Regional Director

🚀 *Candidate Spotlight: Could Your Team Benefit from an Expert’s Touch?* 🚀

Calling all corporate visionaries! 🌟 Meet a standout leader from Watford, poised to catapult your business to the top.

Imagine what your team could achieve with a director who’s scaled the professional ladder all the way to Regional Director with their sights on a new role that can include national travel from £65k – £70k+, no notice

Open to senior management roles within the employability and Skills sector.

My amazing candidate has led a complex regional portfolio across London and the South East, overseeing multi-site operations, contractual performance, safeguarding, quality and compliance in regulated delivery environments.

Owned regional budgets and forecasts for an £11m+ portfolio, tracking variances, controlling avoidable cost and protecting delivery quality and margin.

Built a team from 8 to 120 staff and led recruitment, onboarding, capability development, succession planning and performance improvement.

Mobilised major delivery contracts worth up to £10m with as little as two weeks’ implementation time, recruiting, training and embedding new teams at pace.

Introduced KPI scorecards, weekly performance huddles, operational deep-dives and escalation routes that improved accountability, visibility and contract grip across sites.

Implemented an operations playbook, clear SOPs and stronger supply-chain controls, improving audit readiness, service consistency and recovery planning.

📈 *From Ground-Up Success:* Starting as an Employment Consultant, our candidate is a testament to dedication, having evolved through roles like Team Leader, Business Manager, and Operations Head. With an impressive 9-year track record in training and employability, they bring a wealth of knowledge and unrivalled experience.

💼 *Strategic Command:* Imagine managing £11 million in contracts while hitting financial targets with precision, or steering operations across various sites with a masterful blend of efficiency and service excellence.

📊 *Financial Finesse:* Yearly PNLs. Monthly financial projections. All in a day’s work for our candidate, shaping their department with fiscal savvy and strategic forecasting.

🎯 *Performance Powerhouse:* Picture a team of 150, from Managers to Administrators to Recruitment Consultants, Apprentices, all driven by one influential leader. Performance metrics soaring and compliance in perfect alignment – that’s the norm under their guidance.

Delivered regulated skills and employability contracts to Ofsted standards, ensuring robust quality assurance, safeguarding, learner experience, audit readiness and continuous improvement across multi-site delivery environments.

💡 *Innovative End-to-End Solutions:* Procuring and overseeing 14 government contracts, forging solid partnerships through SLAs, and refining claims processes. Our candidate doesn’t just adapt; they innovate, shaping systems to fit the unique needs of each and every contract.

🔗 *Relational Bridge Builder:* Business development is a thrill ride for this leader as they don’t just court accounts, they create lasting relationships – expanding regional and national horizons.

🔑 *KPI :* Daily and monthly KPIs don’t self-regulate. This dynamic individual sets, tracks, and balances them against regional directives and national goals, ensuring each cog in the wheel turns toward collective success.

🔎 *Attention, Hiring Managers!* If a director-level strategist proficient in navigating the complexities of contracts, operations, and financials sounds like your next power move, let’s connect!

My candidate enjoys keeping on top of their CPD and is just about to start Prince2 CIPD and MSP Foundation Practitioner and CIPD Level 5 People Management

This is a rare opportunity to infuse your leadership team with proven expertise. Could this Regional Director be the missing key to unlocking your company’s potential?

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