Contract Manager

Contract Manager

Location: Leicester (LE1) , Leicester View map Salary: From 35,000 to 40,000 per annum + car allowance + benefits Date posted: 06/06/2012 13:06 Job type:Permanent Company: Norland Managed Services Contact: Harriet Teague Ref: Totaljobs/HT / JU Job ID: 53600262

Contract Manager

We are a leading privately owned hard services facilities company and we are looking fora Contract Manager to be based nationally . The Contract Manager will be responsible for the management of the mechanical and electrical contracts andrunning of several corporate facilities. The Contract Manager will also have full financial responsibility of the contract. The ideal Contract Manager will come from an M & Ebackground. The Contract Manager will be ideally be living in Leicester or Birmingham.

Key Responsibilities

Provide leadership, and that contractual commitments are met and exceeded.Ensure that opportunities for the strategic development of the contract are exploited, to deliver increased turnover and profitability, ensure additional services and projects are added, and contracts are re-won on re-tender. Ensuring business policies and processes are effectively communicated, and implemented within the contract. Ensure the provision of healthy and safe working conditions and that both clients and Company health and safety policy and process is effectively implemented across boththe business and subcontractors activities. Ensure optimum staffing structures operate across contracts, balancing cost reduction with the delivery of service excellence. Ensure structures support peaks and troughs in workload, and disaster recovery.Ensure contracts are staffed by fully competent teams, ensuring post holders are fully competent, and that effective succession planning arrangements are in place.Working with other Operational managers to ensure the collaborative development of the business, effective team working, and support to colleagues. Development of contract financial plans for revenue and profit delivery, reduction of WIP, debt, cost reduction and contract growth, and ensure that these are met and exceeded.Ensure appropriate control systems to ensure statutory, policy and contractual commitments are met.Ensuring customer focus within all areas of operational activities, and that effective relationships are maintained with key client contacts.Promoting and maintaining the core Values ofthe business.Supporting the sales process through solutions development, participation in presentations and consultation meetings, hosting visits, and support to mobilisation as required on new contracts.Provide a learning environment, and appropriate training and development planning. Ensure basic training needs are delivered, employees are fully competent to undertake their roles, and are able to reach their full future potential.

Accountabilities

Accountable day-to-day to the relevant client contacts.Line management responsibility for a contract team and indirectly for relevant sub-contractors.Financial responsibility for the delivery of Plan commitments for the contract.

We take our commitment to equal opportunity seriously and value the benefits of having a diverse workforce.We will never knowingly discriminate on the basis of an individuals characteristics or circumstances.If you want to work with one of the most successful businesses in the industry and believe you will fit in to our exceptional team, we want to hear from you.

Due to the expected interest in this role, only candidates that have been short listed will be contacted.