Director of Cost Management - Strategy & Client Leadership

Gleeds; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working

Job summary

Gleeds Midlands team seeks a Director to lead the Cost Management group from Nottingham or Birmingham. You will formulate strategies, drive growth, and ensure delivery to Gleeds standards across major projects.

As a senior leader you will oversee resources, develop capability, and manage key client relationships across sectors. The role offers flexible working arrangements and a contributory pension.

Qualifications

• Extensive cost management experience post MRICS qualification.
• Detailed knowledge and practical experience of cost estimating and cost planning techniques.
• Clear understanding of legislation impacting on building contracts.

Responsibilities

• Formulating and managing strategies to deliver the business objectives.
• Actively identifying new business development opportunities and driving growth across the Business Unit’s activities.
• Ensuring that projects are managed in accordance with Gleeds processes and procedures (governance and controls).
• Agreeing fees and charges for potential services with Business Unit Manager / Area Chair.
• Agreeing appointments / scope of services. Ensuring that appointments are in place prior to commencing service delivery.
• Delivering high quality services and deliverables ensuring that services meet our Customer’s requirements.
• Reviewing scope of appointments on a monthly basis to ensure services are being delivered in accordance with appointments
• Managing and maintaining Customer relationships (i.e. Clients, business partners and other consultants). Ensuring a Customer care plan is in place.
• Resolving customer complaints.
• Ensuring sufficient resources are made available to deliver services on our projects, including managing resource conflict resolution (with fellow directors).
• Leading and managing Teams, including working with Associate Directors in managing resources and workload. Ensuring compliance with administrative requirements (appraisals, training, timesheets etc)
• Managing employees, focusing on retention and development.
• Developing and enhancing Gleeds cost management capability.
• Briefing employees on relevant aspects of Gleeds business.
• Preparing bids for services.
• Managing service delivery for profit.
• Managing the commercial aspects of projects (e.g. scope of services/deliverables, invoices, payments, and debt management).
• Working harmoniously with other Directors and assisting Business Unit Manager / Area Chair.

Skills

Cost management

Client relationship management

Leadership & team management

Bid preparation

Negotiation

Communication skills

Strategic planning

Project governance

Education

MRICS

Job description

Gleeds Midlands team seeks a Director to lead the Cost Management group from Nottingham or Birmingham. You will formulate strategies, drive growth, and ensure delivery to Gleeds standards across major projects.

As a senior leader you will oversee resources, develop capability, and manage key client relationships across sectors. The role offers flexible working arrangements and a contributory pension.