Strategic Cost Management Director

3 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Arcadis Full time

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Job Overview:

The successful candidate will spearhead the cost and commercial management service across complex university, wider education, and cultural commissions. This significant managerial position requires individuals to provide a leadership role to their function and be accountable for ensuring all work is executed in line with business plans and goals. The ideal candidate will have significant technical knowledge and experience in their field.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead, motivate, and manage a team of technical specialists, setting objectives, reviewing performance, and developing skills to ensure the provision of an efficient cost and commercial management service to projects.
  • Manage the financial performance of cost and commercial management projects across their life cycle, taking responsibility for costs, schedules, and efficiency to ensure profit and budgetary targets are met and best value outcomes are achieved.
  • Lead and manage the commercial aspects of projects across the organisation, supporting project management teams to deliver work within budget and to required contract specifications.
  • Monitor and review the performance and behaviour of all team members, including educating and influencing others, and take action to ensure organisational policies and codes of conduct are followed.
  • Assure compliance with contracts in terms of project delivery parameters and scope of service.
  • Examine and review complex information from a range of sources and oversee recommendations provided by other specialists, in order to improve the long-term performance of the cost management service.
  • Seek to continuously develop processes and manage the implementation of new cost and commercial management system improvements, working to improve services, drive innovation, and enhance project delivery.
  • Manage the overall business relationship with key customers and customer groups in order to identify opportunities to improve the cost management offering and drive customer satisfaction.
  • Act as a senior technical expert, providing strategic advice to other senior managers on cost and commercial management matters, in order to support successful delivery in line with project objectives and strategies.
  • Manage and build strong working relationships with senior clients and stakeholders, in order to ensure client satisfaction, develop and extend the cost management service, and create new business opportunities.
  • Possess the skills and experience to actively support the internal team and manage resources on technically complex projects/programme of works typically ranging between £10m and £100m+

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Relevant professional experience, including of delivering large and complex projects across an entire project life cycle.
  • Proven ability to manage, motivate, and guide large teams, and demonstrable leadership ability.
  • Experience of building and utilising client relationships at executive level, including the ability to act as a trusted advisor.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
  • Relevant professional qualification or chartered status.
  • CSCS card holder.

Salary: We offer a competitive salary of around £80,000 - £110,000 per annum, depending on experience.

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