# Commercial Director

**Company**: KoBold Metals
**Location**: Remote
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Mining

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## Description

This is a senior Engineering leadership role for the development of a significant Copper mining complex in Zambia. The Commercial Director establishes the commercial strategy, contracting approach, procurement and market engagement plan, and contractor management disciplines required to deliver the Mingomba project safely, competitively, and predictably.

The role provides strategic commercial leadership for a significant greenfield project by setting the commercial direction, developing and implementing strategies, and building and directing the team that delivers them.

Key responsibilities include:

- Developing and implementing commercial strategies

- Building and leading a contracting, procurement, and supply chain team

- Tendering and awarding major packages

- Managing contractor performance and commercial risks

- Ensuring local content targets are met

- Providing commercial leadership and decision support

- Partnering with engineering and finance teams

The successful candidate will have 15+ years of commercial leadership experience on multi-billion dollar mining, oil and gas, infrastructure, or large industrial projects, including direct accountability for commercial strategy, market engagement, procurement, contracting, contractor management, and project outcomes.

Qualifications include:

- Demonstrated success forming and implementing high-value EPC, EPCM, design-and-build contracts

- Deep working knowledge of major construction contract structures

- Track record developing local supplier and contractor capability in Africa, Asia, or Latin America

- Experience working with Chinese suppliers, contractors, and equipment manufacturers

- Proven ability to design and implement commercial systems, governance, and reporting for major projects

- Strong business judgement, ethical leadership, and a commitment to transparency

- Experience building and leading multi-disciplinary teams

- Recognized qualifications in Quantity Surveying, Construction Law, Business, engineering, supply chain, or related field

## Skills

### Required
- commercial strategy
- contracting
- procurement
- project management
- risk management
- leadership
- team management

### Nice to have
- experience working with Chinese suppliers
- knowledge of major construction contract structures
- track record developing local supplier and contractor capability in Africa, Asia, or Latin America

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