Commercial Manager - Crawley, United Kingdom - AMB RECRUITMENT GROUP LIMITED

AMB RECRUITMENT GROUP LIMITED
AMB RECRUITMENT GROUP LIMITED
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Crawley, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description

  • Continuous Professional Development
  • Promote from within
  • Very attractive company package
The Company

My Client is a privately owned, multi-discipline Principal Contractor offering a full range of professional construction, design and building services.

Together the Group offers an unrivalled service to the industrial, commercial and retail
and food production markets for both new build and refurbishment projects.
They are committed to achieving its business objectives through its people. We have an enviable reputation for
attracting and retaining the very best people in our industry. We also take great pride in training and developing our
staff in order that we can continue, through our people, to provide award winning services to our Customers.
Scope and Remit
To provide concise strategic planning, analysis and reporting for the Commercial department.


Responsibilities:


  • Assessing work stream/project performance which will include:
  • Reviewing proposed cost submissions to ensure that commercial risks to the business have been considered and mitigated, and that targets have been achieved;
  • Reviewing commercial performance of work streams and projects in conjunction with project teams and reporting back to RD;
  • Reviewing working practises and implementing changes to achieve better commercial performance of projects.
  • Liaising closely with the RD on the following key topics:
  • Assessing the overhead budget required for the Commercial department to allow the needs of the business to be delivered;
  • Managing the overhead budget set by the Board of Directors to ensure that the business needs are met whilst controlling overall spending;
  • Monthly reporting on the performance of the delivered projects and forecasting turnover and gross margin for the financial year;
  • Identifying and mitigating risks to regional P&L beyond those at project level.
  • In conjunction with Regional Management Team, continually review workload and supply chain requirements against supply chain resources to ensure that the requirements of the business can be met;
  • Engaging with subcontractors and suppliers as required by the business;
  • Involvement in Bid Team structure on all bids as deemed necessary by the 'Decision to Bid' process;
  • Ensuring that the business needs are met, and the commercial aspects of bids are completed;
  • Overall management of commercial team to include Quantity Surveyors (QS), Senior QS, Managing QS, Estimating, Purchasing and Admin staff;
  • In conjunction with the Managing QS/ Senior Estimator / Senior Buyer:
  • Assessing the overall performance of members of the commercial team;
  • Resource allocation;
  • Management of overall commercial workload to ensure that the department has appropriate capacity to deliver the requirements of the business.
Knowledge, training and experience required

  • Demonstrable experience within a Senior Quantity Surveyor/Commercial Manager role;
  • Preferably construction/ interior refurbishment background;
  • Experience managing the commercial aspects of a £30M+ turnover company;
  • Experience of working on projects covering disciplines in retail and commercial;
  • Experience in training, leading and managing a team;
  • Degree qualified Quantity Surveyor;
  • Knowledge of health, safety and environmental safety requirements;
  • Computer literate with knowledge of the Microsoft Office packages (Excel, Word and PowerPoint);
  • Driving license.
Key personal characteristics

  • Show consistent leadership qualities in their behaviour and attitude;
  • Inspirational and guiding;
  • Thrive in a fastpaced environment;
  • Problem resolution and strong reasoning skills with the ability to construct sound and persuasive arguments;
  • Flexibility and adaptability to change as dictated by business and/or Client and/or supply chain partners;
  • Ability to prioritise and focus upon key deliverables and activities;
  • Always willing to continuously improve and adapt to changing situations with resilience;
  • Personable, engaging and have a positive strong influence to build relationships with all departments within the
business unit;

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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