Contracts manager

Required: Contracts Manager( Hospitality, Retail Fit-Out Experience) Location: Guildford and surrounding areas Experience: 10+year #39;s experience in a similar role. Will be required to work away from time to time depending on where the projects are, so need to be flexible in that aspect Overview of role and responsibilities: * To be responsible and accountable for the financial performance of each project under your control ensuring the business profitability and achieving value for money for our clients * To Manage the delivery team, notable our Project and Site Managers * To ensure that the Company and Client Health and Safety policies are followed and adhered to by any of the resources utilised in the delivery of the projects and workflows under your control. * Ensure all work is planned, mobilised and delivered to a target programme, ensuring timely completion whilst maintaining the desired quality of work * Establish a good client working relationship throughout the life of a project and deliver excellent customer service * Manage labour and subcontract resources in close liaison with the Project Managers across multiple project sites to deliver the projects budget, to programme and to contract requirements * Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation * Attend client project progress meetings ensuring that all actions are completed on time and presenting updated reports that identify both programme and quality status * Provide technical guidance to the team and answer any queries they may have Skills required: * Lead your portfolio of projects and achieve the project goals set by both the client and the business * Able to provide technical solutions to both design and delivery issues that may arise * Demonstrate strong communicative skills both at a professional and technical level whilst able to offer a sensitive approach to the end users within the relevant sectors * Commercial acumen and negotiation * Ability to lead and manage our people assigned to you Knowledge required: * Have a good knowledge of hospitality, leisure and retail sector. * Well versed in current Construction industry thinking and trends. * Current industry knowledge of: Build solutions, Legislative practice (technical H S), Industry trends/best practice Need to be from a retail fit-out, hospitality/construction background