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Overview Full time, Part time or Job Share Permanent Contract - 36.75 Hours per week Up to £35,428.84 per annum (Inclusive of £0.81 per hour, store specific location allowance) + Bonus + Pension + 6.6 Weeks Holiday B&Q Romford Every day, we give our millions of customers the ideas, advice, tools, and confidence they need to create a home they’ll love. Join us as a Sales Team Manager and you will be pivotal in driving sales across our showroom and TradePoint departments. What's the job? Role A great team needs a great leader and your role as a Sales Team Manager is to lead two of the most strategically important areas of our store — Showrooms and TradePoint. You’ll bring together dynamic, sales-focused teams and create a culture where every colleague is confident, proactive, and laser-focused on fulfilling B&Q’s ambition of making every customer count. You’ll make a real difference through sales coaching and performance leadership and build a high-performing team. In this role you will: • Support our sales colleagues to build deep product knowledge and be confident to sell., • Use customer insights and performance data to spot opportunities and respond at pace., • Build strong local customer relationships, with a focus on Tradespeople. What We Need Our Sales Team Managers are key to running our business by leading the team to deliver effective stock manager and to make every customer count. In this role, you should be leading in a way that demonstrates the following qualities: • You enjoy observing, listening and communicating ways to continuously improve and celebrate success., • Are comfortable having meaningful discussions about performance., • At your best building rapport with customers and colleagues., • Like to be well planned and organised and thrive in being agile with your plans when needed., • Natural analytical rigour and can spot opportunities to increase sales. What's in it for me? As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for who you are. We’re committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business. Benefits We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes: • Award-winning pension scheme, • Company Bonus Scheme, • ShareSave options, • 6.6 weeks holiday, • Payroll giving, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Shopping discounts, • Colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more So we can support you during the application or interview process, please contact for any recruitment adjustments.

We have a great opportunity for an Associate Commercial Director to join our team within Vistry Services - Special Projects, at our Brentwood office.This role will be managing the significant budget of building safety for the Vistry Group, with an emphasis on the recovery action of costs against supply chain, insurance and/or opportunities for additional works.As our Associate Commercial Director, you will encourage and create a teamwork culture throughout, recognising the responsibilities of the Line Management Structure, whereby opportunities are maximised, and problems are identified and resolved to the overall benefit of the team and the company. To take responsibility for the Quantity Surveying functions and assist in the procurement of subcontracts on contracts. To maximise profitability having regard to client/subcontractor relations and the company’s strategic objectives with regard to repeat business, the Partnering Ethic, and the risk / reward philosophy. To participate in the management of the team including assisting in recruitment, providing direction, leadership, together with training and development requirements of Quantity Surveyors reporting to the job holder.You will have responsibility to lead the commercial discussions with key stakeholders such as Client Agents, Managing Agents, RTMs, Commercial Consultants (it is expected that a significant proportion of the commercial management of projects will be delivered through external cost consultants), Local Authorities, Housing Associations and Fire Authorities.We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.___ • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus, • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance, • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees, • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service, • 2 Volunteering days per annum, • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover, • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice, • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary, • Share save and share incentive schemes, • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits... • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality, • Degree qualified and member of the RICS or IOB (or moving towards professional membership), • The successful candidate will have experience of working within the Construction industry. Experience of cladding remediation, main contracting and mixed use residential developments would be desirable., • Previous experience at Director, Head of Department or similar is essential for the role, • Strong negotiations skills, • Ability to assess and analyse information, • Good business sense, • Good understanding of budget management, • Negotiating and networking skills, • Must be proficient with Coins IT system & Viewpoint document management system., • Excellent communications skills, • Able to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work, • Good team working skills, • Accurate with an eye for detail, • A methodical approach, • Capable of strategic vision, • Decision making/problem solving/multi-tasking, • Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it • Lead the commercial function and provide our Commercial Director with support as plan to grow the Commercial Department and develop our capability to increase the number of projects start per year by 100%., • Lead, support and coach your direct reports and the wider team to support their growth and development., • Be active in the recruitment of new starters to the team and then throughout the employee life cycle, including holding development reviews and succession planning exercises., • Working closely with other departments, including Technical, Development, Customer Service, and Construction, you will attend design meetings and ensure that accurate scopes and specification documents are in place prior to commencing cost planning. You will oversee the tracking of changes from the original cost plan, scope and specification so that all projects changes are reported on before CVR. Post CVR changes will be reported as part of the CVR., • Preparing construction cost analysis to support the development of accurate future cost planning of projects and feeding in “as built” costs and risk from live projects. Demonstrate continuous improvement mindset to the commercial management of design led one off projects., • Arrange and adjudicate early stage assessment of the cost planning, market testing and procurement stages thereby ensuring estimated project start on site dates are deliverable. Build contingency into the project schedule so that the wider Commercial team can accommodate change of programmes and milestones., • Approve sub-contractor orders in line with the Groups Delegated level of authority., • Approve variation orders and development changes in line with the Groups Delegated level of authority., • Assist the Commercial Director with monthly collation of Regional Cost & Cashflow monitoring against half year & full year targets., • Provide assistance to Financial Department in the recovery of outstanding monies., • Monitor and facilitate the recovery of retention and the like., • Ensure correct contractual procedures are operated for both Main Contracts and Subcontracts., • Monitor that subcontract conditions are ‘Back to Back’ with main contract conditions or with maximum risk transfer., • Forecast Out-turn Margin/Commercial Analysis / programme / progress in conjunction with Line Management and review monthly., • Forecast contract turnover in conjunction with Line Management and adjust as necessary., • Monitor and record individual performances on an ongoing basis together with annual PDRs., • Any other reasonable duties as directed by your line manager to support the wider teams, including deputising for the Commercial Director as required. We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. Join us in making Vistry.

Overview Full time, Part time or Job Share Permanent Contract - 18.5-36.75 Hours per week Full-time equivalent £29,256 per annum (Inclusive of £1547 per annum, store specific location allowance) + Pension + 6.6 Weeks Holiday B&Q Romford Every day, we give our millions of customers the ideas, advice, tools and confidence they need to create a home they’ll love. Join us as a Shift Lead and you’ll be a big part of this. What's the job? Role Your role as a Shift Lead is pivotal in ensuring a safe working and shopping environment. You’re the person who will oversee your shift to cultivate a great experience for both colleagues and customers daily. It’s B&Q’s ambition to make every customer count, so you’ll strive to ensure B&Q is a place colleagues love to work, and customers love to shop. In this role you will: • Be the heartbeat of the store day-to-day and ensure operations are running smoothly., • Make sure colleagues are deployed correctly to ‘make every customer count’ throughout your shift., • Be the first point of contact for customers and colleagues., • Make sure our stores are safe at all times. What We Need Our shift leads are key to running our business through their teams. In this role, we’re looking for the following qualities: • Passionate about customers and doing the right thing for them., • Like to have a global view and not be constrained to specific areas of the store., • Safety conscious and use an eye for detail to spot compliance opportunities., • Enjoy interacting with colleagues and working in a team., • Like to bring energy to each day and motivate those around you., • Confident to have autonomy and trust to make decisions for the customer at pace. What's in it for me? As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for who you are. We’re committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business. We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes • Award-winning pension scheme, • ShareSave options, • 6.6 weeks holiday, • Payroll giving, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Shopping discounts, • Colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more So we can support you during the application or interview process, please contact for any recruitment adjustments.

This is a high-profile Project Manager role, offering career development and a varied working environment. You’ll have single-point accountability and leadership for the delivery of multiple projects within a Programme of work in a defined geographical area. This will be achieved by managing the early stages of project development, building and presenting business cases for governance approval and assuring the performance of consultants and contractors to deliver project outcomes to time cost and quality. Join Thames Water’s exceptional project teams as we invest more than ever in London and the Thames Valley to improve our critical infrastructure and drive excellence for our customers. What you’ll be doing as a Project Manager • Develop and deliver optimised projects to achieve all regulatory, statutory and internal outputs, deadlines and targets., • Accountability throughout the project lifecycle, governance compliance, and internal/external stakeholder engagement, leading to the smooth transition of the project outcomes into the operational business, • Refinement of project briefs, including supplementary information for the subsequent early contractor involvement phase of the project., • Managing the ‘route to consent’ strategy for the project, highlighting program and project risks relating to consents required, including consideration of any potential early works., • Managing and assuring the performance of contractors to deliver project outcomes to time, cost, and quality., • Robust financial forecasting of project costs across months, years and AMP intervals, • Management of risk issues and change, in a fully transparent manner through effective reporting and escalation., • Contributing to steering project-wide continuous improvement and delivering against stretching targets., • Commercially managing all contract matters to achieve the optimal outcome for Thames Water. A hybrid basis in a London-based office - as per the business needs, you must be on-site or in the office. 36 hours Monday to Friday. The successful candidate will ideally drive and have access to transportation. What you should bring to the role To thrive in this role the essential criteria are: • Be educated to HNC /degree level with further or outstanding role-specific experience in a relevant operational or project management capacity., • Have an excellent contractual awareness of Project Management work., • Have a proven track record of managing the performance of third-party organisations, • Be financially capable of running a Profit & Loss, taking account of revenue, expenditure and cash flow to deliver agreed financial goals., • Understanding of Health and Safety standards and legislation and governance., • Be able to set up and regularly implement feedback systems to improve business performance. Be able to deliver tough messages with empathy., • Develop excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and have a positive approach to them., • Previous water or utilities experience. What’s in it for you? • Competitive salary from £56,000 to £67,000 per annum., • 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays), • Performance-related pay plan directly linked to both company and individual performance measures and targets., • Generous Pension Scheme through AON. Who are we? We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come. Learn more about our ___ Working at Thames Water Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits. If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet. Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. ___ Learn more. We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the ___. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to ___. When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues. Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.