Regional Contracting Director

Tarmac; England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in the UK seeks a Regional Contracting Director to lead the Southwest and Wales region. This role involves executing growth strategies, managing business performance, and developing a high-performing team. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership, strategic change experience, and a proven ability to build customer relationships. Competitive rewards and career development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Company car/allowance

Bonus scheme

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Contributory pension scheme

Employee discounts

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience delivering budgeted performance and achieving stretch targets.
• Proven record in driving strategic change and business growth.
• Demonstrated ability to build diverse and inclusive teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the regional asphalt surfacing business, delivering budgeted performance.
• Build strong customer relationships with authorities and contractors.
• Ensure Health, Safety, Environmental, and Quality performance.

Skills

Visionary leadership capabilities

Influence and relationship building

Strategic change and business growth

Integrity and trust

Change management

Results-driven focus

Understanding of contracting market

Job description

Overview

Regional Contracting Director (South West and Wales) - We are seeking a Regional Contracting Director to join our Southwest and Wales Leadership team to build and execute the regional growth strategy and help shape the future of Tarmac. This pivotal role will have full leadership and accountability for the regional asphalt surfacing business, delivering budgeted performance and achieving stretch targets. As a key decision maker, you will work in partnership with the Contracting Performance Director to lead and deliver the regional contracting performance, contributing to EBITDA margin growth. You will also deliver key business initiatives and all contracting optimisation project across the region.

Responsibilities

Business Performance

• Full Profit and Loss accountability for regional Pave business, consistently delivering outstanding results and achievement of stretch targets
• Building strong customer relationships with local authorities, major contractors and National Highways
• Achieving excellent Health, Safety and Environmental and Quality performance via active sponsorship and visibly felt leadership, deploying the national HSEQ strategy achieving zero harm
• Delivering optimisation commitments
• Work winning to achieve budgeted and stretch targets in identified markets
• Maximising contract value, creating opportunities for further value and resolving disputes effectively
• Ensuring cost base is continually at its optimum level (reviewing resource levels and deployment methods aligned to customer portfolio, volumes, spend and contract pipeline)
• Ensuring internal cash collection targets are achieved, minimising aged debt and managing risk
• Working with the Regional Leadership team to deliver performance across the full value chain, (asphalt, aggregates and recycled materials)

Strategy

• Building performance plans aligned to Tarmac s growth ambition
• Translating strategy to develop and execute the region's short and long-term contracting plan
• Working with Contracting Directors, Contracting Performance Director, MD Building Products and National Businesses and Director of Circularity to win work
• Working with colleagues within the wider business to maximise opportunities across the value chain, making decisions to achieve growth beyond regional remit
• Working with Sustainability, Technical and Circularity teams to develop innovative and sustainable products, process and solutions to deliver carbon reduction roadmaps, achieve business growth and add value to both the customer and Tarmac

Leadership

• Developing an effective regional contracting team that embraces collaboration across the regions, national businesses and functional teams
• Building a diverse and inclusive talent pool, developing resilient succession pipelines and organisational capability to future-proof the business at all levels
• Supporting the Managing Director to develop the regional talent plan, facilitating talent mobility and role modelling a growth mindset

The Ideal Candidate

To successfully deliver the role of Regional Contracting Director you will need:

• Demonstrable visionary leadership capabilities with a proven record in delivering budgeted performance and achieving stretch targets
• Confidence and ability to influence, build and develop relationships
• Experience in driving strategic change and business growth
• Ability to demonstrate integrity and trust and a passion for mentoring and creating inclusive, future-ready teams
• Change management capabilities
• Passion to deliver results with an outstanding track record in driving value
• Comprehensive understanding of the contracting market and competitive environments

Why Tarmac

In addition to this role we also offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits including:

• Company car/allowance
• Bonus scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice and access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc.(REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
• Training and development opportunities

Interested? Why not click below to find out more? Go on are you ready to build your future?

Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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