirements
Significant senior commercial experience within construction, engineering, infrastructure or building services
Experience working within a principal contractor environment
Strong knowledge of NEC4 and JCT contracts
Strong understanding of commercial, contractual and supply-chain risk
Experience improving commercial processes, governance and performance
Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills
Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders
Strong commercial judgement balancing strategy and hands-on delivery
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