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Commercial & Contracts Manager - Design Consultancy

United Arab Emirates  |  Permanent

Our Global Design Consultancy client has a new requirement for a well experienced Commercial & Contracts Manager to join their team in Dubai working on major new build hospitality, residential, commercial and mixed use projects in the Emirates and wider GCC. Successful candidates will have a proven background as a Commercial & Contracts Manager with a recognised Design or Cost consultancy company background. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills are essential as is full project life cycle experience in pre and post contract works, MRICS would be highly advantageous.


This role is available for immediate joining and is a direct hire, permanent opportunity employed with our client.


Key Responsibilities:

As the Commercial and Contracts Manager, you will manage the commercial operations of the respective studios and projects within the Middle East region, working closely with the Regional Commerical Lead.

Working alongside the studio leaders, stream leaders, project managers and finance teams, you will be providing commercial direction, negotiation, establishment and variations for major projects to deliver them to a profit.

  • Assisting project leaders resolve commercial issues during the life of projects.
  • Commercial aspects (including contract management):
  • Providing commercial direction, negotiation, establishment and variations for major projects to deliver them to a profit.
  • Accountabilities include ensuring project fees, contracts, variations for projects are properly drafted, negotiated, documented, and recorded.
  • Reviewing fees and bids from a commercial perspective (terms, liability and insurance).
  • Supporting project leaders resolve commercial issues.
  • Business management best practice:
  • In collaboration with the respective studios, responsible for ensuring projects are established effectively, leveraging systems/ processes.
  • Ensuring studio leaders are driving the effective management of projects and the business.
  • Forecasts and forward resourcing.
  • Overseeing activities associated with WIP, revenue take-up project performance and collections.
  • Compliance supporting the practice in it's compliance with legislative and industry compliance activities (and the associated training).


Commercial & Contracts Manager Experience:

  • BSC in Business, Construction Law, Quantity Surveying or Engineering from a recognised institution preferred
  • MRICS is highly advantageous
  • Ideally, this role requires someone who has large practice experience within the Middle East and has previously worked in a similar role involving Major scale architectural project delivery.
  • The management of small to medium practices (end to end commercial practices).
  • Self-motivated and enthusiastic with the requisite personal drive and energy needed to help build the practice of the future.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.
  • Demonstrate operational excellence in using e.g. financial and project management reporting tools, systems and processes.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills coupled with exceptional analytical and problem-solving capabilities.


Interested candidates are invited to share their up to date CV directly to jobs@j10consulting.ae for further review and shortlisting.


Date Posted: 10 Aug 2023

Status: Filled