Portfolio CAPEX Commercial Leader (Construction)

KFC South Pacific (Yum! Brands Subsidiary); Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/hybrid work

Career development programs

Additional leave

Phone + internet contributions

Salary continuance

Culture Club

Free onsite parking

Job summary

KFC South Pacific is hiring a Construction CAPEX Commercial Manager to lead portfolio-wide cost discipline and commercial strategy across Australia’s restaurant network. Sitting in Indirect Procurement, you’ll partner with Development, Construction, Finance and Franchisees to deliver measurable improvements and scalable commercial models for new builds and remodels.

If you bring extensive experience in construction costs, tendering, and governance, you’ll help strengthen frameworks and optimize

Qualifications

• Significant experience across construction commercial management, quantity surveying, cost management, property development or capital projects.
• Strong understanding of construction costs, builder tendering, variations, commercial risk and final-cost outcomes.
• Experience developing commercial strategies, frameworks and cost-control mechanisms.
• Ability to analyse portfolio-level cost data and turn insights into practical commercial improvements.
• Experience creating scalable commercial or delivery models across multiple projects, sites or business units.
• Strong commercial judgement and influencing skills to challenge established ways of working.
• Excellent influencing skills and the ability to bring together Franchisees, builders, architects, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial strategies and controls that improve construction CAPEX performance.
• Identify systemic cost leakage, risk, rework and inefficiencies across the development lifecycle.
• Lead the commercial workstream of our Construction CAPEX Reduction Program.
• Use cost and performance data to identify opportunities and deliver measurable improvement.
• Develop scalable commercial and delivery models across new restaurant and remodel programs.
• Partner with Procurement to turn negotiated arrangements into tangible network-wide value.
• Improve builder engagement, tender evaluation, commercial templates and cost controls.
• Build greater visibility from initial tender through to variations and final cost.
• Benchmark performance, challenge cost deviations and identify recurring areas of leakage.
• Strengthen commercial frameworks that encourage healthy competition and sustainable builder partnerships.
• Bring a commercial lens to design and process decisions, considering both upfront CAPEX and total cost of ownership.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that reduce rework and address recurring cost drivers.
• Partner across Development, Procurement, Finance and Performance & Insights to improve reporting, benchmarking and decision-making.

Job description

KFC South Pacific is hiring a Construction CAPEX Commercial Manager to lead portfolio-wide cost discipline and commercial strategy across Australia’s restaurant network. Sitting in Indirect Procurement, you’ll partner with Development, Construction, Finance and Franchisees to deliver measurable improvements and scalable commercial models for new builds and remodels.

If you bring extensive experience in construction costs, tendering, and governance, you’ll help strengthen frameworks and optimize