Senior Commercial Manager Lead

About the Role

KBR Saudi Arabia is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager - Lead to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time role involves reporting to the Commercial Director and overseeing commercial management activities for a major infrastructure program. The project focuses on a mixed-use development in Riyadh, aiming to establish a global landmark and a self-sustaining community. KBR provides PMO services, enterprise-level governance, assurance, integration, and performance oversight across all projects and programs within this development.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Project Management Consultants (PMCs) for executive commercial reporting and control.
• Recommend and implement appropriate commercial strategies.
• Manage pre and post-contract activities.
• Provide accurate status reports to support timely decision-making and prevent schedule slippage or cost overruns.
• Produce close-out reports for each project.
• Develop, implement, and govern standard cost and commercial reporting formats for PMCs.
• Develop and maintain a database of all insurances, guarantees, and warranties.
• Compile and validate analytical commercial data in coordination with PMCs.
• 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 Bill of Quantities (BoQ) and tender documents to develop standards for PMCs.
• Prepare program-wide consolidated cost reports consistent with agreed reporting requirements for various stakeholders.
• Collate annual program-wide budgets and prepare monthly cashflow reports for client submission.
• Prepare and develop cost benchmark reports, including Tender Price Index, Professional Fees Benchmark, and Construction Cost Benchmark.
• 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.
• 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 by KBR.
• Produce Commercial Reports throughout the project's life cycle.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience.

Key Competencies

• Leadership capabilities.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated commercial awareness.
• Strong client focus.
• Effective planning and organizing skills.
• Ability to accept responsibility.
• HSE Awareness.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, contributing to a significant infrastructure development project.