Regional Commercial Lead (Director)
Turner & Townsend
- Riyadh
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Act as principal point of contact for cost management matters and lead the Turner & Townsend team.
- Responsible for developing communities of practice in region.
- Responsible for establishing delivery standards for major programmes in region.
- Responsible for setting up and mobilizing major programmes in region.
- Periodically take on major program delivery roles and lead the Turner & Townsend team on the commission - achieve a successful "steady state" delivery and then manage transition and backfill.
- Responsible for establishing best practice approach to deliver major programmes in region.
- Identify organizational needs, build recruitment plans and develop role specifications.
- Take on key account role(s), project execution assurance and maintain client relationships as required.
- Deliver assurance services to projects - peer review, gateway review, maturity assessments, readiness reviews, progress and performance audits.
- Provide oversight and assurance to the Turner & Townsend major program in the region.
- Play a key role in the Infrastructure / Real Estate CM business development activities for the cost center.
- Assist in the development and implementation of marketing and business development strategies.
- Provide solutions to clients and work together with business development team member(s) on sales proposals, qualification packages and presentation materials.
- Coordinate with project team leaders on project negotiations and execution.
- Collaborate with the other business divisions and teams.
- Delivers high quality of service products by utilizing Turner & Townsend systems, policy and procedure, managing time, planning and organizing to ensure excellence.
- Demonstrates understanding of commercial business drivers and ensures that work and projects are carried out in alignment. Contributes to the development of business opportunities.
- Demonstrable appetite for challenge, innovation and continued improvement in CM discipline.
- Identify and understand the areas of opportunity and development.
- Enable continued growth trajectory within the market.
- Be a developer of talent and enjoy coaching early/mid-career cost management staff to meet their own and our business goals.
- Be comfortable working with remote staff across global time zones.
- Be organized and strong administratively.
- Minimum 20+ years of relevant working experience in the discipline
- Degree holder in Quantity Surveying, or related field (Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, etc)
- RICS qualified (MRICS)
- FRICS (Beneficial)
- Proactive, quality driven, self-motivated, and hands-on team-leader with the ability to multitask.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills essential, ability to communicate well with clients and senior management.