Managing Director - Griffiths
Job Introduction
Founded in 1968, Griffiths is one of the leading civil engineering and rail contractors working throughout Wales, the midlands and south-west England. With an annual turnover of circa £225m our 1000+ directly employed, well-trained, dedicated and highly competent workforce deliver client solutions which includes Welsh Government, Network Rail, Highways England, local authorities, Utility Companies and selected private sector organisations.
Operating out of strategically located centres, with a large directly employed workforce and extensive plant fleet we have the flexibility and resources to respond swiftly to clients’ needs. Our experience embraces both the public and private sectors and includes major and minor capital projects, framework and term maintenance contracts, partnering and joint venture alliances. As a regional company, we have an inherent interest in the social, economic and environmental well-being of the areas within which we live and work. We invest in these local communities through every project we undertake.
In 2018, Griffiths became part of Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable building materials business and a wholly owned subsidiary of CRH. Griffiths has over 1,000 employees operating across 100 sites or schemes at any given time.
With the previous leadership team taking a step back, there is an excellent opportunity for a new Managing Director to lead Griffiths through the next phase to ensure the business continues to perform whilst leveraging the opportunities unlocked through the Tarmac acquisition. The scope for significant transformation and performance improvement throughout Griffiths is a key aspect of this role. Based at the head office in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, this pivotal role requires you to lead the Griffiths business to deliver safe, sustainable profit to target. You will maximise vertical integration with the wider Tarmac business ensuring commercial synergies drive profit margins and develop and drive the business strategy and culture in order to achieve ambitious growth plans. Essentially, you’ll provide leadership to the business to drive performance through coaching, mentoring and talent development and drive the management team to deliver budget, pipeline, health and safety and P&L / balance sheet targets across the Infrastructure and Rail divisions.
Role Responsibility
Establishing and implementing the strategy with Griffiths SLT and Contracting Board to ensure those strategies are supported and embedded with particular focus on key metrics such as safety, people, cost, profitability, quality, customer service and price management.
Developing, securing and delivering the 5-year pipeline for the business.
Consistently delivering outstanding operating results (including volumes, costs and EBITDA), exceeding budgetary targets and driving l CAPEX performance.
Driving vertical integration with the Tarmac business through effective procurement of materials
Leading the business commercial and operational strategies ensuring all key KPIs are in place, met and achieved/exceeded.
Interpreting business performance data and taking appropriate measures to ensure results are delivered whilst managing and mitigating risks with clear contingency plans developed.
Managing, measuring and improving the business health and safety performance and culture along with executing relevant excellence programs e.g. asset optimisation and continuous improvement programmes and the sharing of best practice.
Advocating compliance to group policies, processes, procedures and tools to ensure effectiveness, efficiency and compliance with SOx (and other regulatory) requirements.
Driving the development and embedding of robust governance process across the business to allow for delegation of authority and driving responsibility and accountability across all areas and levels of the business.
Tracking and understanding variable market conditions and movements in order to effectively drive business decisions and commercial opportunities.
Developing, managing and leading customer relationships through securing of major contracts in the business by maintaining close relationships and interactions with local government, authorities and key clients and stakeholders.
Utilising the relationships and ensuring customer expectations are measured and constantly exceeded.
Representing Griffiths in all relevant forums to sustain a strong commercial position in the local regional and national market and maintaining critical business relationships.
As the senior leader, demonstrating leadership and team development skills to coach and performance manage all direct reports and drive a high performance culture that ensures effective succession plans are in place.
Building a talent pool through the mentoring and coaching of regional teams and an effective succession plan to ensure current and future business performance
Collaborating with the wider business to nurture and encourage the movement of talent between Griffiths and the wider CRH business.
Developing a positive work culture, where effective people management, high employee engagement and the attraction and retention of talent, is a key priority
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have an impressive track record of delivering sustainable business growth. They will also be able to demonstrate executive leadership qualities, including the ability to motivate and inspire their senior team and wider business and it is essential that they are able to develop and nurture talent. As a senior leader you’ll be at ease with influencing strategy and communicating effectively with key customers and stakeholders as well as being a brand ambassador for the company.
You’ll be skilled at developing robust and effective relationships internally and externally and can readily demonstrate an in depth, comprehensive understanding of the UK construction industry. Your demonstrable negotiation skills and ability to identify and realise commercial opportunities are essential. Having the aptitude to drive improvements in order to progress business and people performance is also key and you’ll be an analytical thinker with proven experience of solving complex issues and for identifying and realising commercial opportunities.
We’re working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.
Why Us
Griffiths is part of the Tarmac family and as such we are able to offer you an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits.
The role offers an attractive and competitive salary which is commensurate with an executive leadership position.
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