BGIS Building Services Maintenance

Commercial Director – Job Performance Criteria

(Role is based in South Normanton & London)

Objectives

• Compliance & achievement of all UK Group initiatives
• Manage commercial activities
• Oversee the business budget process and operational finance team
• Provide leadership to all departments on commercial activities
• Partner with the leadership team to analyse business performance, evaluate opportunities, and improve efficiency
• Lead monthly business reviews and variance analysis, providing actionable insights

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Worked within the UK FM sector
• Works at a senior commercial level over three years

Manage

• Contracts terms & conditions at Opportunity, Submitted Tender & Successful Contract
• Deputes escalated from business unit leaders
• Monitor & interact with contracts under performing
• Providing WiP, Contract provisions for monthly management accounts

Responsible for

• Commercial teams
• Mobilization teams
• Finance teams

Qualifications

• MRICS
• Or 7 year post NVQ4
• Or fully qualified chartered accountant - ACCA, CIMA or ACA all welcome

Personal Quality for the Role

Self-Awareness

• Recognise own strengths & limitations, play to strengths and use strategies to minimise the impact of limitations
• Model behaviour that shows respect, helpfulness & co-operation
• Consider the impact of your own activities on others
• Understand people's needs, and adapt your personal style accordingly

Relationship Focused

• Recognise when conflict, acknowledge, view all views of all parties, and redirect energy to common goal
• State your own position clearly and confidently in a conflict/dispute situation
• Understand and address stakeholders' needs
• Inspire trust & commitment in others

Delivering Objectives

• Initiate systems to gather information
• Identify SWTO in opportunities in current and future work
• Present plans clearly, concisely, accurately in ways teams understand
• Take personal responsibility in making things happen

Managing Others

• Set demanding but achievable objectives
• Make and implement difficult and/or unpopular decisions
• Encourage & support an empowered decision-making culture
• Show integrity, fairness and consistency in decision making

Analytical and Strategic Thinker

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, building models from scratch and presenting insights to senior leadership
• Thrives in fast moving, evolving environment
• Not afraid to get into the weeds to solve problems
• Advanced excel skills

BGIS is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply and if the qualifications seem a bit of a stretch, but the role sounds like an aspirational destination on your career roadmap, we’d like to hear from you in any case.