Commercial Manager

• Competitive salary
• Competitive car allowance
• Optional salary sacrifice car scheme
• Competitive annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Access to discounts and benefits portal
• ShareSave Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life assurance
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Earn and Learn Opportunities

At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all colleagues. This means we are positive about making adjustments as well as providing flexible working and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK's largest house builders. Our South West Division located in Bristol is looking to recruit a Commercial Manager to join their Commercial team.

The Commercial Manager is responsible for leading and managing the commercial team, providing hands on support and guidance to ensure a practical and cost-effective commercial service is performed. The Commercial Manager reports to the Commercial Director.

Principal accountabilities of the Commercial Manager role include:

• Liaise with the senior commercial and technical teams, taking a holistic approach to managing challenges and issues
• Support the Commercial Director in leading, motivating and effectively communicating to the commercial team to ensure that they are fully engaged to achieve best performance to meet the needs of the business
• Support the Commercial Director to effectively manage the Division's commercial function to ensure best practices are followed, costs are controlled, the department maximises revenue generation and contribution to the Division's operating profit and increases the value added to the Division
• Ensure all build costs are current and correctly appraised. Support with building an accurate cost assessment for planned land acquisitions, and ensure these are included in the land appraisal, working closely with the estimating team to ensure the cost database is up to date.
• Support the team in the management of procuring sub-contractor and supplier orders and adhere to authorisations in line with policy and procedures, taking the lead with any disputes and more complex commercial discussions
• Support the commercial team in the preparation of monthly valuations ready to present to the Managing Director and Commercial Manager in accordance with policy and procedures.
• Liaise with the appropriate members of the senior management team to establish sale prices for new budgets, prepare and evaluate fees/services budget and discuss sales and construction preliminaries.
• Liaise with Group Commercial Director on all margin improvement initiatives and strategies.

The above list of accountabilities is not exclusive or exhaustive. The post holder will be required to undertake any such duties as may be reasonably expected.

• Office based role with regular travel to development sites and for meetings
• Willing to be flexible in respect of day-to-day duties and hours worked
• Core hours

• Strong communication, listening and presentation skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Methodical, conscientious, organised and works to deliver high standards
• The ability to recognise problems and deal with them in a speedy and effective manner
• Ability to lead, manage and motivate a team
• Ability to thrive under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to problem solve and delegate effectively
• IT literate and the ability to adapt to new systems within the technical environment
• Committed to diversity and inclusion.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.

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