UCL - Head of Commercial

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Specification

Essential

Desirable

1. General

• The post requires the professional background and experience necessary to provide professional, technical and strategic advice at a senior management level within UCL, to identify and implement opportunities for improvement and the management of change. • Professionally recognised cost/commercial management related qualification ie BSc Quantity Surveying / MRICS.

2. Education/ Training

• Postgraduate finance, commercial management or supply chain management qualification.

3. Relevant Experience

• Significant experience in a quantity surveying, cost management or commercial management role • Professional quantity surveying and cost management skills and experience including cost planning, forecasting and budgeting, value engineering and contract procurement. • Experience of project/supply chain procurement and management. • Experience of reporting and performance management. • Experience of financial management across a wide range of budgets, with proven analytical skills and the ability to collate financial and other information from a range of sources, analyse it, draw conclusions and propose solutions. • Experience of construction contracts, contract management and procurement practices relating to project and service delivery. • Strategic planning including sourcing options and procurement for major capital programmes. • Strong knowledge and experience of contract management and procurement, cost management and budgeting and supply chain management.

• Track record of working on projects of a technically complex nature, ideally in the research / healthcare / science / commercial sectors.

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