Area Commercial Manager in Crawley

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Are you a driven individual with experience of managing all commercial aspects on mid to large construction projects? You are someone who understands and can find solutions to affect the impact of commercial and technical changes at strategic level? You can shape and influence the team approach and performance to always include commercial considerations? You are forward looking, anticipating risk, opportunity and outcomes to direct the project team on the best course of action? You can step in when the need arises to ensure the project maintains forward momentum? You are confident in bid preparation and can support the work winning team in future endeavours.

If you’ve answered yes, you sound like our kind of person as VINCI Building has an exciting opportunity for an Area Commercial Manager to join our London & South region to lead a commercial team on a number of exciting and challenging projects.

The Role:

• You will be responsible for a number of deliverables, supporting the region and wider teams on the commercial aspects of a diverse range of mid to large new build and refurbishment projects for a broad customer base, typically across our principal sector of healthcare, but also education, Life Sciences and Commercial sectors.
• Anticipate and plan change in commercial resource within a project or projects to meet changing demands.
• Support and react positively to organisational change.
• Tendering and Pre-Contract activities, providing commercial support to the tendering & work winning process, and preparing commercial reports as necessary.
• Start up of new Projects, actively participate in the implementation of project commercial start up procedures.
• Procurement, ensuring that materials and off-site services are procured in an efficient manner with capable organisations in accordance with VINCI Building procurement policy.
• Ensure the delivery of subcontract procurement in accordance with the procurement schedule timetable and the VINCI Building procurement policy.
• Carry out gap analysis between packages to ensure full and complete subcontract procurement takes place.
• Ensure inclusive invitations to tender are prepared and full tender evaluations are completed, then make recommendations to award in accordance with the VINCI Building procurement process.
• Work with supply chain to promote and measure continuous improvement in terms of cost, quality and learning of all parties.
• Applications for payment and invoicing, maximise cash flow through timely preparation of valuations, submission of invoices and receipt of payment.
• Manage prompt preparation and settlement of final accounts, including variations, claims and disputes.
• Cost Control, identify, manage, reduce and drive out unnecessary costs and inefficient activities, monitoring subcontract costs to ensure that the project meets and/or exceeds targets.
• Accounting and reporting, produce accurate and timely CVR reports and forecasts and contribute towards the setting of financial targets.
• Risk and Opportunity Management, identify early project risks and opportunities and ensure that they are managed.

The Person:

• Holds the relevant qualification or time served experience.
• You have demonstrable experience within a large UK Main Contractor on Healthcare new build and refurbishment projects, managing all commercial aspects on mid to large construction projects turning over in excess of £10m per annum.
• You have experience in managing more than one project simultaneously, guiding those teams towards beneficial outcomes.
• Strong knowledge of NEC forms of contract.
• You have good interpersonal skills, building relationships and dealing with project teams, subcontract teams and our client teams.

We are VINCI Building Operating from our network of offices throughout England and Wales, VINCI Building delivers new build, refurbishment and associated fitout works, with particular expertise in the education, healthcare, industrial, air, retail, commercial and mixed-use sectors. We focus on technical excellence and experience to sustainably deliver best value for our clients. We understand and respond to the challenges of the modern built environment. Our goal is always to build strong partnerships with our customers and stakeholders to ensure success by unlocking your strategic vision and turning it into a deliverable scheme. We are active in a wide range of sectors and value bands, allowing us to provide a regional service with national resources. VINCI Building delivers complex projects and programmes, blending our corporate stability with the local knowledge our teams offer. Sustainability is at the heart of our approach, and we are committed to respecting and protecting the environment in everything that we do. We take the time to understand and make a positive difference to each community that we work in to ensure that our projects leave a lasting legacy.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Building is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all. Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process, please contact us directly. VINCI Building recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.