Commercial Project Manager (CPM)

Commercial Project Manager (CPM)

Your responsibilities

• The successful candidate will be required to fulfil the job as summarised below, but not limited to:
• Support during bidding phase
• Analyze the commercial aspects of a customer request to tender and provide key commercial and financial inputs for a competitive
• Draw up a strategy and identify key issues for association with business partners (Joint ventures, consortium, sub-contracting).
• Evaluate the commercial and financial risks of the proposed bid and recommend appropriate risk mitigation measures.
• Ensure compliance with internal directives pertaining to risk management aspects of the bid.
• Provide input and support during the negotiation of the commercial terms and conditions with the client.

Commercial Execution

• Take complete responsibility for the commercial execution of
• Ensure fulfilment of all commercial conditions laid down in the main contract with the customer.
• Co-ordinate all issues of financial project management (bank guarantees, parent company guarantees, letters of credit).
• Co-ordinate all tax and insurance related queries and interface with clients on these matters in consultation with finance.
• Provide necessary support to procurement by vetting the purchase orders and sub-contracts to ensure that terms and conditions thereof are synchronized with the main contract.

To lead the commercial project management (CPM) function, including the commercial input into tenders; the commercial execution of projects; commercial claims management; the planning, controlling and reporting of project costs, contract values and project results; the management of commercial aspects of contracts and subcontracts, and the management of any other relevant owner’s interfaces.

Your profile

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in commercial, legal, accounting or financial management or equivalent

• Additional educational Requirements

• Management and/or leadership training

• In-depth knowledge of FIDIC, NEC and other suites of contracts

• Work Experience

• At least 12 years relevant experience in the international contracting business especially with regard to project commercial execution / contract administration and controlling. (15+ years preferred)

• At least 12 years’ experience in claim management (15+ years preferred)

• Sound legal knowledge

• Extensive experience with NEC and/or FIDIC based contracts

• Track record of experience in Claims Management, Insurance and Compliance.

• Important to us

• Health and Wellness

• Health & Safety

• Highest health & safety standards and a wide range of health promotion and healthcare activities.

• Highest health & safety standards and a wide range of health promotion and healthcare activities.

• Pension and Retirement

• Pension

• We have various financial models to give you individual support.

• We have various financial models to give you individual support.

• Collaboration and Teamwork

• Collaboration

• Collegiality is of huge importance – we treat everyone with respect and appreciation.

• Collegiality is of huge importance – we treat everyone with respect and appreciation.

• Professional Development

• Development

• Training and education programs to help you develop professionally and personally.

• Training and education programs to help you develop professionally and personally.

• Compensation and Salary

• Compensation & benefits

• Fair working conditions and competitive pay are an important basis for us.

• Fair working conditions and competitive pay are an important basis for us.

• Diversity and Inclusion

• Diversity

• We promote an open and tolerant work culture.

• We promote an open and tolerant work culture.

• Work-Life Balance

• Work-Life Balance

• Work-Life Balance: we guarantee regular working hours to support work-life balance.

• Work-Life Balance: we guarantee regular working hours to support work-life balance.

• Creative and Innovation

• Creative leeway

• We offer a work environment in which you can try out new solutions in a no blame culture.

• We offer a work environment in which you can try out new solutions in a no blame culture.

• Vacation and Time Off

• Vacation and paid time off

• Vacation and paid time off: Paid vacation, sick leave and personal days.

• Vacation and paid time off: Paid vacation, sick leave and personal days.

• Sustainability and Environment

• Sustainability

• We act with responsibility and environmental awareness. We support sociopolitical initiatives and focus on resource efficiency.

• We act with responsibility and environmental awareness. We support sociopolitical initiatives and focus on resource efficiency.

• Onboarding and Training

• Onboarding

• Onboarding: individual and personal support to help you get started in your new job.

• Onboarding: individual and personal support to help you get started in your new job.

• We value diversity

• We value diversity. Therefore we welcome all applications, irrespective of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, disability, age, or sexual orientation and identity.

• Company

• Established in South Africa in 1959, thyssenkrupp Uhde South Africa is the local subsidiary of thyssenkrupp Uhde. Underpinned by a global footprint with local presence, we are a market-leading technology, engineering, construction and service partner for industrial plants and systems.

• Combining over 100 years of global experience with over 60 years of local African know-how, thyssenkrupp Uhde Africa is a specialist provider of a range of advanced chemical technologies and integrated, environmentally friendly EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) solutions and services.

• As an environmentally-responsible company, our vision is to create a livable planet through engineering green solutions.

• From receiving your documents to acceptance: the application process

• Step 1

• Online application

• Have you found an interesting vacancy? Then apply online. You won’t need more than 10 minutes. The entire application process – from initial contact to response – usually takes between four and six weeks.

• Step 2

• Receipt of your application

• You will receive confirmation that we have received your application – within a few minutes if you apply online; it may take a couple of days if you apply by email. Our recruiters check your application documents and get in touch with you. For some positions we will conduct a preliminary telephone interview with you.

• Step 3

• Review by functional department

• Our recruiter submits a preliminary selection of candidates to the specialist department for consideration. The department will then look closely to check whether your qualifications meet the requirements of the job.

• Step 4

• Interview

• If you are a suitable candidate for the job, we’d like to get to know you personally in an interview with the specialist department and HR. If you or we need more time, we'll invite you to a second interview.

• Step 5

• The offer

• Once we have agreed the contractual details, we will s