Senior Commercial Manager in Dartford

Annual salary: up to £65,000.00.

Location: Dartford.

Contract: Full Time Permanent.

About the role:

Part of a local team supporting high standard Commercial activities to Housing properties, delivering best in class commercial acumen, customer service and satisfying all safety, quality and cost control standards.

• Management of local Commercial Team & process to facilitate timely and accurate invoicing of the client, overhead and cost control of the contract, including, but not limited to salaries, vehicles, equipment, tools, stock, petty cash, to ensure maximisation and protection of profit, cash flow & conversion, risk aversion and accurate performance reporting in line with agreed standard operating procedures and client reporting protocols.
• Managing the valuation process through to final account.
• Working with Regional Finance Team to drive Work in Progress, invoicing and profitability of work stream/s.
• Ensuring correct use of Mears Contract Management system and Mears Subcontractor Portal by staff and contractors as driver for WIP, cost management, invoicing and KPI requirements.
• Work with team members to ensure a commercially competent service is delivered to service users and client and in support of the attainment and maintenance of high levels of satisfaction with performance delivery according to agreed standard operating / contractual procedures and targets.
• Provide training to promote commercial awareness & competency of commercial, administrative and operational staff.
• Support contract in tendering of new work/project/s, ensuring feasibility around viable margins and the commercial mobilisation of new work/project/s.
• Ensure the customer experience is central to all activities by adopting a professional manner when communicating with all stakeholders. This includes appearance, company ID, maintaining a high standard of Health & Safety requirements, and keeping all supplied company assets in a good condition in line with the company policies.

Role Criteria:

• Experience working in social housing.
• Experience and proven track record in a commercial environment.
• Experience of handling multiple tasks in a high volume, rapidly changing environment.
• Experience of partnership/alliance/collaborative working.
• Interpersonal and communication skills.
• People management with ability to lead & mentor others.
• Problem solving & results orientated.
• Planning and organisational skills.
• Decisive decision making.
• Ability to negotiate and influence.
• IT literate with confident oral and written communication skills.
• Negotiation skills.
• Analytical skills.

Benefits we can offer you:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Enhanced Pension.
• Private medical care.
• Car Allowance.
• Annual Mears Fun Day.
• Volunteering Leave – Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community.
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards – discounts of up to 10% on weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more.
• Family friendly policies.

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK. Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship. To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21, have held your licence for over 3 months and have less than 9 points. Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks before commencement of employment. We are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.