Commercial Director

Tilia Homes; Exeter; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing housebuilder is seeking a Commercial Director for its Western Region in Exeter. This senior role involves leading a Commercial team, driving cost efficiencies, and ensuring effective cost management across projects. Ideal candidates will have experience in commercial leadership within housebuilding and a proven ability to manage teams. The role offers a competitive salary along with a comprehensive benefits package including a bonus scheme and enhanced pension.

Benefits

Bonus Scheme

Car Allowance

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Private medical

26 days holiday with additional bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in a Commercial leadership post, within housebuilding.
• Leading a team with credibility and support.
• A people-focused management style that can develop others.

Responsibilities

• Monitor business costs and ensure accuracy of cost reports.
• Manage cost information including tracking inflation on developments.
• Provide Commercial overview of all land and build cost estimates.

Skills

Commercial leadership experience

Team management

Cost analysis

Innovative cost control strategies

Customer-focused supply chain management

Job description

Commercial Director – Western Region

untypical have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Director to join our Western region, based from our office in Exeter on a permanent contract. It's a fantastic time to join a talented team in a growing housebuilder. The region will be operational on 6 sites across the South West in 2026 and with a recently increased Land team, our pipeline will continue to build. This Senior post will lead an established Commercial team of Quantity Surveyors, Buyers, Trainees and support a Senior Estimator with new site viability. This post is responsible for the overall management and performance of the Commercial function in our Western Region with cost control, margin improvement key deliverables. The Commercial Director post sits on our Senior Management team.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring business costs, ensuring accuracy of cost reports and analysing variances, seeking opportunity to mitigate cost increases through innovation and alternative strategies
• Attending internal adjudications and reviews to ensure cost issues are properly processed
• Manage cost information including tracking of inflation on pipeline developments
• Provide a Commercial overview of all land and build cost estimates including cost benchmarks
• Driving down build costs without compromising quality and safety
• Seek opportunities for margin improvement
• Preparation of monthly Commercial board reports
• Managing the surveying and buying function
• Work closely with the Senior Management Team to ensure a flow of new sites into the business
• Promote a customer responsible ethic within the supply chain

Qualifications

• Experience in a Commercial leadership post, within housebuilding.
• Leading a team with credibility and support
• A people focused management style that can develop others
• Comfortable dealing with legacy contract management and contra charging
• Successfully contributing to, and meeting a strategic vision

untypical operate across four regions in England, we're committed to making a positive difference in the local areas we build new homes.

Bringing together two trusted housebuilding brands, Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes, untypical aims to make a positive difference to the UK housebuilding market and help to provide greater access to homes which are affordable for buyers.

Competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits

• Bonus Scheme
• Car Allowance
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Private medical
• 26 days holiday with additional bank holidays