Commercial Manager - North East

Overview

Competitive Salary & Discretionary Performance Bonus & Company Car Plan/Cash Allowance & Holidays (Buy, Sell and Accrual Scheme) & Company Pension & Private Healthcare & Life Assurance & Benefits

With lots of exciting plans in the pipeline, there’s never been a better time to join Avant Homes. Avant Homes is a housebuilder operating in Scotland, the North East and West of England, across Yorkshire, the East and West Midlands and Wales, with eight regional offices and a Group head office employing over 600 people. We have ambitious growth plans and are looking for passionate individuals to help us achieve them. Our mission is to provide affordable homes to our communities, ensuring that new homes are accessible and attainable for all with a product suitable for everyone. Avant Homes are proud to employ local people across our developments and within our regional offices, teamwork is key to everything that we do. We are looking for people who want to be a part of something special, so why not start the foundations and build your career with us today?

The Role

Are you an experienced Commercial Manager looking for your next role with a growing housebuilder? Do you aspire to build and lead a high performing team, with a focus on building quality yet affordable homes? If the answer is yes, then look no further, your next career could be with us!

Joining our team as Commercial Manager, you will be responsible for driving performance along with the effective leadership and management of the commercial function within the North East region. Reporting to our Managing Director, you will be responsible for delivering efficient and accurate cost control and procurement needs, working closely with the departmental heads, in order to meet the regional business plan and future growth requirements.

Key Duties And Requirements

You will also be responsible for but not limited to;

• Driving and embedding the regional Commercial strategy to ensure the smooth delivery of the regional business plan.
• Growing the Commercial function ensuring the effective management, compliance, control and collaborative team working to implement best practice.
• Responsibility for embedding appropriate cost control measures and approaches.
• Actively managing the procurement and control of subcontractor services and supplier orders.
• Establishing and maintaining working relationships with key subcontractors and suppliers.
• Undertaking a continuous review of the region’s commercial performance.
• Ensuring that development build costs, contingencies, cash flows and financial information is reported and recorded accurately.
• Providing recommendations and action plans to mitigate against any commercial performance risk.
• Undertaking regular cost valuations and projections in relation to site expenditure and procurement.
• Actively manage communications with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensuring the department maintains and achieves its payment and reporting requirements.
• Providing key status reports and updates on all KPIs

Who are we looking for? To be successful as our Commercial Manager, you will hold relevant commercial management experience within the residential housebuilding industry, along with experience of people management. You will also possess;

• An extensive understanding of the financial implications of the methods and sequences of build.
• Excellent financial and commercial awareness.
• Departmental planning and strategy experience.
• Excellent relationship building skills.
• The ability to showcase inspirational leadership skills and the mentoring of team members.
• The ability to deliver and achieve deadlines.

What will you get in return?

• Discretionary bonus
• Company car plan/cash allowance
• Buy, sell and accrual holiday scheme
• Private Health care
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Other Benefits including our exclusive Avant discount platform

If this sounds like you, join us and be a part of Avant’s future success!