Senior Commercial Manager

About the Project and Role

كيلوج براون اند روت is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time role supports a major infrastructure program for a mixed-use development, aiming to establish a global landmark in Riyadh. The project focuses on creating a distinct, self-sustaining hub with iconic assets. KBR provides PMO services, enterprise-level governance, assurance, integration, and performance oversight across all projects and programs within this initiative.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Senior Commercial Manager – Lead, the Senior Commercial Manager is responsible for coordinating with Project Management Consultants (PMCs) on various commercial aspects. This includes managing executive commercial reporting, implementing control measures, recommending commercial strategies, and overseeing pre and post-contract management. The role also involves providing accurate status reports to support timely decision-making and producing close-out reports for each project.

Duties

• 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 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, Construction Cost Benchmark, and efficiency benchmarks.
• 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 and project cost reports, including trend analysis and change reporting.
• Review cost risks and opportunities.
• Report seamlessly between Cost Breakdown 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 by KBR.
• Produce commercial reports throughout the project's life cycle.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a relevant commercial management role.

Work Type

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh.