Project Manager – Commercial

  • Full Time
  • Permanent
  • Durban
  • Applications have closed

SFG Engineering

Job Requirements:

  • Relevant Logistics, Shipping, or Engineering qualification.
  • Com Finance and or CIMA qualification
  • Commercial Project and or financial management.
  • 8 – 10 years logistics background.
  • 3 – 5 years at managerial level.
  • Proven track record of operations and people management.
  • Working knowledge of health and safety and ISO quality standards.

 

Job responsibilities:

Solution Design

  • Review strategic customer and solution specification, requirements, and commercial conditions
  • Scoping, definition, and resources required to deliver solutions in planned time-frames
  • Solution modelling, design, financial, risk and operational analysis
  • Create a standardized approach to costing and response to commercial offers
  • RFQ / RFP / tender submissions

 

Project implementation / support

  • Support logistics projects including expansion, optimization, and diversification of solutions
  • Market research, evaluation, and assessment of strategic projects
  • Coordinating every aspect of the project from reviewing and approving contract terms to implementation of new strategic contracts, budgets, capital expenditure, variation orders, reporting of project status, project close out and related commercialism
  • Manage project charter, progress (Incl. Key Event Schedule) and work streams
  • Achieving financial close and on-boarding

 

Business Development

  • Market scanning and research for opportunities and strategic initiatives including evaluation of opportunities with a go/no-go recommendation
  • Managing project into M&A or brown / greenfield capital projects on case-by-case basis
  • Input in negotiation of heads of agreement
  • Negotiating legal agreements and closing out conditions

 

Administration

  • Reviewing current costing and valuation models and suggesting improvements
  • Building of financial, operational, and technical models, financial evaluation, and forecasting
  • Drafting of board notes, funding proposals, and supporting evidence for deal approval
  • Management of fulfilment of contractual conditions
  • Preparation of presentations and documents to communicate research

Specific Requirements/Additional information

  • Able to work as part of a team and independently.
  • Strong financial acumen
  • Strong attention to detail and the ability to problem solve.
  • Takes ownership and expertly meet customer needs.
  • Excellent network ability and deals well with pressure situations.
  • Good systems and process ability.
  • Meets deadlines.
  • Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple disciplinary projects.
    • Computer skills and knowledge of programs such as Microsoft Office, Excel, and MS Projects.
  • Able to travel locally and internationally.