Business Leader

3 weeks ago

St Leonards, Australia Stantec Full time

Business Leader - ( 2300025H )

**Description**

Communities are fundamental. Whether around the corner or across the globe, they provide a foundation, a sense of place and of belonging. That's why at Stantec, we always **design with community in mind.**

We care about the communities we serve—because they're our communities too. We're designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

**About the role**:
Reporting to the Business Centre Operating Leader (BCOL), the **Business Leader** (BL) is responsible for the business operations, encompassing safety leadership, people leadership, client service and operational excellence within their region as part of a shared financial (top line/bottom line) and performance responsibility with the other BLs.

**Day to day tasks would involve**:

- Work with the BCOL in preparing annual BC business plans and budgets.
- Responsible for continuous improvement and effective management of operational areas within their region (resource management, utilisation, overhead control and gross margin management).
- On a monthly basis, review forecasting, backlog, GR, NR, WIP, AFDA, DSO and utilization with the BCOL and PMCL and drive local actions to address identified issues.
- Responsible for achieving net revenue, gross margin, G&A, operating income and backlog targets from within their region and as a collective across the BC.
- Responsible for growth and continuous improvement including assisting in developing and implementing improvement plans for underperforming operations as it applies within their region.
- Partners with BLs to drive collaboration and work sharing across the BC to meet the overall BC utilisation target.
- Provide leadership and direction to all staff and ensure the objectives, actions and focus of the business unit is clearly communicated.
- Model the behaviours and attitudes that align with our values and what we expect of our staff.
- Foster and embed a culture aligned with the core values to support the strategic intent of the business within the BC.
- Proactively identify opportunities to reinforce and further develop Stantec's high-performance culture with a focus on talent, productivity and financial performance.
- Responsible for regional talent management lifecycle including; recruitment, career development, employee engagement, succession planning, coaching and mentoring, diversity and inclusion, and leadership development.
- Direct reports include Group Leaders, Team Leaders, local project managers, technical leaders, discipline leaders, business development, etc. as required.
- Work with project delivery teams and Practice Leaders to drive quality and timely delivery of project deliverables to meet but preferably to exceed client expectations.
- Ensure the business delivers work that secures repeat business for valued clients whilst fostering growth and diversification of services.
- Responsible for client relationships, strategic project pursuits and major project leadership within their region and working towards sustainable sector growth.

**Qualifications**

**To be successful for this role you'll need**:

- Team leadership - demonstrated experience in successfully managing teams, experience managing teams >20 people is desirable.
- Financial -demonstrated experience and understanding of the financial levers in a consulting business and a proven ability to deliver results, whilst maintain a focus on people
- Commercial - a sound understanding of contracts and commercial arrangements on projects as well as a well-developed problem solving and negotiations skills to resolve issues.
- Project Management - demonstrated experience in managing and owning the performance of a large portfolio of projects and implementing recovery plans to address performance issues.
- Interpersonal skills - a proven ability to successfully manage internal stakeholders across multiple business line and functions to remove internal barriers and achieve a collaborative approach.
- Client Focus - demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong client relationships leading to repeat work.
- Degree qualifications in relevant industry
- Relevant experience: Over 10 years professional experience in the infrastructure field is desirable.

**What we offer**

Along with a competitive salary we offer many other benefits to ensure your professional development & wellbeing is ongoing.
- Flexible Working Arrangements including purchasing up to 4 weeks additional leave and provision for school term contracts, job sharing and part time employment.
- Learning and Talent Development Programs including Global programmes, online learning and on-the-job learning
- Mentoring for your own development and the opportunity to mentor others
- Professional Memberships
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