Building Network Manager

Hastings Direct; Leicester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

£5k car allowance

Flexible hybrid working

4Cs performance bonus

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Hastings Direct is seeking a Building Network Manager in Leicester, with hybrid work options across Leicester, London or Bexhill. You will build and manage a robust home repair network, ensure timely, high-quality repairs, and drive continuous improvement with internal teams.

The role emphasizes customer outcomes, cost control, and contractor governance. You will lead and develop the repair network, monitor performance using MI, and work with procurement and finance to balance quality with

Qualifications

• Strong experience in home/property claims, building repairs, restoration or construction management, with a clear understand of repair journeys combined with customer outcomes
• Proven background and ability in managing contractor networks or supply chain partners, including onboarding, governance, performance and continuous improvement
• Excellent commercial awareness, with experience of managing budgets, repair costs, supplier performance and indemnity spend
• Strong understanding of contractor governance, quality assurance, risks and controls and service standards
• Confident using MI and insights to assess performance, identify trends and drive improvements to cost, quality, cycle time and customer experience

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the Hastings Direct building repair network, ensuring strong customer outcomes, quality, resilience and cost effectiveness
• Find, onboard and develop contractors with coverage, capacity, and standards to meet current and future repair demand
• Lead contractor performance across contracts, including quality, timeliness, cost and customer experience while using MI to spot trends and drive improvements
• Manage budgets, forecasts, repair costs and supplier performance to control spend without compromising outcomes
• Lead, coach and develop colleagues supporting the repair network as the operating model grows
• Maintain strong quality assurance through scope checks, technical reviews, audits and field inspections

Skills

Home claims

Building repairs

Contractor networks

Budgeting

Governance

MI insights

Job description

Job Title: Building Network Manager Location: Leicester, London or Bexhill (all hybrid, but with an excellent degree of flexibility)

Welcome to Hastings Direct We’ve a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become The Best and Biggest in the UK market. We’ve made huge investments in our data and tech capabilities over the past few years, along with nurturing our 4Cs culture. We’re proud of the journey we’re on as a company and know that our continued success will rely on the contribution of our talented colleagues. We provide insurance for over four million customers, but we know there’s even bigger opportunity out there. The fact you’re now reading this job advert means we’ve tempted you to find out more about #lifeatHD – we really hope you like what you see, and you’ll join us to share in the success of the exciting chapter that lies ahead. We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they feel they tick every box. If you’re excited about joining us and think you have some of what we’re looking for, even if you’re not 100% sure we would love to hear from you.

Role overview

We’re looking for someone to build and manage a strong and effective building repair network for Home Claims customers. Day to day, you’ll be making sure that we have the right contractors in the right places, doing quality repairs quickly, safely and at a fair cost, whilst providing outstanding customer support. You’ll lead colleagues (and the network) to continuously improve performance, working closely with MI and internal teams to keep the service simple, well controlled and focused on great customer and business outcomes.

Job details – you’ll need to have demonstrable experience in:

• Owning the strategy, set up and operational management of the Hastings Direct building repair network, making sure it supports strong customer outcomes, quality, resilience and commercial performance
• Finding, onboarding and developing contractors with the right coverage, capacity, capability and standards to meet current and future repair demand and supporting procurement and commercial activity, including contractor selection, requirements and pricing arrangements
• Leading contractor performance across contractual standards, including quality, timeliness, communication, complaints, cost and customer experience and using MI and insights to spot trends, fix root causes and improve costs, quality, cycle time, as well as customer experience
• Managing budgets, forecasts, repair costs and supplier performance, finding ways to control spend without compromising customer outcomes
• Leading, coaching and developing colleagues supporting the repair network as our operating model grows, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, high performance and customer focus
• Maintaining strong quality assurance, including scope checks, technical reviews, audits and field inspections and making sure contractors and internal processes meet company, contractual, conduct, regulatory, health and safety and CDM requirements

Essential skills/experience:

• Strong experience in home/property claims, building repairs, restoration or construction management, with a clear understand of repair journeys combined with customer outcomes
• Proven background and ability in managing contractor networks or supply chain partners, including onboarding, governance, performance and continuous improvement
• Excellent commercial awareness, with experience of managing budgets, repair costs, supplier performance and indemnity spend
• Strong understanding of contractor governance, quality assurance, risks and controls and service standards
• Confident using MI and insights to assess performance, identify trends and drive improvements to cost, quality, cycle time and customer experience

The interview process

• Recruiter intro/screening call
• 1st stage interview with hiring leader
• 2nd interview with hiring leaders' leader

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive – what this means to you is if you’re applying for a job with us, you’ll have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment journey. We also welcome applications through the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). For more information on the DCS, please visit our inclusive business page on our career's website.

Regrettably we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• £5k car allowance
• Flexible working – we champion a flexible hybrid working approach – please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail
• Competitive bonus scheme – all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus
• Physical wellbeing – as a Band 4 colleague, Hastings pay for you to receive private medical Insurance (also known as PMI). This gives you flexibility and convenience to see a specialist or consultant and allows you to decide when and where you will be seen
• Financial wellbeing – as well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover, income protection at no extra cost, and matched pension contributions up to 10%, we are proud to provide you with an award-winning package which includes – discounts, cashback, free independent mortgage advice and free access to financial wellbeing support
• Mental wellbeing programme – we have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own in-house mental health first aiders, support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs
• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your weeks
• Access to our health care cash back plans
• Dental plans
• Discounted health assessments
• Cycle to work and tech schemes
• Discounted and free onsite facilities
• Social events throughout the year
• and much more

Our 4Cs culture

Join us and you’ll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. As one of our colleagues, you’ll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we’ll give you all the support, training and development you need. Our 4Cs principles are simple: we believe by creating the right culture for our colleagues and giving them the right tools to do their job, we’ll deliver good outcomes for every customer, helping us to grow the company profitably and sustainably and allowing us to invest in the communities we serve.

Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.

Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks.

At Hastings Direct, we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to be open with us. Our recruitment team is here to provide the support you need to ensure a fair and accessible experience for all.

Hastings Direct is a fast growing, agile, digitally focused general insurance provider of products and services to over 4 million customers in the UK, employing over 4,600 colleagues. Our vision – to be the best and biggest digital insurance provider in the market. It's our attitude and the way we run our business that makes us different. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. It's a dynamic, flexible, fun and constantly changing environment. You'll enjoy the scope to make a real difference for our customers, influence our company, benefit the communities we work in and have fun along the way.