Seymour John Ltd

Contract Manager - Estates & Capital Day Rate: up to 400 per day Interim Full-Time Hybrid Working About the Role: We are seeking a commercially focused and detail-oriented Contract Manager - Estates & Capital to join a forward-thinking organisation delivering high-performing services across the public sector. This newly created role offers the opportunity to manage a portfolio of high-value contracts, with a particular focus on capital and estates procurement, supporting strategic procurement and commercial development in a fast-paced, values-driven environment. Reporting to the Head of Contract Management, the successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring contractual compliance, supplier performance, and value for money across a range of operational and corporate service contracts. This is a hands-on role requiring strong analytical skills, excellent stakeholder engagement, and a proactive approach to continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities: Manage service and supply contracts, ensuring performance against KPIs and contractual obligations Support the development and implementation of procurement and contract management policies Provide commercial advice on contract variations, supplier negotiations, and service development Monitor spend levels and support financial reporting, accruals, and budget planning Maintain contract documentation and systems, ensuring accuracy and compliance Collaborate with internal teams and external providers to ensure seamless service delivery Ideal Candidate: Professionally qualified (CIPS or equivalent experience) with a strong background in contract management and procurement Excellent communication, negotiation, and analytical skills Proven ability to manage priorities in a changing environment Strong understanding of statutory compliance, health & safety, and commercial governance Comfortable working independently while contributing to broader strategic goals Contact Us: For more information and a detailed job description, please contact John Lavictoire, Director at Seymour John Public Services All third-party applications will be redirected to our retained executive search partners at Seymour John Public Services.

Interim Contract Manager Day Rate: up to 400 per day Interim Full-Time Hybrid Working About the Role: We are seeking a commercially focused and detail-oriented Contract Manager to join a forward-thinking organisation delivering high-performing services across the public sector. This newly created role offers the opportunity to manage a portfolio of high-value contracts, with a particular focus on capital and estates procurement, supporting strategic procurement and commercial development in a fast-paced, values-driven environment. Reporting to the Head of Contract Management, the successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring contractual compliance, supplier performance, and value for money across a range of operational and corporate service contracts. This is a hands-on role requiring strong analytical skills, excellent stakeholder engagement, and a proactive approach to continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities: Manage service and supply contracts, ensuring performance against KPIs and contractual obligations Support the development and implementation of procurement and contract management policies Provide commercial advice on contract variations, supplier negotiations, and service development Monitor spend levels and support financial reporting, accruals, and budget planning Maintain contract documentation and systems, ensuring accuracy and compliance Collaborate with internal teams and external providers to ensure seamless service delivery Ideal Candidate: Professionally qualified (CIPS or equivalent experience) with a strong background in contract management and procurement Excellent communication, negotiation, and analytical skills Proven ability to manage priorities in a changing environment Strong understanding of statutory compliance, health & safety, and commercial governance Comfortable working independently while contributing to broader strategic goals Contact Us: For more information and a detailed job description, please contact John Lavictoire, Director at Seymour John Public Services All third-party applications will be redirected to our retained executive search partners at Seymour John Public Services.

Capacity & Resource Management Specialist Day rate: £300 £400 per day (Interim, Outside of IR35) Contract: Short-term interim assignment Location: 1-2 days onsite in the Midlands We are seeking an experienced Capacity & Resource Management Specialist to join our team on an interim basis, you must have NHS experience. This role will play a key part in shaping how we plan, manage, and optimise resources across an Acute NHS Trust. Key Responsibilities Develop a forward-looking resource management strategy , ensuring clear structure and visibility across teams. Review, evaluate, and recommend tools, systems, and processes for effective capacity planning and resource allocation. Work across the full organisation to understand current workflows, constraints, and future demand. Implement a practical short-term fix while also advising on a scalable long-term solution for resource management. About You NHS experience Strong background in resource planning, capacity management, or workforce management . Proven experience designing or improving resource management frameworks. Ability to work across multiple teams and navigate complex organisational structures. Confident in identifying gaps and proposing clear, actionable solutions. If you are a hands-on problem solver with solid experience working in the NHS as a resource and capacity management ready to step in quickly and make an impact we d love to hear from you. Further information For further information, please contact Sophie Peters

Finance Business Partner (salary competitive/ dependent on experience) Worcester Permanent (Droitwich / Hybrid) The Company FMCG Role Summary The role is for a Finance Business Partner Key Skills: Financial lead in tender process, challenging P&L view, providing strategic insight/supporting decision making and advising and shaping the commercial story for negotiation to maximise customer profitability and tender success. Support the commercial team in ensuring the contract set up is appropriate to protect MMI EBIT and implemented correctly. Support the commercial team with GO process compliance. Overall financial responsibility for accurate customer pricing. Business partner to Business Unit Head, providing financial insight & challenge on volumes, revenue & margins, to optimise commercial decision making. Overview and co-ordination of budget and forecasting process for key accounts and overall, for commercial team. Providing insight into drivers of change in budget/forecasts for commercial. Co-ordinate completion and report commercial monthly performance, calling out key drivers of change versus budget/forecast for wider business understanding. Communicate month end results to Commercial Teams and Business Unit Heads, translating financial information into clear insight for non-financial stakeholders and driving commercial actions. Work with other finance business partners to drive wider team collaboration & contributing to business support development plans Build relationships with wider controlling team, improving ways of working and sharing knowledge and aligning objectives. Personal Profile CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified (would also consider QBE if you have worked in a face paced commercial environment) Experience in FMCG environment is preferable; comfortable working in fast paced environment, with high pressures and changing priorities For further information, please contact Rhian Mountjoy By responding, we will register you as a candidate with Seymour John Limited. To understand how we will use your personal data, please read the Privacy Policy on our website.

Finance Business Support (salary competitive/ dependant on experience) Worcestershire Permanent (Droitwich / Hybrid) The Company FMCG Role summary The role is for a Finance Business Support Key Skills: Have a detailed understanding of underlying customer performance, in particular on volumes & pricing, focusing on month-end variance analysis (bridging vs. budget, prior year & latest forecasts) & key drivers to ensure customer profitability is maintained and to also enable support on customer requests. Set-up and maintain customer rebates within SAP to ensure net revenue is correctly captured & reported. Prepare monthly customer reports & analysis for review by business partners ensuring data integrity. Review outputs of the account profitability alongside the commercial finance business partner & commercial teams to identify & increase value. Ownership of customer pricing, ensuring accurate changes are made and implemented correctly. Implementation of the budget and forecasting process for key accounts ensuring correct pricing & commodity moves alongside providing insight into drivers of change in budget/forecasts for commercial. Work with the commercial finance business partner to review, assess & communicate the month-end balance sheet position, identifying any risks or opportunities, while maintaining strong financial control for year-end audits Ensuring commercial are accountable for adherence to group approval & policy. Seek to identify & implement continuous improvements to processes including but not limited to bridging/budgets & forecasts/customer reporting. Support the wider commercial finance team and build customer & cross-functional relationships to improve business exposure, awareness and drive value add activities. Personal Profile CIMA/ACCA/ACA part qualified Comfortable working in fast paced environment, with high pressures and changing priorities Tenacious and resilient in a commercial environment For further information, please contact Rhian Mountjoy By responding, we will register you as a candidate with Seymour John Limited. To understand how we will use your personal data, please read the Privacy Policy on our website.

Estates Manager £53,800 - £60,500 per annum Gloucestershire Full Time and On-site The Estates Manager will play a crucial role in supporting the Associate Director of Estates to ensure that the healthcare properties are safe and well-maintained. This involves providing a cost-effective, efficient, and safe maintenance service through the combined efforts of direct labour and contractors, overseeing both external and internal environmental management, and maintaining a safe and secure environment for patients, staff and visitors. Therefore, you will be required to: To lead on the building and engineering safety, inspection and maintenance. To operationally manage all estates activities across: Healthcare Engineering, Decontamination, Medical gases, Ventilation, Water, Fire, Electrical, Environment, Pressure Systems To ensure Authorised person roles are covered (electricity, heating/ventilation, lifts, medical gases, decontamination, confined spaces, working at heights, gas systems and pressure systems)., taking lead responsibility in person where appropriate. Linking with the Associate Director of Estates and senior colleagues to ensure the effective management of Service Level Agreements/Contracts across a variety of estates related disciplines including: Direct contracts with specialist advisors, contractors and consultants, Estates maintenance Service Level Agreement/contract with the Hospital Trust, Implementation and operational management of safe systems of work, Monitoring, supervising and auditing specialist contractors, Construction, Design and Management Regulation compliance QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS To have an industry qualification in engineering, technology, building, surveying, or architecture plus either an appropriate mechanical or electrical formal qualification in estates disciplines; industry qualification in management safety Registered Professional in relevant FM Institution. To have excellent communication, negotiation and training skills; and the ability to motivate and support staff To understand budget management and effectively manage the expenditure so as to remain within the budget allocated To have demonstrable knowledge of healthcare processes and interdepartmental relationships To be self-motivated and able to organise, prioritise workload and delegate appropriately with the ability to make and justify rational decisions quickly. To have sound knowledge of environmental management, health & safety requirements/legislation to include COSHH, risk management, Legionella etc. To have extensive experience of engineering services to buildings, and of building construction, with specific geographical knowledge of the services and equipment throughout the properties to be maintained To have detailed knowledge and experience in engineering services to buildings, building construction and maintenance management strategies and techniques To have a detailed knowledge of Building Management Systems and AutoCAD; advanced skills in using departmental computer software systems comprising of FMIS, Safecode, Smartstream, ELVIS including the full Microsoft Office package of, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Bactraq and Project Further information For further information, please contact John Lavictoire