Procurement Cost and Commercial Director

Description

• Prime interface and coordinate with authorities in obtaining all necessary documents to aid the approval process.
• Ensures timely production of all required commercial deliverables by KBR.
• Preparing and making presentations
• Directs the commercial team to ensure that they meet the Project objectives by establishing contracts and securing materials, equipment, and related services on time and within budget, in an ethical manner always, and truly in accordance with project procedures.
• Establishment and maintenance of a program cost benchmarking database
• Develops and implements commercial strategy.
• Preparation of monthly and weekly reports
• Interface with the Main Project Steering Committee.
• Preparation and maintenance of the project cost break down structure, budget and integrated cost report and cashflow
• Prime interface with the authorities for obtaining of all necessary documents to aid the approval process.
• Develops and implements cost estimating and commercial strategy.
• Lead and manage team of cost controllers, estimators contract administrators and quantity surveyors.
• Preparing of Cost Estimates and Commercial Reports throughout the projects life cycle.
• Responsibilities for which includes production of evaluation documents to aid the approval process.
• Directs and manages the evaluation process for all tendered projects in the Programme.
• Analysing and reporting on Consultants and Contractors cost reports and cashflows
• Leads the evaluation team made up of PMC Pre-contracts support staff, Project Controls staff preparing tender financial analysis and design consultant evaluation team.
• Manages the delivery of the evaluation reports within the agreed time.
• Production of Commercial Reports throughout the project’s life cycle.
• Developing and maintaining estimating and cost control and reporting standards and procedures
• Produces the written report and associated cover letters and paper for representation to the client.
• Directs the evaluation teams to ensure that they meet the Project objectives by establishing contracts on time, in an ethical manner always, and truly in accordance with project procedures.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in a similar role
• Membership of a recognised International Professional Body e.g. MRICS or FRICS (preferred)
• Minimum of 5 years working experience in Middle East
• Fluency in English language both written and spoken
• Minimum 20 years overall experience
• HSE Awareness
• Experience in managing direct reports with overall responsibility for teams in excess of 20 people
• Strong customer focus
• Experience in international contracting mechanisms including FIDIC, NCE
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• BSc Quantity Surveying or Masters Degree
• Sound knowledge of cost control, estimating and commercial aspects of major civil & infrastructure projects including roads, bridges and utilities with significant experience in procurement and contract management of such projects.
• Experienced user of MS Office and understanding of project management software

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance