Commercial Manager - Co-op Property

Co-op; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail organization based in Manchester is seeking a motivated Commercial Manager to oversee capital expenditure for construction projects. This role involves tracking budgets, providing performance insights, and collaborating with finance teams. The ideal candidate has relevant qualifications or experience in commercial management, excellent communication skills, and a background in construction or retail. This position offers a hybrid work model with benefits including an annual bonus and private healthcare.

Benefits

Annual bonus based on performance

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension with up to 10% employer contributions

Private healthcare

Subsidised onsite gym

Coaching and training for career development

Wagestream app for pay access

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in commercial management or quantity surveying.
• Experience in working with clients and contractors.
• Previous experience in construction or retail.

Responsibilities

• Manage and track capital expenditure for construction projects.
• Provide performance updates to senior teams.
• Consolidate monthly performance insights with finance.

Skills

Communication skills

Budget management

Cost analysis

Education

Relevant commercial management or quantity surveying qualification (RICS)

Job description

Commercial Manager - Co-op Property
£55,000 to £59,200 plus benefits. Permanent role (Work Level 5)
Manchester city centre, hybrid working

We’re looking for a motivated Commercial Manager to join our team at Co‑op. In this role, you’ll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home and coming into the office once a week.

As a Commercial Manager you’ll be responsible for managing, tracking capex spent by our construction activity, supporting colleagues in delivering projects successfully. You’ll be the main point of contact for cost tracking, dashboards, and external QS (quantity surveying) management, maximising on opportunities to drive down costs through trend analysis and interpretation of data.

What you’ll do

• Be the main point of contact for project and budget cost tracking and dashboards and external QS management
• Track & Monitor spend for all construction capital streams, providing updates to the senior teams on performance
• Collaborate with finance to consolidate monthly performance insights
• Maximise opportunities to drive down costs through collaboration with external QS, construction delivery team, trend analysis and interpretation of data
• Provide data to support finance teams with cash forecasting, budgeting and phasing
• Offer advice to the property and construction teams, along with business partners at all levels
• Manage our external resource to help make sure that accounts are completed, documentation is in place, and property governance is followed and maintained

This role will suit people who have

• Achieved a relevant commercial management or quantity surveying (RICS) qualification, or you have equivalent experience
• Experience of working with both clients and contractors
• Previous construction or retail experience
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage with others at all levels of the business
• Experience in budget management; end to end cycle

Why Co‑op?

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Private healthcare
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply. If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes up to 50 minutes. If you're a current Co‑op colleague, this does not need to be completed.