Chris Kerr Email & Phone Number

Christchurch, New Zealand

Brisbane & Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand

Christchurch

As Executive General Manager, Chris leads a $150m per annum national civil construction business with 500 employees. Chris is a member of City Care’s Executive Team - a $350m per annum business with over 1,600 staff nationwide providing building and infrastructure maintenance and construction services. Key ResponsibilitiesExecutive leadership covering all aspects of developing the City Care business and brand as part of the Executive Team.Leading the Civil Construction senior… Show more As Executive General Manager, Chris leads a $150m per annum national civil construction business with 500 employees. Chris is a member of City Care’s Executive Team - a $350m per annum business with over 1,600 staff nationwide providing building and infrastructure maintenance and construction services. Key ResponsibilitiesExecutive leadership covering all aspects of developing the City Care business and brand as part of the Executive Team.Leading the Civil Construction senior management team to develop business strategies to deliver to corporate growth targetsAccountability for the financial performance of the Civil Construction business including target setting and monitoring of performance through financial and non-financial performance metricsDevelopment and management of key client relationships including pursuit and customer management planningChampion for health and safety driving a significant reduction in TRIF performanceChange management including structure, key talent, business process and metricsDirect leadership of potential acquisitions and new business stream opportunitiesKey AchievementsStabilised the business following significant financial issues that severely impacted City Care annual position. Within first 12 months increased EBIT 300% with further 20% gains in current year.Introduced comprehensive management control systems to improve financial, commercial and project performanceLed a four-fold improvement in the businesses health and safety performance reducing the TRIF from 40 to 10 over 2 years.Exited out of loss making business ventures with minimal staff impact and a positive impact on the bottom lineTurned around the performance of the business in the $2.2bn SCIRT programme with all key measures showing significant improvement.Built a strong and competent senior management team aligned to delivery of strategy and business performance Show less

Christchurch

Key ResponsibilitiesBuild a commercial team function including tendering, commercial quantity surveying and business strategyDevelop a business development function to identify and manage the project pipeline and client managementReview all contracts to ensure terms and conditions are understood and mitigatedIntroduce and manage risk management processes for both the business and project specificLead the commercial function for the complex and challenging SCIRT… Show more Key ResponsibilitiesBuild a commercial team function including tendering, commercial quantity surveying and business strategyDevelop a business development function to identify and manage the project pipeline and client managementReview all contracts to ensure terms and conditions are understood and mitigatedIntroduce and manage risk management processes for both the business and project specificLead the commercial function for the complex and challenging SCIRT contract.Key AchievementsA win rate of 23% for tendered work Directly negotiated project wins through business development including multi-million dollar subdivisional worksDeveloped a substantial forward order book for each part of the business through tendering and business developmentEstablished QS resources and sound commercial practices Show less

Christchurch

Manager for unit of over 100 people in 5 teams covering financial transactions, property consultancy, procurement, property asset management, fleet management, facility maintenance management, corporate accommodation management and business support (incorporating corporate contract management, data management and records management). Key ResponsibilitiesLeadership and people management of direct reportsDevelopment of business as a shared service through leadership and business… Show more Manager for unit of over 100 people in 5 teams covering financial transactions, property consultancy, procurement, property asset management, fleet management, facility maintenance management, corporate accommodation management and business support (incorporating corporate contract management, data management and records management). Key ResponsibilitiesLeadership and people management of direct reportsDevelopment of business as a shared service through leadership and business planning processesDevelopment and implementation of Six Sigma and Lean continuous improvement methodologiesDelivery of a wide range of change, savings and improvementsProject sponsor role for delivery of business transformation through IT projectsSenior project sponsor for delivery of the Council’s new corporate officesKey AchievementsDelivered the new Council offices on time and budget with a high quality product whilst managing substantial change Established the business as a shared service supporting the externally focused operational units.Undertook a range of business improvement initiatives that reduced costBeing part of the City Council emergency response function following the February earthquakes leading the process to establish the demolition programme Show less

Christchurch

Manager for team of 25 direct reports in the area of IT project delivery, system development, system championship and web services.Key ResponsibilitiesTeam leadership and people management for all direct reportsLeadership of a wide range of corporate IT (capital) projects including: Web Strategy; Financial Planning; Management Reporting; Electronic Document Management; and Executive reporting.Implementation of comprehensive training programmesSupport for development of… Show more Manager for team of 25 direct reports in the area of IT project delivery, system development, system championship and web services.Key ResponsibilitiesTeam leadership and people management for all direct reportsLeadership of a wide range of corporate IT (capital) projects including: Web Strategy; Financial Planning; Management Reporting; Electronic Document Management; and Executive reporting.Implementation of comprehensive training programmesSupport for development of Enterprise Architecture, IT Governance and new unit structure Show less

Christchurch

Part of Corporate Services Management Team in a sole position working across a number of issues and projects with direct reporting to the CEO.Key ResponsibilitiesFacilitating development and implementation of Shared Services model for internal service providers (Finance, Procurement and IT)Key project member for development of LTCCP and Annual Plan processes, systems and responsibilities including review and ‘smoothing’ of Council capital programmeProject leader for… Show more Part of Corporate Services Management Team in a sole position working across a number of issues and projects with direct reporting to the CEO.Key ResponsibilitiesFacilitating development and implementation of Shared Services model for internal service providers (Finance, Procurement and IT)Key project member for development of LTCCP and Annual Plan processes, systems and responsibilities including review and ‘smoothing’ of Council capital programmeProject leader for implementation of SAP Strategic Enterprise Management suite of products.Leading business process improvement of financial, operations, customer and information management processes resulting in multi-million dollar cost savings.Leading research into development of benchmarking of Council services. Show less

Christchurch

Strategic support for the Director of Operations, delegated responsibilities of Director of Operations in an acting capacity.Key ResponsibilitiesRole of Principal Advisor to the Sustainable Transport and Utilities Committee to guide reporting and policy/process issues, aid governance and management relationships .Managed (jointly) the Councils response to the proposal for shared administration services with Banks Peninsula District Council leading to amalgamation.Managed the… Show more Strategic support for the Director of Operations, delegated responsibilities of Director of Operations in an acting capacity.Key ResponsibilitiesRole of Principal Advisor to the Sustainable Transport and Utilities Committee to guide reporting and policy/process issues, aid governance and management relationships .Managed (jointly) the Councils response to the proposal for shared administration services with Banks Peninsula District Council leading to amalgamation.Managed the Councils response to a proposal from City Care Ltd (a CCO) to save $1.75m requiring negotiation with City Care and affected Units, reducing costs to Council and increasing the quality of working relationships. Show less