Head of Commercial Improvement

2 days ago

Coventry, United Kingdom Saint-Gobain Full time

**Head of Commercial Improvement -Saint Gobain Contracts Division (Minster and Jewson Civils Frazer) - Coventry based hybrid role**

At Saint-Gobain, we pride ourselves on being innovative, customer focused, agile, open & engaging and entrepreneurial. We are also proud to have been named a ‘Top Employer’ for 7 consecutive years. If you want to know what it’s like to be part of a business that is working hard to make the world a better home; then please read on to find out more about this exciting opportunity to join us as the **Head of Commercial Improvement** within our **Contracts Division**. This is an umbrella brand for two of our specialist construction product distribution businesses - Minster and Jewson Civils Frazer - who provide specialist solutions such as insulation, dry lining, fire protection, façade, roofing, and ceilings as well as civils, infrastructure and utilities solutions.

**Is this role right for me?**

We are looking for the right person to fit in with our Saint-Gobain culture, but we know this needs to be right for you too. So if you think you match with the following, then we would love to hear from you
- Proven commercial experience and success at a senior management level from a construction product / building distribution / merchanting background (desirable)
- Committed to sustainable continuous improvement, an agent for change who navigates systems and processes with ease
- Skilled at critical thinking, problem solving, complex decision-making and the interpretation & extrapolation of data
- Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills
- Great coaching skills to engender the right behaviour in colleagues and identify what gets in the way

**What is the core purpose of the role?**

In this exciting new role, reporting in to the Commercial Director, you will be working in partnership with numerous stakeholders at all levels from branch to Exec (Sales, Category, Pricing, Finance, Digital and IT teams) to deliver the very best outcomes in terms of improvements in commercial disciplines, processes, system configurations and the development of new solutions or tools to improve our commercial position now and in the future. You will:

- Act as a specialist business partner supporting the respective priorities of each brand, working collaboratively across sales and commercial teams in the business.
- Own responsibility for commercial improvement plans and gain support for execution; translating plans into actions in order to deliver tangible end results.
- Collaborate with colleagues at all levels to identify and prioritise issues and opportunities and propose solutions to improve the business commercial position
- Accelerate sustainable profitability through digital and automated processes and develops improvement plans to optimise the use of commercial data in the business.
- Enhance Management information in areas of product and category reporting
- Build and maintain relationships internally across the Contracts Division and wider Saint-Gobain Building Distribution network and support services.
- Support the introduction of new products/services/ranges/solutions and maintains the execution of commercial development plans for target ranges/opportunities
- Identify, prioritise and project manage system developments and/or optimisations in their use to improve the business commercial position.

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS**:
**What’s in it for me?**

We champion career and professional development. If you are looking for a business that will support your career and professional growth, we may just be the right home for you. This coupled with a competitive salary, bonus scheme and an award winning benefits platform sees our employee communities thrive and develop rewarding and fulfilling careers.

In addition to a competitive base salary plus an attractive bonus scheme, you will benefit from a significant focus on your own personal development and also have access to:

- 39 Hours Per Week
- Competitive Salary + Car and IT Equipment
- 25 Days holidays + Bank Holidays
- Generous Bonus Scheme
- Pension - 4% contribution (Increasing with Service)
- Life Assurance - 2 x salary / 4 x salary in pension scheme
- Staff Discount - Across Saint-Gobain Brands

**Are Saint-Gobain an Inclusive employer?**

We’re working hard to be, and we’re keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else that makes you, you

We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be, but also facilitates better decision making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.

**And what about flexibility?**

The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. W

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