What is a Commercial Assistant?
A Commercial Assistant is responsible for supporting the commercial team, which will include ensuring invoices are paid and accurate and transactional commentary is up to date whilst challenging suppliers around value and driving the supplier to enhance that value through benchmarking and cost analysis.
What are the typical duties and activities for a Commercial Assistant?
From employer to employer the job description of a Commercial Assistant will vary, however typical duties and activities undertaken include:
Apply technical knowledge in analysing data, reporting and creating solutions
Managing and negotiating supplier queries through to acceptance
Progress escalations with Contractors to resolution or escalate as required to the Management Team
Attend supplier meetings to conduct audits, resolve queries, and review best practice as required
How can we help with your Commercial Assistant job search?
For over 15 years we have specialised in securing contract and permanent opportunities for Commercial Assistant professionals across the Construction, Civils, Rail, Power and Telecoms sectors.
Working globally with the largest contractors, consultancies, along with many infrastructure owners and operators, we are ideally positioned to work with talented Commercial Assistants and secure the market's leading Commercial Assistant opportunities.
With a reputation for being experts in the sectors that we operate, we are also renowned for consistently delivering the right opportunities to our candidates, working proactively in order to give our candidates the edge in a competitive marketplace.
Interested in looking for a new Commercial Assistant job?
If you are looking for a new opportunity, please get in touch with our specialist recruiters to discuss your situation in more detail. Alternatively you can search all of our current live jobs across the Construction, Civils, Rail, Power and Telecoms sectors.
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Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. In 2016 Ottawa had a city population of 934,243 and a metropolitan population of 1,476,008, making Ottawa the fourth largest city and fifth largest CMA in Canada. Ottawa has seen numerous large scale construction projects over the past couple of years and has multiple large constructions projects in the pipeline, such as:
O-Train Confederation Line
The O-Train Confederation Line is a state-of-the-art LRT system and Ottawa’s largest transportation infrastructure project since the building of the Rideau Canal. Together with a 2.5km downtown tunnel, this light rail system will move Ottawa faster and in more comfort than ever before.
LeBreton Flats Redevelopment
The NCC is embarking on a process to create a renewed vision for a dynamic Capital destination and a complete community where people can live, work and play. A Master Concept Plan for LeBreton Flats will be developed to guide development and will include:
• signature public spaces and parks
• mixed-use areas, including places for homes, employment, education and more
• mobility networks and transportation infrastructure
• spaces for possible major attractions
Looking for a new construction job?
If you are looking for a new opportunity, please get in touch with our specialist recruiters to discuss your situation in more detail. Alternatively you can search all of our current live jobs across the Construction, Civils, Rail, Power and Telecoms sectors.
Want to find out how we can help you and your job search?
We are always pushing boundaries to improve our services to our clients and candidates. So taking pride in what we do is ranked extremely high. Find out more about the services we can provide for you.