Total 16 Others level Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in LU1 2QH

Are you an experienced School Business Manager with a dynamic outlook?

I am working with a inclusive and innovative KS3 and KS4 Pupil Referral Unit who is looking for a committed School Business Manager who can make a difference in the workplace.

This school is a centre of excellence in alternative provision offering academic and vocational qualifications to students from within the local authority, alongside a short stay provision to provide supportive interventions for identified mainstream students, and an outreach team providing targeted support to secondary students within mainstream schools.

Responsibilities and Requirements:

- Management of the strategy and operation of business functions within the school, including ICT

- Financial Management, including budget and procurement

- Ensuring maintenance of Health and Safety, facilities management

- Human resources management

- General management of team and administration

Experience required:

• Experience of managing a budget of £3.5million +
• Experience of proactively commissioning and developing partnerships with external providers of services
• Experience of negotiating and agreeing contracts
• Experience working in a school or college setting at a management level
• Experience of working with local authorities, parents, professionals and other stakeholders within an educational setting
• Experience of effectively leading and managing people

This is a full time, 52 week permanent role with the opportunity to work from home during the holidays.

If you have the relevant experience in a role like this and you would like to work in a diverse school that offers opportunities to grow as a leader, we would love to hear from you. If you know of anyone who would be, we have a fantastic refer a friend scheme.

Based in Luton, Capability Green

We Put People First so you can Deliver Outstanding Service

We are looking for an Assistant Finance Business Partner to join our team in Luton, acting as the trusted advisor to the Operations team and supporting the Finance Business Partners.

You will be expected to create legible and informative reports, ensuring that the financial aspects and impact of contracts are clear to all parties, supporting the delivery of projects.

At Churchill, doing right is at the heart of our values. This is why we will provide you with all the tools, training, support and resources that you need to develop in your career.

As an Assistant Finance Business Partner you’ll be:

• Assisting in providing financial business partnering to the Operational Leads to ensure their strategic and operational financial goals are delivered.
• Ensuring that that all contracts are correctly accounted for, and closely monitored.
• Assisting in completion of month end and subsequent delivery of high-quality monthly management accounts and reporting, including headcount reporting, variance analysis and appropriate commentary.
• Monitoring and reporting of commercial issues and procedures through monthly contract reviews.
• Supporting management of budget and continually identify ways to improve cost performance.
• Ad-hoc analysis and projects to support the needs of the business.

As an Assistant Finance Business Partner you’ll have:

• Ability to work with transactional detail with management reporting, budgeting, and forecasting experience.
• Experience with translating large amounts of data into tables and legible reports.
• Knowledge of accounting systems and intermediate MS Excel including Pivot Tables and V-lookups
• Initiative and influences change through an “investigative” and “can do” approach and attitude to all tasks
• Resilience and able to work in an organisation that is undergoing change due to development and growth.
• An accountancy qualification ACCA/ ACA/ CIMA is preferred

What we offer you

The opportunity to be part of one of the fastest growing specialist FM providers in the UK. This means that as our teams continue to grow, so can you.

The good stuff

• We are employee-owned, making you a beneficiary of our future success
• 33 days leave including bank holidays
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and sick pay
• 24hr online GP access as well as mental health, wellness, financial and legal support
• Two paid volunteering days annually – from beach cleans to supporting your local community. You choose…
• More than 250 perks and hundreds of exclusive deals and discounts
• Lots of training, development and apprenticeships opportunities programmes to grow and progress your career
• Our Mosaic committee and Mental Health First Aiders leading the change on all things Wellbeing, Diversity & Inclusion at Churchill
• All year-round recognition and annual awards programme to thank our shining stars

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Churchill is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer and seeks to attract, develop and retain the best people from the widest network. We’re committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly, and with respect and dignity.

Reasonable adjustments

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we can make to support you during our recruitment process. We’re happy to help..

Key Qualifications

• AAT
• Degree and or Project Management qualification desirable
• GCSE A-C or equivalent (at least 3)

Finance Project Support Coordinator

Permanent

Location: Hybrid, Luton- X2 days a week

Salary: £30, 000 - £35, 000 DOE

The Role

We are looking for a Finance Project Support Coordinator to join our Global Managed Services Finance Team. The Finance Project team support the business by working closely with Project Managers, Developers, Operations and back-office Finance teams to efficiently deliver the finance workstream for projects such as Implementation of new customers, local and global expansions, customer exits, internal finance system improvements, process reviews, troubleshooting management and supporting the wider finance team as required

Key Responsibilities:

• Support finance project lead in the planning and delivery of projects ensuring timelines are met
• Assist with the coordination of project activities, resources and deliverables
• Organise meetings and record minutes ensuring key decision points and actions are accurately captured
• Maintain project and process documentation
• Serve as a point of contact for project stakeholders, providing updates and addressing inquiries
• Liaise with project SMEs to follow up on outstanding actions
• Support with the hyper care of delivered projects and process handover to the business
• Appropriate escalation of issues that impact on completion of tasks within set timescales
• Administrative tasks to support the Project lead and Finance teams as required

About You:

• Knowledge of project planning or experience working in a project support environment
• Intermediate excel skills
• Proficiency in math and English
• Excellent organisation and planning skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage with various stakeholders
• Motivated and conscientious with desire to lead by example and demonstrate a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Flexible and confident working in a fast-paced environment with competing demands and priorities
• Advanced Excel skills with ability to pick new systems up quickly
• Fast learner with appetite for problem solving
• Demonstrates understanding of when a decision can be made and when to involve others

We welcome applications from individuals requiring varying levels of flexibility, our supportive and highly experienced team will provide you with the full details of the role.

You are guaranteed an interview if you can demonstrate that you can meet the role requirements above and have a disability /long-term health condition - just tell us when applying for the role. Our interview guarantee also applies to any current reservists, ex-armed forces personnel or forces spouses applying. We also recognise the value people with previous convictions can bring to society and are proud to be a "Ban the Box" employer.

We genuinely care about creating a diverse and inclusive team and we welcome people from all backgrounds, with different perspectives and experiences to work with us. We cannot, and will never discriminate against anyone based on, race, ethnicity, national origin, colour, sex, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, disability status, family or parental status, age, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity. At Guidant Global everyone has the freedom to give their opinion, build their career path and be part of a cooperative and supportive team. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process please do let us know. In your application please feel free to note which pronouns you use.

Senior Planner needed in South East London Paying £25.06 per hr ref 1319654

Full time hours on a temporary basis

• You will work in partnership with transport, environment and planning colleagues and professional associations to drive forward their improvement agenda through their staff.
• You will also have the opportunity to actively lead your own projects with the support of your manager.
• You will ensure that the work you deliver is of highly, relevant and is delivered on time.
• You will be expected to actively seek out learning opportunities to maintain and develop your planning expertise as part of an organised programme.

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to verity@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared

Eyewear Area Sales Manager job covering North London and Home Counties. Zest Optical are currently looking to recruit an Area Sales Manager for a market-leading optical frame company. This company design, market and distribute ophthalmic and sunglass frames to opticians across the world.This role will cover North London and Home Counties region.

As Eyewear Area Sales Manager you will be responsible for creating and building exceptional customer relationships. This role will report to the Sales Director and will involve a mixture of account management and new business development.

Eyewear Area Sales Manager - Role

• Creating and executing a strategic sales plan that expands the customer base and extends reach
• Meeting with potential clients and grow long-lasting relationships by understanding client needs and offering solutions that meet these requirements (virtually and in person) max 4 visits a year per customer
• Improving profitability by product mix optimization (upselling) via training and consulting
• Negotiating sales and bonus agreements with customers within agreed limits
• To act as an ambassador of the brand and promote marketing to prospects and clients
• Manage sales pipeline, month-end and year-end close processes
• To live the brand values and represent them at all times

Eyewear Area Sales Manager - Requirements

• Previous optical experience (Dispensing Optician/Practice Manager)
• Optical field sales experience
• Able to quickly gain a strong understanding of the client marketplace including competitor products
• Very self-motivated and target driven
• Commercially savvy

Eyewear Area Sales Manager - Salary

• Base salary up to £32,500 plus excellent commission scheme (OTE circa £50k)
• Company car and additional benefits

To avoid missing out on this opportunity, please click on the Apply Now link below.

Are you an experienced Project Manager looking for a new challenge…? If so we might have the role for you. Our client is looking for an experienced Project Manager that will lead the delivery of multiple projects across multiple customers. The projects will include IT Systems, Infrastructure, and rolling out our projects.

Experience working with contractors allowing IT systems to be installed and self-service installs is required.

To be considered for the role, you’ll require the following essentials:

• Experience with working with contractors
• Experience working within the EPOS and IT industry desirable
• Working on large roll-outs desirable
• Working on mutiple projects desirable
• Vendor Management

Within this position, you’ll also be:

• Define all aspects of the project plan, including scheduling and managing activities, delivery schedules, milestones, dependencies, acceptance and quality criteria, commercial arrangements, financial parameters, and subcontractor management.
• Identify and involve all project stakeholders, ensuring they are well-informed and supportive throughout the project stages.
• Establish robust acceptance criteria for each project element, ensuring measurable performance and appropriate customer sign-off.
• Manage various third-party suppliers, including main contractors and shopfitting suppliers, to complete in-store refresh projects involving layout changes and IT upgrades.
• Monitor project performance against the plan, initiating remedial action or escalation when necessary.
• Ensure timely and appropriate project reporting and escalation to internal and customer stakeholders.
• Maintain the highest levels of customer satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.
• Adhere to the chosen project management methodology, focusing on planning, control, reporting, documentation, quality, risk management, and change control.
• Assist with preparing and controlling the project budget, ensuring delivery against financial targets and accurate financial forecasting.
• Manage and set objectives for the project team, ensuring high performance and motivation, and regularly monitor performance against targets, taking necessary remedial actions.

Talk Staff Recruitment is an established division of Talk Staff Group and works with companies throughout the East Midlands and UK with roles including many areas such as: Accountancy & Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Contact Centre and Office Support.

Talk Staff Recruitment act as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

See our website for more details and jobs available - http://www.talkstaff.co.uk/jobs

0115 697 2662

Monday - Friday
Ongoing temp - perm position
Office based
8am - 5pm
£12.82p/h PAYE (£26,665 per annum)
Previous Social Housing experience required

Planner / Scheduler Responsibilities:

• Managing calls on system
• Managing operatives diaries
• General administration
• Planning repairs and maintenance requests to the relevant operative
• Ensure trade skill sets and location parameters are working effectively
• Liaising with operatives, tenants, and the Client
• Document Control - Ensure worksheets are received and checked
• Work towards individual and client KPI's
• Deal with council and private housing contracts, planning and scheduling routine, essential and emergency property maintenance works
• Tracking and monitoring to completion
• Liaison with in-house and 3rd party engineers and tradesmen and council operatives to plan appointments, materials and logistics and reorganising of schedules
• Organisation of external supply companies
• Ensuring all trades are readied and present on-site and works completed in-line with committed client completion dates
• Be able to work in a fast-paced demanding role with constant collaboration with key stakeholders, clients, councils, housing agents, suppliers, and trades

Optical Business Development Manager job in South London. Zest Optical are currently looking to recruit a Business Development Manager for a leading manufacturer of Ophthalmic Lenses. The purpose of this role is to build strong business relationships with customers in the independent optical market across South London (BR, CR, SE, SM, SW postcodes).

The Business Development Manager represents the company in the designated territory and is responsible for the development of profitable growth in value and volume according to the agreed budget. The role will also involve increasing market share via business consulting and building long-term relationships with existing and new customers.

Business Development Manager - Role

• To be responsible for maintaining an effective and consistent call programme infield for both Direct and Indirect Independent Accounts.
• To sell in the full range of products across your geographical area to increase sales by ensuring that your company becomes the preferred supplier through negotiation with opticians.
• To present all relevant marketing/commercial activity to key personnel agreeing actions and processes required to ensure its success, with a real focus on differentiation with personalised lenses and premium technologies.
• To regularly review with all customers their business, product mix and supplier preferences promoting your company's lenses as first choice but ultimately securing lens volumes with a tailored commercial offering.
• To agree and implement customer training, both in practice and in seminar format, on all new and existing products to improve added value sales and product mix.

Business Development Manager - Requirements

• Dispensing Optician qualification or optical field sales experience
• Working on own initiative to tight deadlines
• Ability to communicate at all levels both verbally and in writing
• Ability to effectively analyse and interpret data

Business Development Manager - Salary

• Base salary circa £35,000
• Excellent bonus scheme
• Company car and a range of additional benefits

To avoid missing out on this opportunity, please click on the Apply Now link below.

Procurement Business Partner - Based in Beds (Hybrid, 2 days in office) 6 month FTC. up to £47,000
Expanding business are seeking a professional Procurement Business Partner for a 6 month fixed-term contract, with the potential to develop into a permanent opportunity.
* Assist Senior Category Managers & Head of Procurement to provide guidance, advice & support to other team members. Set key objectives, create opportunities to promote an environment of continuous improvement and development.
* Attend and support the Procurement Committee process (ProCo).
* Secure goods/works/services at optimal price and quality, achieved through effective sourcing, supplier negotiations and supplier relationship management, in line with the corporate strategy.
* Create value through supplier partnerships, innovation & sustainable initiatives.
* Create & manage category strategies, liaising with senior managers and directors to effectively implement in line with the corporate strategy.
* Develop appropriate sourcing and contract strategies procurements including the mitigation of potential supply chain risks.
* Collate and analyse data that supports the control of prices, costs and financial savings achieved, taking appropriate actions to improve performance.
* Create risk assessments, registers or other risk evaluation tools and agree actions to mitigate risks with suppliers and other stakeholders.
* Conduct effective performance reviews and appraisals with members of staff from procurement and supply.
* Demonstrate effective leadership skills with stakeholders by developing, communicating and promoting the purpose, values and vision of improved procurement and supply chain management across the organisation and with suppliers.
* Evaluate the range of contracting options for major programmes, projects or complex procurement activity, including the situations when each should be used, taking account the full scope of the project and the project outcomes.
* Evaluate benchmarks for goods/works/services to develop cost and performance analysis that supports performance improvement.
* Evaluate historical and forecasted data related to categories of spend to help formulate options and make recommendations to achieve the best value outcomes.


KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED* MCIPS qualified (or equivalent experience)
* Successful track record of delivering effective outcomes from sourcing activities
* Expertise in category and contract management
* Expertise of EU procurement regulations.
* Experience in conducting 'public tenders' under Find a Tender Service (FTS) regulations.
* Experience of conducting procurement / category management using best practice, sourcing and managing large tenders.
* Proven track record of resolving queries and influencing people as well as building collaborative partnerships with stakeholders and suppliers.
* Experience of successfully delivering complex competitive tenders


What you'll get in return
Hybrid policy 2 days a week in the office. Annual equivalent salary up to £47,000
6 month FTC

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Regional Lens Account Manager job covering Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire. Zest Optical are currently looking to recruit a Regional Lens Account Manager for a leading manufacturer of Ophthalmic Lenses. The purpose of this role is to build strong business relationships with customers in the independent optical market across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire.

The Regional Lens Account Manager will successfully grow new and existing accounts, to ensure the company's ambitious growth strategies are achieved. The individual will identify commercial opportunities to create value for accounts, and successfully manage the delivery and execution of these opportunities.

Regional Lens Account Manager - Role

• Manage all day-to-day aspects of customer accounts to achieve revenue growth and achieve business KPIs, goals and strategy.
• Evaluate the overall effectiveness of the territory, and customer accounts, identifying opportunities for improvements.
• Undertake data analysis of the commercial opportunities that are available to create value for customers and create innovation options to address these.
• Deliver insights to the customer to support their continued success
• Be the key point of contact for customer(s)

Regional Lens Account Manager - Requirements

• Optical B-2-B sales experience or Dispensing Optician
• Working on own initiative to tight deadlines
• Ability to communicate at all levels both verbally and in writing
• Ability to effectively analyse and interpret data

Regional Lens Account Manager - Salary

• Excellent base salary
• Industry leading bonus scheme
• Company car and a range of additional benefits

To avoid missing out on this opportunity, please click on the Apply Now link below.

Optical Business Development Manager job in South London. Zest Optical are currently looking to recruit a Business Development Manager for a leading manufacturer of Ophthalmic Lenses. The purpose of this role is to build strong business relationships with customers in the independent optical market across South London (BR, CR, SE, SM, SW postcodes).

The Business Development Manager represents the company in the designated territory and is responsible for the development of profitable growth in value and volume according to the agreed budget. The role will also involve increasing market share via business consulting and building long-term relationships with existing and new customers.

Business Development Manager - Role

• To be responsible for maintaining an effective and consistent call programme infield for both Direct and Indirect Independent Accounts.
• To sell in the full range of products across your geographical area to increase sales by ensuring that your company becomes the preferred supplier through negotiation with opticians.
• To present all relevant marketing/commercial activity to key personnel agreeing actions and processes required to ensure its success, with a real focus on differentiation with personalised lenses and premium technologies.
• To regularly review with all customers their business, product mix and supplier preferences promoting your company's lenses as first choice but ultimately securing lens volumes with a tailored commercial offering.
• To agree and implement customer training, both in practice and in seminar format, on all new and existing products to improve added value sales and product mix.

Business Development Manager - Requirements

• Dispensing Optician qualification or optical field sales experience
• Working on own initiative to tight deadlines
• Ability to communicate at all levels both verbally and in writing
• Ability to effectively analyse and interpret data

Business Development Manager - Salary

• Base salary circa £35,000
• Excellent bonus scheme
• Company car and a range of additional benefits

To avoid missing out on this opportunity, please click on the Apply Now link below.

Optical Business Development Manager job in South East England and East Anglia. Zest Optical are currently looking to recruit a Business Development Manager for a leading manufacturer of Ophthalmic Lenses. The purpose of this role is to build strong business relationships with customers in the independent optical market across South East England & East Anglia (AL, CB, CM, CO, HP, IP, LE, LU, MK, NN, NR, OX, PE, SG & SS postcodes).

The Business Development Manager represents the company in the designated territory and is responsible for the development of profitable growth in value and volume according to the agreed budget. The role will also involve increasing market share via business consulting and building long-term relationships with existing and new customers.

Business Development Manager - Role

• To be responsible for maintaining an effective and consistent call programme infield for both Direct and Indirect Independent Accounts.
• To sell in the full range of products across your geographical area to increase sales by ensuring that your company becomes the preferred supplier through negotiation with opticians.
• To present all relevant marketing/commercial activity to key personnel agreeing actions and processes required to ensure its success, with a real focus on differentiation with personalised lenses and premium technologies.
• To regularly review with all customers their business, product mix and supplier preferences promoting your company's lenses as first choice but ultimately securing lens volumes with a tailored commercial offering.
• To agree and implement customer training, both in practice and in seminar format, on all new and existing products to improve added value sales and product mix.

Business Development Manager - Requirements

• Dispensing Optician qualification or optical field sales experience
• Working on own initiative to tight deadlines
• Ability to communicate at all levels both verbally and in writing
• Ability to effectively analyse and interpret data

Business Development Manager - Salary

• Base salary circa £35,000
• Excellent bonus scheme
• Company car and a range of additional benefits

To avoid missing out on this opportunity, please click on the Apply Now link below.

My client in Central London is looking to appoint a talented Strategy & Change Project Manager on a Contract basis.

“We are looking for a Project Manager who will play an active role in delivering projects within various service areas (non-IT). Subject matter experts will be in place and so no specific knowledge of the service area is essential.”

About the role:

Based in Central London (Hybrid):

• Manage multiple Strategy & Change projects across 3 broad areas:

• Transforming Priorities – programme management of corporate change programmes
• Change Hub – ensuring ways of working that are consistent with the values shape and drive all they do
• Corporate projects – targeted interventions and support for projects, programmes, services or functions with an emphasis on change and growth, as well as specific improvement focused intervention work
• Support complex organizational redesign projects, leading on and contributing to multi-disciplinary and multiple project teams to deliver organizational and cultural change
• Create and implement project management systems, controls and procedures in accordance with good practice, including providing best practice advice and support to members of project groups

About you:

You will have the following skillsets or experiences:

• Excellent track record of multiple project planning, risk/issue management and delivery.
• Experience of managing more than one project at a time is essential, responding and prioritising the work as required.
• Extensive local authority or public sector experience.
• Relevant project management qualification, or experience.
• Prince 2 methodology, or equivalent.

What’s on offer:

• Salary: £400+ per day, Inside IR35

*negotiable based on experience

*please submit your CV with the rate you require

• Hybrid working
• Contract type: 3-6 month minimum
• Hours: 09:00ach -17:00 Monday to Friday

How to apply

• Once your CV is received, if you are successful you will be contacted.
• Due to the extremely high number of applications, it may not be possible to contact every applicant. As such, if you are not contacted please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

About Spencer Clarke Group

Here at Spencer Clarke Group, we pride ourselves on connecting you with the best career opportunities; our experienced Consultants have extensive market knowledge and will also provide expert career advice along the way.

When you join us, you will receive:

• Access to a wide range of temporary and permanent opportunities
• Free DBS checks
• Post Placement Aftercare
• Loyalty reward scheme and regular competitions for our agency professionals

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We offer a market leading referral scheme of up to £250 so if you know of someone who may also be looking for an exciting career opportunity, ask them to email their CV to John Shorrock on refer@spencerclarkegroup.co.uk remembering to include your details as well.

*T’s & C’s apply.