Assistant Commercial Manger

Opportunity: Assistant Commercial Manager (Full-Time)

We are seeking to hire a highly qualified individual for the full-time position of Assistant Commercial Manager.

The Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Extensive Experience: Proven track record in a relevant commercial or management role.
• Dynamic and Proactive: A highly energetic approach with the ability to drive initiatives forward.
• Adaptable: The capability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving industry environment.
• A "People Person": Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a genuine aptitude for building relationships.
• Team-Oriented: A willingness to fully integrate and contribute to our existing, dynamic, and happy "one big family" team culture.

Location: This role will be primarily based at our company headquarters in Chorley, Lancashire, PR17NY.

Key Responsibilities:

• To support the Commercial Director with day to day leadership of the team of Commercial Assistants.
• Management of the shared commercial email inbox and delegation of tasks to the team.
• Assisting the Commercial Director with team appraisals, probation reviews, interviews.
• Management of training programmes for new team members.
• Overseeing weekly and monthly client invoicing ensures that invoices are dispatched on time in line with contractual requirements.
• Holiday cover for Commercial Director (emails and phone calls diverted).
• Oversight of the new project creation process, chasing purchase orders or missing details.
• Assisting the Commercial Director with aged debtors reviews and outstanding query.
• Assisting the Management Accountant and Commercial Director, with the weekly profit report analysis for all projects.
• Documenting new commercial processes for all new clients and sites.
• Oversight of client invoicing platforms
• Assist the Commercial Director with commercial documents for client tender submissions.
• To work with the Commercial Director and Accounts Receivable Manager, to proactively reduce query and improve the position of the aged debt.
• Control of client invoicing - liaising closely with the Operations Managers, Payroll, HR, and Accounts departments to ensure accuracy of weekly timesheets and subsequent invoicing to clients.
• Generate invoices using the company software, ensuring that invoices are dispatched to customers on time, in line with customer payment schedules, rate cards and adherence to framework agreements.
• Proactively, professionally and fairly resolve client queries with project records, roles, rates and invoicing.
• Ensure labour supply subcontracts, rates and frameworks are established and agreed.
• To communicate all new projects across the business on a weekly basis.
• Assist and support the query resolution and chasing outstanding or overdue invoices as required.
• Working with the operations team to ensure all project records are received and correct for all operatives.
• Ensure that the invoicing & applications are done in a timely and accurate manner.
• Actively chase for subsequent payments to be received on the due date and keep the Commercial Director updated on any current or potential issues.
• Support other parts of Advantage NRG and the parent company Hercules PLC when required.

Required Skills / Specifications

• 5 years preferably, with working experience of NEC type contracts, framework agreements and bespoke contracts.
• Degree or equivalent in quantity surveying, business studies, finance.
• Willing/able to travel occasionally across different sites.
• Team player.
• Good understanding of the OHL industry is desirable but not essential.

Starting Salary - £40k-50k

Benefits

• Company Pension
• On-Site Parking
• Company Events
• Great team environment
• Cycle to Work Scheme