Commercial Lead

Commercial Lead / Senior Commercial Manager / Cost Management Lead

Farciennes, Wallonia, Belgium

€170,000 - €200,000 + Bonus

A senior commercial leadership opportunity is available for an experienced cost management professional with a background in large-scale construction programmes. This role will focus on leading commercial delivery, managing client relationships and supporting complex data centre construction projects from a cost management perspective.

The Commercial Lead / Senior Commercial Manager / Cost Management Lead will combine technical cost consultancy expertise with leadership responsibility, working with multiple stakeholders to deliver high-quality commercial outcomes. The role offers the opportunity to take ownership of strategic projects, lead teams and support business development activity within a mission-critical construction environment, with rotation options available.

Commercial Lead / Senior Commercial Manager / Cost Management Lead Benefits:

• €170,000 - €200,000 salary plus bonus
• Rotation option available
• Senior leadership responsibility across major construction programmes
• Client-facing role combining commercial management, cost consultancy and team leadership
• Opportunity to work on data centre construction projects

The Commercial Lead / Senior Commercial Manager / Cost Management Lead Role:

• Act as a key commercial contact, building strong client relationships and supporting long-term account development
• Lead cost management activities including estimates, cost plans, bills of quantities and quantity take-offs
• Manage cost planning and estimating processes using CostX and relevant cost databases
• Provide commercial leadership across multiple projects and stakeholder groups
• Support proposals, presentations and business development activity
• Lead and mentor commercial teams, supporting the development of junior leaders
• Implement quality assurance and quality control processes to support consistent project delivery
• Provide commercial oversight of MEP packages, with strong technical understanding required

Commercial Lead / Senior Commercial Manager / Cost Management Lead Requirements:

• Extensive cost management experience, ideally with a minimum of 15 years’ experience in pre-construction environments
• Background within cost consultancy or a similar commercial construction environment
• Experience delivering major construction programmes, ideally within data centres or comparable sectors such as oil & gas or life sciences
• Strong capability in cost planning, estimating, quantity take-offs and bills of quantities
• Experience using CostX or similar estimating and measurement software such as Planswift, Cubicost, Candy or ZW CAD
• Strong understanding of MEP packages, including exposure to MEPF requirements
• Experience leading commercial teams and managing senior client relationships
• Knowledge of global procurement processes
• Chartered status or working towards chartership is preferred

Candidates must have the legal right to work in Belgium or be open to relocating.

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