Commercial Asset Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 03 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 02 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Manchester, M1 3BG |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75713455 |
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Are you passionate about transport and delivering world class services that directly impact the daily life of passengers throughout Greater Manchester?
This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic organisation at the heart of delivering the Bee Network a world-class, integrated transport system for Greater Manchester.
We’re looking for a strategic and commercially minded professional to lead the development of asset management capabilities that ensure long-term value, performance, and sustainability across our bus depot portfolio. Your work will directly improve the quality of life for millions of people.
Bus-specific experience is not required we welcome candidates from a range of comparable backgrounds.
Your Role
As Commercial Manager for Asset Management, you’ll lead the development and implementation of a depot asset strategy that ensures effective commercial oversight of engineering-related assets and infrastructure. You’ll:
- Develop and manage commercial strategies for depot assets
- Oversee supplier performance, contracts, and risk management
- Collaborate with internal teams (e.g. facilities, operations, legal) to deliver value-driven outcomes
- Authorise and monitor asset maintenance and renewals in line with an asset management strategy
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation in asset lifecycle management
This is hybrid role where you will be expected to work in the office 2 days per week.
For more information, please see the role profile at the bottom of the advert.
Who are we?
At Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), we’re delivering the biggest transformation in public transport in 50 years. From taking control of over 250 bus routes to improving customer experience across 600 daily journeys and electrifying our fleet by 2030, we’re setting new standards for sustainable, inclusive travel. We’re currently transitioning from a delivery model to operational management functions, meaning now is an exceptional time to join the team!
You’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive leadership team that values innovation, collaboration, and impact. We’re proud of our culture and committed to helping you grow your career.
What you’ll bring
What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Has experience in commercial or asset management roles, ideally in infrastructure, transport, or a related field
- Understands how to manage contracts, suppliers, and risk in complex environments
- Can develop and implement strategies that balance cost, quality, and long-term value
- Enjoys working collaboratively across teams to deliver shared goals
In return TfGM will offer a unique platform to develop a long term career within an environment that drives some of the most innovative and exciting developments across transport in recent history.
What we can offer you
This is a permanent role and comes with a salary of £57,770 - £65,024 per annum depending on skills and experience
At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process.
Our benefits include:
- Free bus travel within Greater Manchester and free Rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
- 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
- Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions
- Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role
- We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required
- Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
What's next?
If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.
Internal candidates - check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.
Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.
TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.
Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.
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