Commercial Advisor
7 months ago
Overview / Responsibilities:
Wood is currently inviting expressions of interest for a
**Commercial Advisor **role to be based at our office in
** Abu Dhabi.**
**Job Objective**
As Wood continues to grow and diversify to meet the demands of an ever-changing world, the commercial function plays a leading role in ensuring we unlock our full potential, capture the value we create, and are correctly rewarded for this by our clients.
At a high level, the job objectives are, under limited supervision;
- Maximise commercial performance while managing business/project risk (pre and post-contract)
- Commercialisation of a sub-Business Group service offerings to support business growth and strategy
- Developing team members with in-depth commercial and cross-functional expertise to support the assigned business
- Ensure compliance with relevant commercial/contracting policies
- Resolution of disputes/claims and cash collection issues
- Embedding effective commercial governance and assurance across the sub-Business Group / Project / Portfolio of Projects
- Supporting the tender governance process for the sub-Business Group
**Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities**
- Promote and demonstrate safety leadership behaviors
- Always act ethically and with the utmost integrity
- Champion and follow the relevant DOA and commercial / contracting policies
Leads the management of:
- Pre-award activities including support to the proposals team in terms of performing a commercial review of tender documents, reviewing commercial proposals prior to submission for internal approval, preparing pricing and commercial qualification
- Defined activities within the Tender governance process
- The development of rates, estimates, pricing, and commercial models
- The administration of risk management processes pre and post contract
- The management and administration of Bonds / LoCs, Collateral warranties and PCGs
- The timely and accurate submission of contracting policy approval requests, in conjunction with the Contracts function
- Main contract administration, including correspondence management, management of change and the development/implementation of commercial strategies and profit improvement plans in accordance with client contracts and Woods policies and procedures
- The administrative maintenance of delegations of authority (DOA) and processing of DOA approvals
- The administrative development and maintenance of Commercial Handovers and Plans
- The preparation of project cashflow forecasts, expenditure, invoice preparation, and expediting of payments
- The preparation and analysis of inputs to key contract and internal project reporting requirements
- The preparation of main contract close-out requirements
Assists and delivers under supervision
- The coordination of contract reviews and the development of qualifications/redlines in conjunction with the Contracts function
- Information/data gathering and analysis required to support Woods assertive claims and/or defending claims against Wood
**Working Relationships**
**Internal**: Commercial / Contracts, G&D, Finance, Tax & Treasury, Legal, Ethics and Compliance, Project
Management, Project Controls, Operations
**External**: Clients, Suppliers, External auditors
**Level of Influence & Decision making Authority**
- Functionally responsible for commercial personnel within Sub-BG / Project Team
- Accountable for governance and assurance of commercial policies and processes within assigned
business/project and commercial delivery on tenders/project (s)
Skills / Qualifications:
**Qualifications**:
- Degree in Quantity Surveying, Law, or Business Studies, along with appropriate professional qualification (preferred)
**Knowledge, skills and experience**:
- 2 -4 years experience in a similar role
- Good working knowledge and experience in commercial administration and procedures
- Experience in drafting and interpretation of commercial documentation
**Personal Attributes**:
- Utmost integrity
- Demonstrates commitment to Wood and client core values
- Demonstrate commitment to Wood commercial processes and procedures
- Excellent communication skills, written, oral, and presentation
- Ability to work as part of a team and manage others
- Ability to prioritize key tasks and solve problems for the team
- Ability to present to senior management/leadership
- Ability to engage with key stakeholders
- Advanced user of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Company Overview:
Diversity Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
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