Commercial Manager – Intercare Corporate Services | Intercare Group South Africa

Role Description

• The Commercial Manager provides leadership and governance across commercial and operational support functions, including Procurement, Leasing, Tariff management, Facilities, and Infrastructure Projects. The role ensures commercial discipline, service excellence and strong performance management across these functions while enabling efficient, value-driven support to Intercare’s decentralised healthcare facilities. This position drives organisational sustainability through sound commercial oversight, risk management and alignment of departmental strategies with broader business objectives.

CRITICAL OUTPUTS

• Provide leadership across commercial and operational support functions, ensuring alignment of departmental plans, budgets and priorities with organisational objectives.
• Drive commercial sustainability by optimising commercial relationships, monitoring contractual performance and support informed executive decision-making.
• Oversee multiple department heads to ensure efficient operations, service excellence, policy adherence and regulatory compliance across functions.
• Champion continuous improvement, operational effectiveness and cross-department collaboration to enhance service delivery.
• Maintain governance and assurance across procurement and supply chain activities, including oversight of supplier performance, sourcing decisions, contract management and compliance frameworks.
• Oversee leasing function, including landlord and tenant management, resolve contractual disputes, optimise leasing arrangements and ensure compliance.
• Oversight of facilities management, infrastructure and commissioning of development projects to ensure cost effective projects, compliance to regulatory frameworks, safety, timeous delivery of projects within scope and budget.
• Optimize and ensure the effectiveness of tariff management and external partner engagements.
• Ensure consistent, professional and timeous support to decentralised Intercare facilities.
• Lead, mentor and develop departmental managers to build capability, ensure accountability and support a high-performance culture.
• Ensure accurate, timeous and high-quality executive-level reporting across commercial and operational functions, supporting decision-making.
• Maintain audit readiness, compliance with internal policies and legislative requirements, and strong internal control environments across all functions.

Role Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering or related field (MBA advantageous)
• Minimum 8 years’ managerial experience in commercial and operational functions (10–12 years preferred)
• Proven leadership experience across multi-disciplinary teams
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Advanced and strong understanding of contract law
• Experience in procurement, facilities management, contracting, infrastructure or healthcare environments advantageous
• Advanced understanding of governance, risk management and operational oversight
• Strong stakeholder engagement, negotiation and communication skills
• Ability to lead complex functions, manage multiple priorities and operate in a fast-paced environment
• High-level analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capability
• Valid driver’s licence and willingness to travel nationally

Closing Date:

30 Jan 2026