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Group Construction Cost and Procurement Manager

The Group at a glance\r\n\r\nEstablished in 1981 with a single store in Bury, in the North West of England, JD Sports Fashion Plc is the leading retailer and distributor of branded sportswear and fashionwear.\r\n\r\nFollowing the recent acquisition of the trade and assets of the Blacks business, the Group now has over 800 stores across a number of retail fascias in four countries and is proud of the fact that it provides its customers with the latest products from the very best brands. JD, Size?, Scotts, Blacks, Millets, Tessuti, Cloggs, Ark, Kooga, Kukri, Chausport, Champion and Sprinter.\r\n\r\nOur culture\r\n\r\nWe inspire our people to reach for higher levels of performance. To achieve these standards, we only recruit the best! All employees are highly skilled, self motivated and in constant pursuit of perfection. Opportunities to progress arise quickly for those people with the right qualities and ambition.\r\n\r\nWe encourage our people to constantly seek ways to improve our business. This means challenging the way we merchandise, sell and manage the business, being creative and forward thinking in suggesting alternative solutions. Problems are solved and opportunities seized by people from all levels of the organisation, working together.\r\n\r\nJD Sports Fashion plc Head Office is based in Bury, Lancashire but we also have various offices across the UK.

Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Construction Project Manager with extensive experience of capital project delivery programmes and projects across Europe. I am specialised in commercial management and procurement. My goal is always to achieve best value. I constantly challenge to ensure continuous improvement in project goals and processes from inception to final completion and beyond. I have developed excellent technical and analytical skills and a sharp eye for detail. I aim to ensure project proposals are analysed and evaluated thoroughly and then planned accurately and in detail to minimise risk and to accomplish project goals