Commercial Director in Watford

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society. As the Commercial Director you will successfully deliver on the Operating Unit's financial, commercial, safety, environmental, quality and ethical targets, as part of the Operating Unit Leadership Team.

To lead the commercial function of the operating unit, contributing to the operating unit strategy, people development and work winning. To create a safe and stable environment to deliver Injury Free contracts. To lead and facilitate profitability, contract compliance, and effective forecasting and reporting. To create an environment where people learn and grow, are highly engaged and deliver a great service to our clients. To develop Client relationships, both internal and external, for the benefit of the business and to support the successful commercial delivery of projects.

What you’ll do:

• Be fully accountable for the organisational design of the commercial, risk, controls & procurement functions in the infrastructure unit.
• Lead the delivery of profit expectation in a culture of outperform, with full profit and loss accountability for all the projects.
• Accountable for compliance with the claims management process, ensuring all claims are reported in a timely manner with a focus on mitigating risk or maximising opportunity from these claims.
• Jointly lead with Pre Construction the commercial strategy for the infrastructure unit, ensuring the reported margins and most likely margins support the outcome of the strategy.
• Specific focus on ensuring an outperform mindset.
• Advise on all commercial aspects of the interface between the company and its clients, working closely with the Divisional Directors and EVP / CCO.
• Liaise closely with operational and financial management to ensure transparency of reporting of the cost and value bases, jointly responsible for the OU quarterly financial reporting processes.
• Ensure robust pipeline of talent to ensure succession to commercial director and CCO level.
• Lead development of a tangible market pipeline in the sector, leading to successful bid opportunities and profitable contracts in delivery, working alongside the Preconstruction Director and Divisional Directors.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Professionally qualified to an appropriate related body.
• Excellent working knowledge of contract conditions and contract law and their administration.
• Excellent communicator and people leader.
• Self-motivated and confident leader.
• Excellent customer relationship skills and stakeholder management.
• Experience of winning projects in a tier 1 corporate governance structure.
• Demonstrable skills and experience in all aspects of financial, commercial and project management, and financial/business acumen.
• Experience of Commercial Lead roles on large scale projects or within business environments.
• Negotiated successful contracts with customers to the business expected outcomes.
• Demonstrable people leadership and creating high performing teams and robust succession plans.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska. We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using recruitment@skanska.co.uk or call 0330 105 2000 – Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.