Sector Commercial Director

Costain Group · United Kingdom

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The commercial function is responsible for the effective control of commercial risks, liabilities, exposures and opportunities within all our trading relationships. 

The Sector Commercial Director role is a strategic leadership position within Costain, reporting into the Divisional Commercial Director for Natural Resources, whom you will support with resource management across the division and development of the commercial functional capability.

You will report operationally to, and work closely with, the Sector Director to establish, shape and drive strategy.  You will also contribute to the wider management, leadership and direction of the Sector in order to achieve the business plan objectives.

You will always represent the company’s interests in a professional manner and, where required, act as the company’s representative on collaborative management boards.  Developing collaborative relationships with our customers, joint venture partners and key supply chain partners will be a key element of your role.

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

We do share individual feedback following an interview.

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Costain’s Defence and Nuclear Energy business is highly regarded in the sectors in which it operates and has an ambitious plan to more than double in size to £300m per annum by 2029. Costain is looking for an exceptional commercial leader to ensure that the business we win and deliver is “good” business. As a key member of the Sector Leadership Team, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in enabling the business to sustainably grow, with a focus on predictability and best in class, delivering the business plan ambition and beyond.

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