High-End Commercial Landscape Management Director

1 week ago

East London, United Kingdom Fresh Horticultural Careers Full time

Job Overview

Fresh Horticultural Careers is a dynamic and thriving company seeking an experienced Commercial Landscape Management Director to lead our high-end commercial landscaping projects. This role offers a fantastic opportunity for career advancement in a fast-paced and impressive environment.

About the Role

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing commercial landscapes, overseeing project operations, and ensuring efficient delivery of high-quality results. The successful applicant will work closely with our senior management team to drive business growth, implement safety protocols, and maintain exceptional customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

  • Directing project operations and administration across multiple sites
  • Coordinating with cross-functional teams to promote a positive and safe working environment
  • Oversight of commercial procedures, including risk assessments and method statements
  • Liaising with clients and stakeholders to ensure effective communication and timely project completion
  • Pricing and negotiating contracts for projects at tender
  • Leading valuations and variations pricing processes, determining invoice totals, and reviewing Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS)
  • Collaborating with the Quality Management Team to develop and implement quality policies
  • Attending project progress meetings, minutes distribution, and filing
  • Updating the website in conjunction with external web support
  • Communicating positively with clients' representatives to ensure quality service delivery meeting client expectations
  • Processing data from Site Engineers or Project Managers to produce valuations, submitting them to clients, leading disputation processes, and sanctioning payments to subcontractors
  • Overseeing and double-checking surveys made by Site Engineers and Project Managers
  • Examining changes in schemes since tender to establish potential variations; instructing Site Engineers and Project Managers to inform about material changes on site; documenting evidence and scale of variations and submitting these to clients for approval; adding variation costs to valuations
  • Acting as the Company's lead purchaser, issuing purchase orders, and facilitating communications between material suppliers, Accounts Manager, Project Managers, and Project Co-ordinators over payment, delivery, and installation logistics
  • Performing evaluation of subcontractors' performance once their works are complete; accumulating information to better inform decisions about appointing subcontractors and managing subcontracted works in future
  • Signing off supplier invoices on a monthly basis and explaining the basis for any unsigned invoices to the Accounts Manager and Office Manager so they can query or dispute the invoice with the supplier
  • Ensuring that PQQs are accurately completed; delegating responsibility for completing the PQQ to a Project Co-ordinator
  • Attending meetings and liaising generally with clients and other relevant parties to negotiate the terms of contracts before works on site commence
  • Compiling and submitting quotations to clients by their specified return deadline or informing the client that we will not be tendering with a pro forma email
  • Instructing site engineers and Document Controller to take measurements and collate these for use in valuations, variations, and quotations
  • Liaising with the Accounts Manager, Document Controller, and the Quality Management team to ensure the process is properly sustained; responding to data requests from the Document Controller
  • Using feedback to inform discussions with upper management in how to best implement changes that will improve processes; ensuring that quality improvements are driven by the upper management team with a constant focus on customer satisfaction based on feedback received from customers and clients
  • Writing up new projects to be added to the websites portfolio and communicating these to a third-party website programmer for upload; instructing and approving any amendments to the website
  • Leading the process of conducting appraisals of staff with the Accounts Manager and reporting back to Managing Directors
  • Determining the wage cap for site operative skill levels with the upper management team, having the sign off on all level increases and decreases
  • Signing off on all staff holiday requests, ensuring that staffing levels do not drop to an unsustainable level
  • Having the final say on hiring of site operatives and pay rises; meeting with upper management team to decide upon hiring of new office staff and Project Managers
  • Following the grievance process as stipulated in the staff handbook as a senior member of management

About Fresh Horticultural Careers

We offer a competitive salary of £60,000 - £80,000 per annum, depending on experience, and excellent benefits package, including opportunities for professional development and a dynamic work environment.

Requirements

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, applicants should possess:

  • Extensive experience in commercial landscape management, preferably in a similar role
  • Strong leadership and project management skills, with the ability to direct multiple projects simultaneously
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively liaise with clients, stakeholders, and team members
  • Able to work independently and as part of a team, with a flexible approach to meet deadlines and changing priorities
  • Proficient in using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
  • Certifications in Health and Safety, quality management, or equivalent would be advantageous

How to Apply

If you are a motivated and ambitious individual looking to take your career to the next level, please submit your application, including your CV and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and qualifications.

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