About the BusinessThis role sits within the Corporate Services division of a leading, global provider of integrated facilities management (IFM) and outsourcing solutions. The business partners with organisations across the public and private sectors to deliver essential Hard and Soft FM services, including maintenance, cleaning, security, catering, and energy management. The culture is fast paced, commercially driven, and focused on delivering innovative, cost-effective solutions that enhance client performance and workplace environments.You will act as the pricing and estimating Subject Matter Expert (SME) within a multi-functional bid team. You will interpret complex customer requirements, align them with internal operational capabilities, and design compelling commercial solutions that drive growth and retention targets within the corporate sector.Ideal for candidates with relevant, recent outsourcing experience in IFM Estimating/Pricing or FM Operations.Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end pricing analysis for Hard FM single-service bids and IFM multi-service bids of varying sizes and complexity.Collaborate with Business Development and Bid Management to coordinate internal stakeholders (e.g., regional operational teams), ensuring client deadlines are met with innovative, compelling, and cost-effective solutions.Develop commercial assumptions and support sales negotiations, including the tactical use of clarification questions.Identify, engage, and manage key stakeholders throughout the full bid cycle.Apply best-practice FM principles to review and challenge labour loading, asset verification, and compensation fund quantification.Support the full governance process (alongside Commercial Finance) by presenting the commercial offering, risks, opportunities, and potential outcomes to obtain bid approval.Model potential outcome scenarios and provide commercial commentary (including bridges between positions) to inform decision-making.Identify, quantify, and work with the bid team to mitigate risks.Identify and quantify potential savings and future growth opportunities.Determine investment requirements, timing, and funding proposals.Complete complex customer pricing templates and provide supporting commercial commentary.Continuously improve processes and share knowledge with colleagues.Support peers in their personal and professional development.Demonstrate corporate values through aligned behaviours.
Key Accountabilities
Contribute to UK & Ireland sales growth, retention, and profitability targets.Proactively improve bidding effectiveness by embedding learnings from past successes and failures.Collaborate with operational teams to ensure successful bid implementation during mobilisation and go-live.Deliver high-quality cost/price modelling as the pricing workstream lead, ensuring alignment with the Head of Pricing and Commercial Finance on large bids.
Experience, Skills & Competencies
Self-starter – manages own workload and drives timeliness/quality from others.Technical skills – proficient in MS Office, especially Excel and Power BI.Legal & commercial knowledge – working knowledge of IFM outsourcing law, challenges, and application.FM expertise – demonstrable knowledge of FM services, solution design, and pricing.Teamwork – experienced collaborator.Communication – confident and effective.Emotional intelligence – able to read situations and stakeholders.Resilience – adaptable and calm under pressure.Flexibility – willing to work out of hours or co-locate with bid teams when needed.Quality focus – diligent, deadline-driven, and committed to continuous improvement.Financial acumen – understands key financial statements and the impact of commercial decisions.Numeracy – skilled in statistical analysis techniques.Relevant experience – recent career history in outsourcing, specifically within IFM Estimating/Pricing or FM Operations.
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About the BusinessThis role sits within the Corporate Services division of a leading, global provider of integrated facilities management (IFM) and outsourcing solutions. The business partners with organisations across the public and private sectors to deliver essential Hard and Soft FM services, including maintenance, cleaning, security, catering, and energy management. The culture is fast paced, commercially driven, and focused on delivering innovative, cost-effective solutions that enhance client performance and workplace environments.You will act as the pricing and estimating Subject Matter Expert (SME) within a multi-functional bid team. You will interpret complex customer requirements, align them with internal operational capabilities, and design compelling commercial solutions that drive growth and retention targets within the corporate sector.Ideal for candidates with relevant, recent outsourcing experience in IFM Estimating/Pricing or FM Operations.Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end pricing analysis for Hard FM single-service bids and IFM multi-service bids of varying sizes and complexity.Collaborate with Business Development and Bid Management to coordinate internal stakeholders (e.g., regional operational teams), ensuring client deadlines are met with innovative, compelling, and cost-effective solutions.Develop commercial assumptions and support sales negotiations, including the tactical use of clarification questions.Identify, engage, and manage key stakeholders throughout the full bid cycle.Apply best-practice FM principles to review and challenge labour loading, asset verification, and compensation fund quantification.Support the full governance process (alongside Commercial Finance) by presenting the commercial offering, risks, opportunities, and potential outcomes to obtain bid approval.Model potential outcome scenarios and provide commercial commentary (including bridges between positions) to inform decision-making.Identify, quantify, and work with the bid team to mitigate risks.Identify and quantify potential savings and future growth opportunities.Determine investment requirements, timing, and funding proposals.Complete complex customer pricing templates and provide supporting commercial commentary.Continuously improve processes and share knowledge with colleagues.Support peers in their personal and professional development.Demonstrate corporate values through aligned behaviours.
Key Accountabilities
Contribute to UK & Ireland sales growth, retention, and profitability targets.Proactively improve bidding effectiveness by embedding learnings from past successes and failures.Collaborate with operational teams to ensure successful bid implementation during mobilisation and go-live.Deliver high-quality cost/price modelling as the pricing workstream lead, ensuring alignment with the Head of Pricing and Commercial Finance on large bids.
Experience, Skills & Competencies
Self-starter – manages own workload and drives timeliness/quality from others.Technical skills – proficient in MS Office, especially Excel and Power BI.Legal & commercial knowledge – working knowledge of IFM outsourcing law, challenges, and application.FM expertise – demonstrable knowledge of FM services, solution design, and pricing.Teamwork – experienced collaborator.Communication – confident and effective.Emotional intelligence – able to read situations and stakeholders.Resilience – adaptable and calm under pressure.Flexibility – willing to work out of hours or co-locate with bid teams when needed.Quality focus – diligent, deadline-driven, and committed to continuous improvement.Financial acumen – understands key financial statements and the impact of commercial decisions.Numeracy – skilled in statistical analysis techniques.Relevant experience – recent career history in outsourcing, specifically within IFM Estimating/Pricing or FM Operations.
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This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with some HR experience who is eager to develop further. We’re committed to your growth. For the right candidate, we’ll support and fund a CIPD Level 3 or Level 5 apprenticeship, helping you build a strong foundation for a successful career in HR. We’re looking for someone who is customer-focused, organised, and able to handle sensitive information with professionalism and confidentiality.
Duties and Responsibilities
As our HR Apprentice / Administrator, you’ll get involved in a wide range of activities that help keep our people operations running smoothly and support a great employee experience. Here’s what you’ll be doing:
HR Administration: Manage core HR admin processes, including joiners and leavers, references, maintaining employee records and HR systems, ensuring accuracy at all times.
Onboarding and Inductions: Coordinate onboarding activities and deliver a seamless induction experience for new starters.
Payroll Support: Support monthly payroll processes, including data preparation, changes, and validation to ensure employees are paid accurately and on time.
Recruitment Coordination: Assist with recruitment activities, including scheduling interviews, liaising with candidates and hiring managers, and supporting the end-to-end process.
Manager Support: Provide first-line guidance to managers on HR policies, procedures, and processes.
Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve HR processes and ways of working, supporting the team to drive efficiencies and enhance employee experience.
Wellbeing and Engagement: Support and promote wellbeing initiatives and charitable activities across the business.
Training Outcome:The ability to progress to Level 5 CIPD.Employer Description:About Company
As MICHELIN Connected Fleet, a division of the MichelinGroup, leader in sustainable mobility for 130 years, we specialise in connectedfleet management services and solutions. Weare a market leader with over 30 years expertise in a high growth, competitive mobility technology industry. Todaywe serve 70,000 customers and over 600,000 vehicles globally, growing more than10% per year, and entering at the rate of 3 new markets a year. Backed byMichelin Group and operating under the Michelin Connected Fleet name, we intendto be a major player in this market in the coming years.
OUR DREAM
We know our planetis at risk and we urgently need to find innovative ways to protectit. At Michelin, pioneering is what we do: We are innovating constantly, to explorenew opportunities, with, aroundand beyond tiresto lead the way in sustainable mobility. Our people act for change, with respect, and as leaders. We care about giving people a better way forward. Our dream is rooted in a single purpose: by 2050, Michelin will be recognised as a critical innovation leader that helped humanityconquer new frontiers. And we all work hard every day to realise this dream.
OUR PEOPLE & WAYS OF WORKING
AtMICHELIN Connected Fleet, agility is not a word - it’s a lifestyle. We gather entrepreneurial minds who are notafraid to fail fast and learn quickly, every day. We think long term and actshort term, we grow fast and love what we do. We believe in an inclusive working environment, building teams with a variety of backgrounds, skills, views and opinions. Amongour 400 employees in Europe, we proudly benefit from around 30 nationalities. We thrive becauseof the diverse background andtalent of our people. We nurture our team's growth with several company wide development programs - including our Diversity, Mentoring and Sustainability programs.
Working Hours :Monday - Friday, times to be confirmed.Skills: Confidentiality and Integrity,Collaboration,Desire to Learn and Develop,Flexibility and Adaptability....Read more...
The Sports Coach with Swim Specialism has an important role to play in improving the health and wellbeing of children, families and communities by supporting the delivery of swim sessions/projects. Working alongside our Aquarius staff, you will learn how to plan, deliver and review sessions (swim lessons) and also work on our holiday camps.
Shifts to be confirmed. You will be required to travel around sites across various sites across Birmingham to visit the pop-up pools. Duration - 15-months - Level 2 Community Actiavtor Apprenticeship.
What you’ll do at work Are you passionate about sport and physical activity and specifically have a love for swimming? Do you love working with children to make a difference and impact on their learning and wellbeing? Can you be a positive role model to inspire and motivate children? Would you relish the opportunity to work alongside a friendly, supportive and hard-working team?
If so, our Community Activator Coach apprenticeship opportunity may be perfect for you! The Community Activator Apprentice with Swimming specialism has an important role to play in improving the health and wellbeing of children, families and communities by supporting the delivery of fun, inclusive and engaging sessions using our swimming pools. Working alongside our Aquarius Pool Supervisors and swim teachers, this apprenticeship will give you an introduction into the world of swim teaching. Along the apprenticeship journey, you will learn how to plan, deliver and review sessions. We will fund your swim teacher qualification. You will get a diverse opportunity to develop your wider coaching skills during your work on our Active Holiday camps during school holidays.
Key duties include: Working directly with members of the public to plan and deliver a range of projects and activities within our leisure centre(s) with the aim of increasing the participation of a variety of groups in sport and physical activity, with a specific focus on swimming and aquatics,
These could involve: Extra-curricular swimming lessons for children, primarily in key station 1 and 2 Supporting our swimming curriculum for schools Adult swimming lessons Swimming galas and festivals Pool inflatable fun sessions Water polo Aquatots parents and toddlers Providing additional support in the pool to children with SEND needs to ensure inclusivity of the program To support on organising community and competitive events Working collaboratively with a wide range of partner organisations Supporting the delivery and coordination of our holiday activity and HAF schemes for children Providing swimming duty cover where required Begin developing skills in supervisory duties within the swim school, working closely with the pool supervisors to help manage progression and positively impact retention levels Use of technology to engage pupils with physical activity and sports especially swimming Contribute to the overall ethos and working values of the Foundation Contribute to raising standards by demonstrating and promoting high expectations Supervise and support members of the public, ensuring their safety by complying with good H&S practice To undertake all training and courses associated with the apprenticeship programme.Training:Our apprentices will receive weekly off the job training hours in order to engage with masterclasses, skills festival days, assignments and tasks related to the apprenticeship, online CPD courses and development sessions with their allocated skills coach. They will achieve the Level 2 Community Activator Coach Apprenticeship Standard with Swimming Specialism alongside sector specific CPD, such as: STA Level 2 Swim Teacher qualification Lifeguard qualification Pool maintenance and water testing CPD Supporting the PE curriculum (swimming focussed) Behaviour Management Safeguarding/Prevent Mental Health and Wellbeing Digital skills Functional skills in maths and English (where required).Training Outcome:After successfully completing this apprenticeship, the apprentice may progress into a full-time role such as Swim Teacher, Community Sports Coach, or Aquatics Coach, with a wage increase and greater responsibility based on performance.
There is also opportunity to progress into roles such as Senior Swim Teacher, Pool Supervisor, or Swim School Coordinator, depending on experience, leadership skills and training completed.
With further development, the apprentice could specialise in areas such as SEND aquatics, school swimming delivery, or community water safety programmes, or progress onto higher-level qualifications including Level 3/4 coaching or teaching pathways.
Strong performers may be offered ongoing full-time employment, continued wage progression, and access to further qualifications, CPD, and leadership opportunities within swimming and wider sports delivery programmes.Employer Description:This organisation is a sports education and youth development provider that delivers high-quality PE, sport, and physical activity programmes for primary school children. It works closely with schools to improve access to sport and encourage children to be more active, confident, and engaged in physical exercise.
The company offers a wide range of services including PE lessons, after-school clubs, lunch and breakfast clubs, holiday camps, and wraparound childcare. It also provides coaching support, staff training, and school sport events to enhance physical education delivery.
Its main focus is making sport fun, inclusive, and accessible for all children, while supporting their physical, social, and emotional development. The organisation works across multiple schools, using trained coaches to deliver structured but engaging activities that build skills, teamwork, and confidence.
Overall, it is a community-focused sports provider that aims to increase participation in physical activity and positively impact children’s wellbeing through fun, structured sport programmes.Working Hours :Shifts will be confirmed.Skills: Communication skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Administrative skills,Logical,Team working,Creative,Non judgemental,Patience,Physical fitness....Read more...
