Commercial Manager

Persimmon Homes; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company Car/Car Allowance

5* housebuilder - quality & customer.

Life Cover & Contributory Pension

Health Care

Bonus

Employee Benefits Platform

Diversity & Inclusion focus

Job summary

Persimmon Homes is seeking a Commercial Manager to lead the commercial function for regional sites. You will supervise a team handling budgets, valuations, subcontractor payments and cost control to drive profitability.

The role requires strong negotiation skills, site budgeting experience in a volume housebuilder environment, and a full UK driving license. Join a UK-wide builder known for quality homes and development opportunities.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Oversee all commercial aspects of sites and manage budgets.
• Produce bi-monthly valuations and payments to subcontractors.
• Present site valuations to Board showing budget variances.
• Negotiate sub-contract rates to maximise margins.
• Ensure COINS system is used for budgets and profitability.
• Coordinate with Construction, Sales, Customer Care, Accounts.

Skills

Relationship management

Budgeting

Negotiation

Communication

Leadership

UK driving license

Education

HNC/HND in construction

Tools

COINS system

Job description

Location: Mansfield, NG18
Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity?

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 make subcontractor payments to maintain close cost control and enable management decisions
• Ensuring weekly and monthly payments are processed efficiently, any disputed items are resolved, allowing site works to proceed unhindered and give an accurate picture of site financial status
• Pulling together all site valuations on a bi-monthly basis and present 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 utilise the Persimmon Group COINS system to set up new sites and establish budgets, predicting site profitability for financial planning verification
• Liaising with other departments on time to ensure sites run efficiently (Construction, Sales, Customer Care, Accounts)
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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