Assistant General Manager - Commercial and Planning Services

Job description / Role

Assistant General Manager - Commercial - Commercial and Planning Services - CFC - AFGRE - Cairo, Egypt

We are seeking to hire an Assistant General Manager - Commercial whom will support the General Manager Commercial in the leadership of the Commercial, Planning, Cost and Budget for construction projects, and non-development Centralised Procurement Team.

The role ensures timely and effective management of the services by the team across all the Cairo Festival City Development and Operation side of the business.

This individual has to have full experience and expertise of budget management, commercial management, contract management, planning, procurement and consultant management, with the ability to innovate and lead a team.

This role involves full coordination with all other CFC teams such as (City Management / Mall Management / Developments/ Legal / Finance / IT/ Marketing), plus an array of outside stakeholders and vendors (ranges from Suppliers to Consultants and Contractors).

This role involves ensuring that the CFC process/procedures are followed and developed; guaranteeing that best practice is attained by the team at all times. Equally the candidate is responsible for coaching, mentoring, training all of the team on a continuous basis.

The role will involve trouble shooting of various issues and managing implementation of appropriate solutions.

Requirements

- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Construction or Quantity Surveying, with a Masters Degree in Law or Business Administration. Ideally member of a professional institute such as, however not limited to; (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) / Chartered Institute of Arbitration (CIARB). Advance knowledge of construction process, real estate process, procurement, procedures, managing construction, cost and administering contracts gained through formal training or work experience.
- 15-20 years of experience in similar position in Commercial/Contracts Management role (Contractors / Clients) in real estate development or construction sectors.

Job-Specific Skills:
A highly energetic and intelligent professional person with strong business, analytical, negotiation and communication skills. This individual has to demonstrate a can-do attitude not a blame one. This person will have to stand back from situations emotive contractual issues and form their own opinion as oppose to following the herd. This candidate must have in-depth expert knowledge of contract management/administration and is an authority on contract related issues. In addition must have advance financial and budget management skills. Proficient in all MS Office IT applications, SAP, Cost / Budgeting packages, Primavera and advance command of spoken and written English language.

Behavioural Competencies:
Exceptional leadership skills, strong team player, sensitive to people (emotional intelligence) with strong analytical, negotiation and communication skills.

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.