Gardline Limited is part of the Boskalis group of companies.  Working at Gardline is about exploration. In a world where population growth, an increase of global trade, demand for (new) energy and climate change are driving forces, we challenge you to explore your career and find innovative and relevant solutions for complex projects.  ​

For a business to succeed, it needs the right people, with the right skills and values. We seek exceptional individuals who champion our values-based culture and team spirit. Here at Gardline, we are committed to each and every one of our staff members worldwide. We empower our staff to gain new skills, bring new ideas to the table, to grow and develop. Together!

Gardline has an opportunity to join our growing commercial team within our busy geotechnical division.

As an assistant commercial manager at Gardline you will be primarily responsible for reviewing business opportunities and developing them where appropriate to detailed proposals.  You will enjoy the full support of the Gardline SME teams through this process and you will be responsible for presenting your proposal to the management team prior to submission.  For awarded projects you will perform a handover to our project management team and continue to support them through the project execution phase as required.

This is an excellent opportunity for offshore personnel with relevant skills to try a demanding shore-based role, for shore-based personnel looking for the next step and an opportunity to ‘try it in for size’, or for an external candidate looking for the next step in their career or an opportunity to join this busy and exciting sector during the global energy transition.

Your primary responsibilities will be as follows:

• Reviewing tender opportunities and developing strategy-to-win for opportunities of interest, then executing the strategy-to-win.
• Leading tender responses in collaboration with other Gardline stakeholders, developing contract / commercial / technical risk register, bid price, performance outcomes and supporting tender documentation.
• Presenting well developed offers to management team for review and approval.
• Monitoring timely availability of requested clarifications, informing relevant (internal and external) stakeholders. Ensure submission of clarification documentation within agreed times.
• Supporting the geotechnical department at a commercial, organizational, administrative and project level. Also support the department with relevant market, competitive and customer information for developing the Commercial and/or Business Development plan for the target market.
• Building effective client relationships by positive and relevant engagement and conducting formal presentations and disseminating / following up client feedback.
• Preparing and presenting contract handovers to the project management team.
• Supportive engagement with the PM team during the project execution phase, offering commercial guidance where required, ensuring all assumptions, clarifications and reservations are understood by the PM team and reflected in the project execution.
• Actively seeking lessons learned through the tendering and project phases and ensuring those are captured, disseminated, and reflected in updated procedures and templates where appropriate.
• Representing the Company / Business Unit at meetings, conferences, exhibitions as required and developing business opportunities through positive engagement with clients and other stakeholders.  Developing and disseminating opportunity pipeline together with commercial / business development / project personnel.

Your qualities
We are looking for candidates with the following:

• Academic training or experience in a relevant discipline (technical or business).
• Previous experience of working in relevant sales, technical, commercial or project management environment.
• A high level of numeracy.
• A high level of proficiency with MS Office Suite of packages, particularly MS Excel.

What you can expect

• A range of benefits: In addition to your salary and flexible work arrangements, you will receive an annual holiday entitlement of 22 days (based on a full-time contract) which increases over time, a salary sacrifice pension scheme, access to private healthcare through Bupa as well as cycle to work and eye test schemes!
• Career opportunities: We challenge you every day to get better. Together we realize your full personal and professional career by creating development opportunities be that onshore or offshore.  Being part of the Boskalis Group also provides access to a vast range of opportunities literally across the globe!
• A warm welcome: We warmly welcome our new colleagues, so they feel at home as soon as possible. During your onboarding program, we give you all the ins and outs of Gardline!

Extra information

• Where you will work: we have offices in Norfolk (Great Yarmouth) and Bristol according to your preference.
• The position of assistant commercial manager is a full-time position,37.5 hours a week.
• Procedure: All you need to do to apply for a job is to complete the online application process and send it to us along with your CV and cover letter. As soon as you have sent your application, you will receive a confirmation email. If both sides are happy to proceed after the interview(s), we will make you an offer to join Gardline. After successfully completing all the steps in the procedure, we warmly welcome you to our organisation.

Want to know more?
We are more than happy to answer your questions about the position of Assistant Commercial Manager. Please contact Camilla at 07917477642.

Interested? Please apply by filling in your details and uploading your cover letter and CV on our careers site.

Disclaimer for recruitment and selection agencies
We don’t accept any unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment and selection agencies. In general, we don’t appreciate acquisition, and this also applies to Boskalis colleagues or associated Boskalis companies.