Overview
The primary purpose of this position is to ensure the commercial activity linked to day to day operations is both profitable and managed. The candidate will support various business functions, providing information, coaching, and introducing new processes, with principle focus being on protecting business profit and reducing unnecessary spend. A successful candidate will provide quality outputs, as required, for both internal and external stakeholders. This role will have line management responsibility for a small team. Responsibilities
Routinely investigate Arcus client spend to ascertain commercial viability of Arcus contracts. Suggest and facilitate activities to continuously improve the above. Maintain strong relationships with support departments to identify opportunities to improve overall profitability and departmental efficiency. Define and deliver (with the support of MI) manager level reporting to field departments to highlight all cost related issues including incorrect costs and apportionment. Work with the Operations Contract Support team, and operational functions, to ensure that the Operations Contract Support team and other administrative functions are upskilled/trained to deliver the expected service. Assess financial risks involved with new initiatives. Ensure all deadlines are met for billing and commercial aspects of contractual compliance. Create contract precis to support colleague understanding of scope of works. Provide guidance and training to operations colleagues on how to maximise the commercial benefit of contracts with no detriment to delivered service. Identify opportunities where change to process, or behaviour, will increase revenue/profit. Provide strategic updates on how the business can increase profitability and reduce identified revenue losses. Produce transactional spend reporting, with summaries of spend activity. Support other business areas to develop operationally sound and commercially aware processes. Review introduced changes to determine success or further change. Monitor financial KPIs. Produce billing reporting to aid client invoicing processes. Monitor daily transactions on spend, ensuring correct approval processes are adhered to. Support department leaders identify areas of opportunity to improve the quality & accuracy of purchase order generation and records associated to self-procure processes. As required, prepare quotations and submit them for client approval. Manage the purchase order received process – confirming goods or a service has been received, whilst validating the content of the fields of a PO. Represent the department to mobilise new contracts/agreements as part of the mobilisation team. Work proactively with the Supply Chain team to address problems before they escalate with suppliers and service providers. Support the department to meet internal KPIs & objectives. Always respond promptly to requests/instructions meeting the requirements of the business and the client. Follow company policies and procedures as directed and work to actively deliver the company and department's vision. Ad hoc duties as per the needs of the business. Represent the business in a professional manner. Ensure that we work in a compliant, ethical & best practice manner always. Qualifications
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS A relevant degree or qualification is advantageous. Experience in commercial analysis. A strong administrative background. Experience leading a successful team. Ability to interrogate data, mainly using Excel. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint. Working knowledge of Microsoft Vision or other process/workflow mapping software. Ability to operate specialist software/systems. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal. Good analytical skills and deadline driven. Deliver tasks with a high degree of accuracy. Team player but capable of working on own initiative to fully understand implications of changes and effective working methods. Excellent organisational skills. Outstanding customer service skills. When you join us, you’ll receive: Salary: Up to £41,000 per annum (pro rata) depending on experience. Up to 10% bonus scheme, subject to achievement of targets. 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays. Generous contributory pension scheme of matched contributions between 5% and 6%. Life Assurance. Free eye test and contribution towards glasses with Specsavers (T&Cs apply). Learning & Development opportunities. Funded Training Sponsorship Scheme. Salary Sacrifice Electronic Vehicle Scheme. Cycle to Work Scheme. Health Cash Plan. Up to 10% off B&Q / Trade Point. 20% off Nuffield Fitness and Wellbeing Centres. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity, apply today by clicking on the
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2024-6486
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The primary purpose of this position is to ensure the commercial activity linked to day to day operations is both profitable and managed. The candidate will support various business functions, providing information, coaching, and introducing new processes, with principle focus being on protecting business profit and reducing unnecessary spend. A successful candidate will provide quality outputs, as required, for both internal and external stakeholders. This role will have line management responsibility for a small team. Responsibilities
Routinely investigate Arcus client spend to ascertain commercial viability of Arcus contracts. Suggest and facilitate activities to continuously improve the above. Maintain strong relationships with support departments to identify opportunities to improve overall profitability and departmental efficiency. Define and deliver (with the support of MI) manager level reporting to field departments to highlight all cost related issues including incorrect costs and apportionment. Work with the Operations Contract Support team, and operational functions, to ensure that the Operations Contract Support team and other administrative functions are upskilled/trained to deliver the expected service. Assess financial risks involved with new initiatives. Ensure all deadlines are met for billing and commercial aspects of contractual compliance. Create contract precis to support colleague understanding of scope of works. Provide guidance and training to operations colleagues on how to maximise the commercial benefit of contracts with no detriment to delivered service. Identify opportunities where change to process, or behaviour, will increase revenue/profit. Provide strategic updates on how the business can increase profitability and reduce identified revenue losses. Produce transactional spend reporting, with summaries of spend activity. Support other business areas to develop operationally sound and commercially aware processes. Review introduced changes to determine success or further change. Monitor financial KPIs. Produce billing reporting to aid client invoicing processes. Monitor daily transactions on spend, ensuring correct approval processes are adhered to. Support department leaders identify areas of opportunity to improve the quality & accuracy of purchase order generation and records associated to self-procure processes. As required, prepare quotations and submit them for client approval. Manage the purchase order received process – confirming goods or a service has been received, whilst validating the content of the fields of a PO. Represent the department to mobilise new contracts/agreements as part of the mobilisation team. Work proactively with the Supply Chain team to address problems before they escalate with suppliers and service providers. Support the department to meet internal KPIs & objectives. Always respond promptly to requests/instructions meeting the requirements of the business and the client. Follow company policies and procedures as directed and work to actively deliver the company and department's vision. Ad hoc duties as per the needs of the business. Represent the business in a professional manner. Ensure that we work in a compliant, ethical & best practice manner always. Qualifications
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS A relevant degree or qualification is advantageous. Experience in commercial analysis. A strong administrative background. Experience leading a successful team. Ability to interrogate data, mainly using Excel. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint. Working knowledge of Microsoft Vision or other process/workflow mapping software. Ability to operate specialist software/systems. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal. Good analytical skills and deadline driven. Deliver tasks with a high degree of accuracy. Team player but capable of working on own initiative to fully understand implications of changes and effective working methods. Excellent organisational skills. Outstanding customer service skills. When you join us, you’ll receive: Salary: Up to £41,000 per annum (pro rata) depending on experience. Up to 10% bonus scheme, subject to achievement of targets. 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays. Generous contributory pension scheme of matched contributions between 5% and 6%. Life Assurance. Free eye test and contribution towards glasses with Specsavers (T&Cs apply). Learning & Development opportunities. Funded Training Sponsorship Scheme. Salary Sacrifice Electronic Vehicle Scheme. Cycle to Work Scheme. Health Cash Plan. Up to 10% off B&Q / Trade Point. 20% off Nuffield Fitness and Wellbeing Centres. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity, apply today by clicking on the
‘apply’
button. Requisition ID
2024-6486
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