Cost Manager - South Region
Hours: 36
Salary: Competitive
Location: Shire Park, Kestral Way, Welwyn Garden City AL7 1GA
United Kingdom
Apply by: 27/04/2020
Cost Manager - South Region
Shire Park, Kestral Way, Welwyn Garden City AL7 1GA
About the role
In this role, you will be the cost manager for a designated region, minimizing costs and maximizing value. Fully accountable for the accuracy, quality, tracking and reporting of scheme costs ensuring your region is financially compliant.
You will be responsible for
- The accuracy, quality, tracking and reporting of scheme costs for my region (both feasibility and development work)
- Ensuring every scheme is delivered for the best value.
- Investigating, driving and delivering sustainable cost reductions, minimizing costs and maximizing value.
- Ensuring schemes meet the financial hurdle rates and follow the right cost governance process.
- Ownership of papers for cost approval meetings, including variations.
- Managing our external Quantity surveyors through the process.
- Ensuring my region is financially compliant including year end.
- Working with group procurement to review market rates ensuring we are getting the best deal
- Collaborating and supporting regional colleagues, Tesco business services and key internal and external stakeholders
- Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence building and maintaining the Property brand
You will need
The successful candidate will have experience of driving cost saving opportunities on a big scale within a retail environment.
You will also have;
- Quantity Surveying background ideal
- Analytical / Forecasting / Financial experience
- Understanding of Property and Finance processes.
- Stakeholder Management at all levels
- Ability to translate complex data into simple data
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Microsoft office proficiency
- Understanding of industry standard processes relevant to cost management
What’s in it for you
We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work. These include but aren’t limited to:
- Annual bonus scheme where you can earn up to 3.5% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus 8 Bank holidays)
- On-site state of the art gym at our Welwyn Campus with discounted “Gympass” membership & free health checks via Nuffield Health
- Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
- Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
- Share Schemes – Join our ‘Buy As You Earn’ & ‘Save As You Earn’ share schemes after 3 months service
- Colleague Clubcard (including a 2nd card for a family member) after 3 months service
- Colleague Discounts:
- 10% increasing to 15% after every pay day for a four day period, off most purchases at Tesco
- 10% off One Stop
- 10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile
- 20% off all F&F purchases
- 20% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. T&C’s apply
- 25% off Tesco Café
- 50% off complete glasses purchases & free eye tests (other offers available) at Vision Express
- 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy
- An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for the home
- Cycle to work scheme
- Shuttle Bus Service to/from Hatfield & Welwyn Garden City Station to Welwyn Campus & Hatfield Offices
- Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want
- Our Employee Assistance Programme helps you deal with life’s challenges
- Financial wellness - Tesco has partnered with experts to help you make the most of your money
- Get involved in a range of fundraising activities with our long-term charity partners
About us
Our vision here at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home, out shopping, on the move, anywhere in the world.
Our core purpose is ‘Serving Britain's shoppers a little better every day’.
Our business was built with a simple mission – to be the champion for customers, helping them to enjoy a better quality of life and an easier way of living. This hasn't changed. Customers want great products at great value which they can buy easily and it's our job to deliver this in the right way for them.
In the UK, we serve some 66 shoppers every second, so it's our goal to ensure every one of those customers experiences just a little better service on each visit.
We want our customers to be inspired and whatever they are looking for, we’re finding bigger and better ways to provide it.
We need people who share our ambition to deliver for our customers; passionate and confident people willing to take the initiative and drive us forwards. In return we offer excitement, a great team, an excellent benefit package and significant career development opportunities.
We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone is welcome and truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings to enable us to serve our shoppers a little better every day. We strive to create a workforce that reflects our customers not only here in the UK, but worldwide. Our aim is to attract and welcome a diverse range applicants from all walks of life, offering many varying working patterns across our business, and we would love to hear from you!
NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.