Commercial Manager - Facilities Management
Location: Solihull
What you will be doing:
An opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Manager to join the team at Galliford Try within our Facilities Management Business.
Ideally, you will be based in or around the Solihull area. You will be capable of managing the day to day commercial work of FM contracts to a value of c£25m. This role is open to remote working; however, there will be the requirement to commute to the Solihull office and also to visit various projects on occasion.
The role:
* Maintain GTFM's commercial processes and procedures and apply best practice and a continuous improvement approach, to maximise returns.
* Analysis of payment mechanisms and identifying practical operational solutions for risk mitigations; review of KPI metrics and ensuring any exposure is mitigated.
* Working with the contract management teams to identify opportunities for further work.
* Meeting with clients where needed for commercial matters.
* Administering and/or advising on Main Contract and Subcontract conditions, dealing with variations and managing disputes as they arise.
* Supporting the contract management team to negotiate subcontractor appointments and agree standard terms.
* Working with the Operations team to ensure systems and processes meet the contractual obligations and lead to capturing all billable events for additional works and billable reactive works.
* Monitoring payments made to ensure processing protocols are followed; monitoring and intervening in overdue debt when necessary.
* Monitoring and keeping invoicing WIP to a minimum and ensuring this does not age.
* Review of use of systems and identification of improvements and adjustments needed to meet contractual and financial requirements (Concept(CAFM); Orbit(finance); HFM(finance); Builders Profile(subcontractors management)).
* Support the preparation of lifecycle plans with the contract management team.
* Provide input to the annual budgets and forecasts for the finance business partner and contract management team.
* Managing the monthly Profit reporting / cost value reconciliation production for c15 contracts ensuring accurate cost / revenue capture and review of same with operations.
o Production of MPR dashboard.
o Contract review explaining turnover/profit/margin variances.
* Managing and reporting on risks and opportunities.
* Supporting the bid team in the review of contractual documents and critically assessing the estimating proposal to ensure we have a robust proposal.
About you:
* You will preferably have experience of working within the Facilities Management industry specifically on PFI, JCT and similar complex contracts at a senior level.
* A good understanding of PPM (hard and soft services), cleaning standards, catering methodologies, lifecycle planning.
* A degree or professionally qualified and a member of a professional body preferred.
What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment.
Our benefits:
* Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays.
* A wide range of corporate discounts.
* Cycle to Work schemes.
* Comprehensive pension plan.
* Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme.
* Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it.
* Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role.
About us:
Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.
For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Specialist Services business please contact Chloe Phillips on chloe.phillips@gallifordtry.co.uk.
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