Associate Director - Commercial - (CDU911) The Director - Commercial is responsible for overseeing budget management, cost control, and comprehensive reporting for major transport infrastructure projects. This role will have strong expertise in various systems associated with reporting and forecasting including Power BI, PRISM or similar systems. This role ensures financial discipline, accurate forecasting, and detailed reporting to support strategic decision-making and project success.
Responsibilities
Champions QIC's "Safety First" value, specifically confident in enacting ‘Stop Work' authority, engage in relevant health / safety / wellbeing standards and behaviors
Role models leadership behaviors, in line with the Qiddiya Values, always
Motivates and inspires a high-performance culture through clear direction, providing continuous feedback, recognizing, and rewarding exceptional performance and fostering an environment of collaboration, innovation, and accountability
Supports in the development of the Contracting strategy to achieve QIC's strategic objectives
Ensures compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements related to commercial activities
Develops, with relevant stakeholders, the Contracts budget in alignment with the organization's budgetary requirements to allow effective delivery of desired objectives
Leads the commercial and financial management and reporting, collaborating closely with Directors to define objectives, track progress, and achieve targeted business outcomes.
Identifies trends and risk related to Cashflow forecasting against cash expenditure targets
Leads and oversees the implementation of contracting strategies, overseeing contracts administration and change management process, leading value engineering where applicable - applying to end-to-end contract lifecycle
Oversees the preparation and monitoring of project budgets, cost forecasts, and cash flows, ensuring alignment with financial objectives and constraints
Provides leadership, guidance, direction, and specialized assistance to projects for the resolution of difficult and complex project budgeting, reporting, and cost control problems
Develops and implements risk management plans incorporating their risk management policy, procedure, and process
Maintains appropriate risk management across the projects, including the management of risks, issues, and opportunities
Measures and reports risk management performance at both Program and Project levels
Endorses continuous improvement initiatives through recommendations, updates and changes to team activities, policies, and procedures
Oversees support provided to development teams regarding disputes and contract interpretation to ensure effective negotiation and settlement of claims to all development projects' teams in as needed
Coordinates closely with the Projects and Project Controls function in relation to implementing an effective controls system on budget, cost, report, risk, and change management
Leads the development of procurement strategies and packages to support the central procurement team and provide recommendations and support as needed
Collaborates with project managers and other departments to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting
Leads the implementation of policies, software and processes
Leads stakeholder management on behalf of the commercial function
Maintains consistent and standardized reporting practices
Mentors and develops a team of commercial and reporting specialists, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth
Qualifications
Safety Prioritize wellbeing
Address challenges directly
Take responsibility for safety
Correct unsafe practices
Learn from mistakes to continuously improve
Hold each other accountable with support and care
Integrity Communicate truthfully and straightforwardly -
Keep commitments and fulfill promises
Respect others' rights, dignity, and opinions
Uphold high professional standards
Innovation Encourage innovation with an open, nimble approach
Maintain a curious mindset
Eager to learn and improve
Think creatively beyond conventions
Continuously seek ways to enhance performance
Collaboration Open, honest engagement with all stakeholders
Frequent, respectful, transparent communication
Celebrate successes
Collaboratively resolve issue
Inclusion Respect diverse cultures
Listen to different perspectives
Maintain an open mindset to diverse ideas and information
Build and engage diverse teams equitably and fairly
Treat everyone with respect and equality
Quality Ask direct, rational questions
Speak relevantly for the audience
Be a team player, share knowledge
Uncompromising quality standards
Qualifications Bachelor's degree - Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Cost Engineering, Legal or related field
Professional Certifications (if Required) Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors preferred
Experience 10 - 15 years' Commercial construction delivery experience - ideally Contractor and Consultancy and working in Program wide roles, working with large commercial teams across multiple projects
Major program experience - managing multiple projects, conflicting priorities, and stakeholders.
Previous KSA / Middle East experience preferred
Experience leading Commercial Management of Major Projects in a highly regulated, complex, matrixed environments evidencing Full project life-cycle involvement (Bidding thorough to Final Account).
Subject matter expert in contracts, claims, arbitration.
Supports team through period of business changes in responding to changing business requirements.
Provides strategic support and guidance in managing and prioritizing the workload of a commercial and contract administration team, deadline-driven and ability to optimize workload.
Ability to leverage exceptional written and verbal skills in English - articulate ideas, strategies, and project performance to a range of audiences and to influence at senior levels.
Ability to leverage in-depth knowledge of enterprise-level management software, such as Prism, SAP, or similar systems
Leadership skills to inspire large, diverse teams and deliver results.
Leadership skills and the ability to lead the commercial function's direction, specifically endorsing or opposing practices as needed
Location : Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Commercial Director • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia