Commercial Manager

Persimmon; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company Car/Car Allowance

Life Cover & Pension

Health Care Bonus

Employee Benefits Platform

Diversity & Inclusion

Career development

Job summary

Persimmon Homes is seeking a Commercial Manager in the Mansfield/Nottingham area. You will lead a team of surveyors, manage budgets, and ensure timely payments to safeguard site profitability across regional projects.

The role demands strong negotiation, excellent relationship-building skills, and a track record in volume house building. A UK driving license and COINS system experience are essential.

Qualifications

• HNC/HND in a construction-related subject.
• Proven experience of the commercial and buying processes.
• Previous experience working in a volume house builder environment.
• Full UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing all commercial aspects of sites of varying complexity, managing budgets, and ensuring cost control.
• Processing weekly and monthly payments, resolving disputes, and maintaining accurate site financials.
• Compiling site valuations bi-monthly and presenting variances to the Board.
• Negotiating optimum rates for sub-contracts and material suppliers to maximise margins.
• Utilising the Persimmon Group COINS system to set up new sites and budgets.
• Liaising with Construction, Sales, Customer Care and Accounts to run sites efficiently.
• Promoting health and safety compliance within the team and company guidelines.
• Mentoring junior staff and developing skills for greater responsibilities.
• Supporting the Commercial Director in key business decisions and regional meetings.

Skills

Budgeting

Relationship building

Leadership

Negotiation

Education

HNC/HND in construction

Tools

COINS system

Job description

Commercial Manager

Date: 2026-09-23T01:20:22

Location: Nottingham

Region: Nottinghamshire

Country: GB

Postcode: NG1 5

Application Deadline: 2026-10-22T19:54:50.473

Job Description

Job Title: Commercial Manager

Location: Mansfield, NG18

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as Commercial Manager and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

• We're one of the UK's largest and most established housebuilders - FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.
• At Persimmon, we don't just build homes - we build careers.
• When you join us as Commercial Manager, you'll benefit from:
• Competitive salary
• Company Car/Car Allowance
• 5
  • housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Health Care Bonus
• Employee Benefits Platform - giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

The purpose of the role is to manage the team who will provide the sound financial management of sites for the region through effective and efficient controls, producing reports to allow senior management to establish site status.

What you'll do as Commercial Manager

• Overseeing all commercial aspects of sites of varying complexity whilst ensuring the team of Surveyors set up budgets, producing bi-monthly valuations, appointing subcontractors and making subcontractor payments to maintain close cost control and enable management decisions.
• Ensuring weekly and monthly payments are processed efficiently, resolving any disputed items, allowing site works to proceed unhindered and providing an accurate picture of site financial status.
• Pulling together all site valuations on a bi-monthly basis and presenting to the Board of Directors to indicate any variation from budgeted figures.
• Undertaking negotiations to obtain the optimum rates for sub-contract appointments and material suppliers to maximise margins.
• Ensuring the team utilises the Persimmon Group COINS system to set up new sites and establish budgets, predicting site profitability for financial planning and verification.
• Liaising with other departments (Construction, Sales, Customer Care, Accounts) on time to ensure sites run efficiently.
• Complying with responsibilities as defined in the Group's Health, Safety & Environment Policy and ensuring team compliance to promote safety in project execution.
• Ensuring that the Commercial team is allocated tasks with quality verification to maintain standards within company guidelines.
• Mentoring and training junior members of the team, developing their skills to take on greater responsibilities and add value, thereby improving regional productivity.
• Providing assistance to the Commercial Director in making key business decisions and attending regional meetings as a subject expert.

What experience do I need?

• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with customers, partners, suppliers, and staff.
• HNC/HND in a construction-related subject.
• Proven experience of the commercial and buying processes.
• Previous experience working in a volume house builder environment.
• Full UK driving license.

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