James Dickens BSc (Hons) MCIOB

Experience

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  Shimizu Corporation

  Jun 1992 - Jul 1992

  Project Assistant
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  Hayflow Construction

  Jun 1993 - Sept 1994

  Site Agent
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  Killby & Gayford Limited

  Aug 1996 - Jun 2002

  Contracts Surveyor/ Manager
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  Guidemist Ltd (Developers and Project Managers)

  Jul 2002 - Apr 2006

  Owner and Director

  Owner of a small NHBC registered land led design and new build development business specializing in complex small brown fill sites up to 10 units

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  The Apollo Group

  Apr 2006 - Jun 2012

  Divisional Manager
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  Osborne

  Jul 2012 - Aug 2015

  Responsible for group business unit commercial team (15 QSs’ plus Commercial managers) with oversight of the budget management reports and comparison with regional WIP forecast on Social Housing R&M Sector/ Regional, circa £52m and group cashflow priority management Osborne, LB Waltham Forest Commissioned to develop strategic customer and community investment plans to help take the partnership in a new Asset management direction whilst increased planned investment delivery from £3m turnover year 1 – £21m year 2 and 3 maintained for a new team

  • Senior Commercial Manager

    Apr 2013 - Aug 2015

  • Commercial Consultant | Osborne Property Services Limited

    Jul 2012 - Mar 2013
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  EQUANS UK & Ireland

  Sept 2015 - Mar 2024

  Successful created and delivered a 7 year transitional operational business plan – achieved the required self-delivered growth within budget. Created a new Regional business unit and had responsibility and oversight of a regional office. Commissioned to locally restructure the National R&M business into a separate regional unit for London/ SE. Commissioned to remobilize the largest Passivhaus multi storey retrofit in Europe – a technically challenge steel frame structural build

  • Divisional Director

    Apr 2017 - Mar 2024

  • Senior Commercial Consultant | Keepmoat Regeneration

    Apr 2016 - Mar 2017

  • Operations Consultant | Keepmoat Regeneration

    Sept 2015 - Mar 2016
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  Riverside

  Dec 2023 - Mar 2024

  Commercial Consultant | One Housing/ The Riverside Group

  Provided strategic support and business service improvement proposals to ensure costed target model alignment of 2 new operational units integrating into the wider group. This included advice and influence over the E2E order and payment process which commenced with the overarching contract order review ‘redrafting’ of framework contracts to include Minimum Levels of Performance with additional contractors engaged ready for new Heads of Service.

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  JD Project Consulting

  Apr 2024 - Jun 2024

  Experienced Property Services Business Leader

  Providing businesses with fractional leadership, business development, commercial governance and assurance expertise via part-time engagement while taking on director-level responsibilities, such as helping guide strategic planning. As a Fractional leader I can provide expert consultancy advise and direction across many service delivery related sectors

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  Notting Hill Genesis

  Jul 2024 - now

  Consultant | Contract Strategy | Notting Hill Genesis

  Providing Tier 1 contracting experience to inform balanced key contract decision making process which included feedback from market engagement and more recent similar procurement projects. The desired outcome to ensure a collaborated approach with the market to include a cost effective and sustainable approach to high end reactive and planned repair service across tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 service providers.