Senior Commercial Manager

About the Role

KBR Saudi Arabia is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time position involves providing PMO services, enterprise-level governance, assurance, integration, and performance oversight for a major infrastructure program. The role reports to the Senior Commercial Manager – Lead and focuses on coordinating commercial reporting, strategy, and contract management.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

The Senior Commercial Manager will be responsible for coordinating with Project Management Consultants (PMCs) on executive commercial reporting, control, and recommending commercial strategies. This includes pre and post-contract management, providing accurate status reports to prevent schedule slippage and cost overruns, and producing close-out reports for each project. The role requires a minimum of 10 years of experience.

• Develop, implement, and govern standard cost and commercial reporting formats for PMCs.
• Develop and maintain a database of all insurances, guarantees, and warranties.
• Coordinate with PMCs to compile and validate analytical commercial data.
• Manage executive risk reporting.
• Develop Project Cost Reports (PCR), Commercial Executive Reports, and Cashflows within Unifier, integrating with other platforms for data consistency.
• Review existing procurement guidelines for Bills of Quantities (BoQ) and tender documents to develop standards for PMCs.
• Prepare program-wide consolidated cost reports consistent with agreed reporting requirements.
• Collate annual program-wide budgets and prepare monthly cashflow reports for client submission.
• Prepare and develop cost benchmark reports for various indices and asset types.
• Prepare and issue cost benchmarking templates, elemental cost plan formats, and required information to PMCs.
• Participate in the development and implementation of program change control procedures.
• Prepare and issue program-wide project cash flow reports.
• Prepare project cost reports, including trend analysis and change reporting.
• Review cost risks and opportunities.
• Report seamlessly between Cost Break Down Structure and Work Breakdown Structure, linking cost and schedule, including Earned Value.
• Prepare updates for changes on the program baseline budget.
• Support the business plan exercise.
• Provide portfolio-wide risk management services to support effective governance, decision-making, and assurance.
• Consolidate PMC risk registers into program-level and departmental risk registers for escalation and reporting.
• Assist the client with the development of commercial strategy.
• Lead and direct contracts, risk, and other support service departments, ensuring timely production of all required commercial deliverables.
• Produce Commercial Reports throughout the project’s life cycle.

Experience and Qualifications

Candidates for this position should possess a strong background in commercial management within large-scale infrastructure projects. The role requires a professional with significant experience in coordinating complex commercial activities and reporting.

• Experience: A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in commercial management.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within a dynamic environment focused on a major infrastructure program. The role involves close coordination with various stakeholders, including PMCs and client representatives.