Commercial Manager

Keepmoat Homes; North East; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the housing sector seeks a Commercial Manager for their North East region. The role involves overseeing commercial operations, ensuring profitability, and managing a team. Ideal candidates will be creative, resilient, and possess strong negotiating skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in housebuilding or similar role is essential.
• Skilled line manager confident in providing feedback.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day commercial operations and ensure targets are met.
• Oversee profitability and report on commercial indicators.
• Identify and manage commercial issues proactively.

Skills

Creative

Resilient

Collaborative

Negotiating

Influencing

Job description

Main purpose of the role

We have a rare and exciting opportunity for Commercial Manager to join us in our North East region, responsible for the general day to day management of the function to ensure it fully supports the needs, aspirations and targets laid down by the company, whilst providing support to achieve the business plan. The successful candidate will be based from our regional head office in Hebburn with travel as required.

Reporting to the Commercial Director; the successful candidate will set, agree and review targets for the function, delivering accurate and timely reports for the business, identifying and managing all commercial issues ensuring the companies legal and contractual obligations are met.

The Commercial Manager will oversee all aspects of the function ensuring that controls are in place and followed to maximise company profitability. They will also ensure all commercial and business development indicators are monitored and reported accurately and in line with company processes, identifying, escalating and proactively managing all commercial issues.

HS&S Responsibilities

To take care of your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by your work and adhere to the Keepmoat Health, Safety and Sustainability standards.

Skills, knowledge & experience

We are looking for a Commercial leader who embodies our Keepmoat values; acreativeand resilient individual with a flexible and agile approach to managing a function and an enthusiastic, self-motivated, solutions focused approach. They will becollaborative; skilled in relationship building and stakeholder engagement with experience in developing strategies and in influencing senior decision makers and with strong negotiating and influencing skills.

They will take astraightforwardapproach and possess the technical experience and attention to detail to allow them to identify and work with partners, procure new sites, and ensure detailed cost planning. They will bepassionateabout their work and about managing and developing a team to get the best out of each individual.

Experience within a similar role within housebuilding or similar is essential. They will be a skilled and experienced line manager confident in providing feedback and holding challenging conversations.