Commercial Manager

6 months ago


Brisbane, Australia Centurion Full time

**About us**:
Centurion is one of Australia’s largest independently owned and operated logistics (3PL) and transport companies. Based in Perth, Western Australia but operating across Australia, we have significant mobile, land and infrastructure assets nationwide, including 20 distribution centres and a fleet of more than 2,000 vehicles. This ensures Centurion provides flexible and reliable supply chain solutions for all our customers. Centurion is a values driven organisation operating with the vision of being the leading logistics partner for stakeholders in the commodity rich communities of Australia.

**Your new role**

This role will report directly to the General Manager of Commercial Services. Your role will be to provide effective and efficient commercial strategies, financial and commercial management, contract reviews and formation. In addition to this will provide accurate advice to senior management on matters relating to commercial opportunities and risk associated with the projects to ensure financial success of contracts and business units.

**Culture and Benefits**
- RIPPA values-driven company with a serious safety culture
- Career development with extraordinary opportunities on a national scale
- Employee Wellness Programs where employee health and wellbeing are put first
- Car, health, and home insurance discounts to be enjoyed

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**Tasks & Responsibilities**
- Participation in the tendering process including pricing preparation, contract reviews and customer engagement.
- Conduct comprehensive commercial analysis and provide decision-making support for Centurion's diverse business units.
- Proactively drive initiatives to reduce operational costs by identifying opportunities, executing strategies, providing support, and reporting on results.
- Evaluate new business initiatives to support and enhance overall business performance.
- Development of business summaries including key performance indicators (KPIs), operational, commercial and legal overviews to assist management team in understanding of key contracts and projects.
- Perform Post Implementation Reviews to compare actual performance with expected performance, providing feedback and recommendations to the business.
- Develop and prepare justifications for capital investments and business cases.
- Evaluate performance against established business cases.
- Management and oversight of rates including annual reviews and fuel levies.
- Collaborate closely with the finance team to improve the accuracy of weekly and monthly P&L reports, and provide operational and commercial commentary to support trend analysis.
- Perform detailed monthly variance analysis for the profit and loss statement (P&L).
- Analyse run rates and identify the main drivers of business performance.
- Lead efforts to enhance the financial reporting process, including implementing system changes and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Develop and prepare annual budgets and forecasts.

**What you’ll bring**
- 10+ years experience within Commercial
- Degree Qualified/ CPA/CAA or equivalent
- Skilled in tendering, pricing, contract review, contract management, business systems and process improvement.
- Ability and confidence to communicate and present analytical findings in a concise, insightful and simplistic manner
- Proven ability to add value to an organisation’s financial success
- Outstanding commercial acumen with the ability to work to deadlines
- Proven ability to provide a high level of stakeholder management
- Problem solving skills - analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Advanced skills in MS Office Suite packages
- Process change ability
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to manage project deadlines
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good numerical and data-entry skills

**Who is Centurion?**
Centurion is one of Australia’s largest independently owned and operated logistics (3PL) and transport companies. Based in Perth, Western Australia but operating across Australia, we have significant mobile, land and infrastructure assets nationwide, including 20 distribution centres and a fleet of more than 2,000 vehicles. This ensures Centurion provides flexible and reliable supply chain solutions for all our customers. Centurion is a values driven organisation operating with the vision of being the leading logistics partner for stakeholders in the commodity rich communities of Australia.

**Ready to take on a new challenge?**

If you feel you have the experience, ability, and skills to take the next step with your career within Centurion, we want to hear from you..



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