Commercial Manager - Education Project - S1 - Sheffield

P Number: P8125

Job Title: Commercial Manager

Car Entitlement: Yes

Division: Facilities Management

Location: Sheffield (or Derby TBC)

Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 (dependent on experience)

Vacancy Type: Permanent, full time role.

Summary of Role:
Reports to Project Manager and (Sector / Project / Senior) Commercial (Manager / Director). Main responsibility;-
• Lead the commercial function on the project or within the sector for which they are responsible.
• Ensure the timely provision of accurate commercial reports and data to the business.
• Pursue own professional development and provide guidance and support to develop other commercial staff
Ensure compliance and adherence of the project or sector team with the processes and procedures of VINCI Facilities.

Tasks & Responsibilities:
• Provide input and assist Divisional and Winning work teams to develop proposals to secure new opportunities
• Develop an understanding of the wider finance and property issues that may affect the Facilities business.
• Promote knowledge share and learning to develop an innovative team philosophy
• Be a lean management champion and constantly drive the project teams to look for netter ways of delivering the service.
• Identify, manage, reduce and drive out unnecessary costs and inefficient activities
• Maximise cash flow through timely preparation of valuations, submission of invoices and receipt of payment
• Maintain a high level understanding of planning and programming to ensure accurate progress reporting
• Work with supply chain to promote and measure continuous improvement in terms of cost, quality and learning of all parties
• Anticipate and plans change in commercial resource within a project
• Establish and maintain accurate and robust reporting structures and monitor resources and costs to ensure that projects meet and / or exceed targets
• Develop comprehensive understanding of financial models including cashflow; turnover forecasts and project profit / loss statements
• Demonstrates and maintains a high level of commercial and technical knowledge and works closely with the delivery team to review techniques and solutions to meet business and customer needs
• Early identification of business risks in projects and ensuring that risk management, risk registers and contingency are in place to manage a minimise risk
• Manage prompt preparation and settlement of final accounts.
• Ensuring that all materials and suppliers are procured in an efficient manner with capable organisations in accordance with VINCI procurement policy and procedures and ensure appropriate records are kept.
• Comprehensive understanding of the requirements of the VINCI quality policy and procedures and how these are applied to individuals own role.
• Ability to develop new ideas and developing it into a different approach
• Establish VINCI commercial processes and procedures on projects in order to maximise returns in terms of profit and service level
• Close out project efficiently using a high degree of understanding and working knowledge of project close out processes

Qualifications: degree or similar desired
Professional Membership: MRICS or similar desired
Relevant Experience: 10 years in commercial management role desired.