MicroE Project Cost Control and Margin Improvement Leader
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Job Description
Job Summary
The MicroE Project Cost Control and Margin Improvement Leader works across APAC supporting Micro E projects in driving control of costs through close monitoring of project scope, customer-driven changes, commercial actions, and change orders. This role works closely with execution and commercial teams to ensure necessary actions are taken by submitting claims on a timely basis, supporting customer negotiations with respect to change orders, and tracking actions. Additionally, the role shares best practices within APAC in the Micro E space regarding specific commercial terms that protect from cost overruns and improve margins during execution, while proactively leading claims management efforts to protect project and business interests.
Key Responsibilities
APAC Regional Cost Control & Scope Monitoring: Support Micro E projects across APAC by driving strict cost control, tracking project baselines, and monitoring project scope against customer-driven changes.
Change Orders & Commercial Actions: Work directly with project execution and commercial teams to identify, evaluate, and manage change orders, driving necessary commercial actions and action-tracking mechanisms.
Proactive Claims Management: Lead all customer and supplier/ sub-contractor claims management efforts by closely reviewing contracts, monitoring project progress, identifying ongoing challenges, and issuing timely notifications to protect project profitability.
Cash Flow & Invoicing Monitoring: Monitor and track planned vs. actual cash flow and invoicing across projects to ensure timely milestone billing in alignment with Project Management and Finance.
Customer Negotiations & Entitlements: Support customer negotiations regarding change orders, variations, and contractual claims to secure financial entitlements and prevent margin erosion. Support procurement with negotiations for variations/ claims and EOT.
Best Practice Sharing & Margin Improvement: Share best practices across the APAC region in the Micro E sector regarding specific commercial terms.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Project Managers, Commercial teams, End-to-End Functions and Site Operations to align execution strategies with business interests.
Reporting & Governance: Provide regular reports and strategic commercial insights on cost variance, claim status, change order logs, and risk exposures to MicroE leadership.
Qualifications
Qualifications & Requirements
Education: Degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Construction Management, or related field.
Experience: Minimum 10-15 years of experience in project cost control, commercial management, scope control, and claims management within Microelectronics (MicroE), water treatment, utilities, or industrial projects across APAC.
Technical Skills: Cost forecasting, scope monitoring, contractual claims analysis, change order tracking, and commercial risk evaluation.
Core Competencies: Commercial leadership, margin improvement orientation, proactive claims management, negotiation skills, APAC regional stakeholder management, and best practice dissemination.
Additional Information
As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.
Company Description
About Veolia
Veolia group aims to be the benchmark company for ecological transformation. In 2022, with nearly 220,000 employees worldwide, the Group designs and provides game-changing solutions that are both useful and practical for water, waste and energy management. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and replenish them. In 2021, the Veolia group supplied 79 million people with drinking water and 61 million people with wastewater service, produced nearly 48 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 48 million metric tons of waste. Veolia Environment (Paris Euronext: VIE) generated consolidated revenue of €28.508 billion in 2021. www.veolia.com.
The Veolia Global Capability Center (VGEC), based in Bengaluru, is our premier global engineering hub.
VGEC acts as a critical engine of innovation, delivering high-impact engineering support and technical expertise to Veolia's key global regions, including NORAM, LATAM, EMEA, Europe, and APAC. By combining world-class Indian engineering talent with a truly international footprint, we help shape the future of environmental solutions across the globe.
The HRBP will be a strategic partner to VGEC leadership, translating business priorities into people strategies that strengthen organizational capability, talent, leadership and business performance.