Commercial Manager

Position Overview

This opportunity is for a Commercial Manager on a long-term project based in Central Glasgow. The Commercial Manager will play a key role in supporting pre-contract commercial activity across procurement, tendering and cost planning. This position offers the chance to contribute to a major project environment while working across bid, design and delivery teams. The Commercial Manager role is well suited to a technically strong commercial professional with major infrastructure experience and strong analytical capability.

Role Context

This Commercial Manager position is supporting a major infrastructure project in Glasgow, Scotland. The working environment includes a hybrid arrangement with office-based collaboration alongside remote working. The role will involve engagement with stakeholders across bid, design and delivery functions during the pre-contract and tendering phase.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop procurement strategies to support project and commercial objectives.
• Prepare contract management plans and support invitation to tender processes.
• Manage the tender process from preparation of documentation through to commercial evaluation of bids.
• Lead or support supplier negotiations to help achieve best value outcomes.
• Carry out cost planning, estimating and benchmarking activities.
• Identify and price commercial risks across project and tendering activities.
• Engage with stakeholders across bid, design and delivery teams to support commercial decision-making.

Qualifications & Experience

• Essential: Experience in pre-contract and tendering within major infrastructure projects.
• Essential: Strong commercial acumen and analytical skills.
• Essential: Demonstrated capability in procurement strategy, tender evaluation and commercial negotiation.
• Desirable: MRICS qualification.
• Desirable: MCIPS qualification.

About Airswift

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of each client. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift’s geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry, and the level of experience, exposure, and expertise within the organisation is unparalleled. If this Commercial Manager opportunity is of interest, please apply now.