Pre Contract Commercial Manager

Wates Group; Redditch; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a proactive Pre-Contract Commercial Manager in Redditch to enhance their Planned Maintenance division. This role involves overseeing contract management, leading a talented team, and ensuring effective client relationships. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the maintenance sector and a commitment to fostering collaborative environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in a maintenance industry required.
• Ability to lead and develop a commercial team.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manage budget responsibility and commercial management.
• Oversee Assistant / Quantity Surveyors.
• Lead monthly Pre-Contract Review Meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Commercial Management

Client Liaison

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Pre Contract Commercial Manager, Redditch

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Client:

Wates Group

Location:

Redditch, United Kingdom

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Other

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job Description:

The Vacancy

We have an opportunity for aPre-Contract Commercial Manager to join our Wates team within our Planned Maintenance division covering various contracts. The successful candidate will provide a standard and consistent approach in regard to tender reviews, legal Terms & Conditions implementation, commercial strategy and tactics. Deliver golden thread between tender strategy and project procurement/ mobilisation to ensure all opportunities are maximised and risks mitigated.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Budget responsibility, commercial management and client commercial liaison for applicable contract(s)
• Manage and oversee Assistant / Quantity Surveyors in all line-manager duties.
• Manage Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) process for your contract(s) to be review and signed off by RCM in accordance with CVR timetable.
• Lead commercially in the monthly Pre-Contract Review Meetings (CRM’s) with Operations Manager.
• Assist Senior Management in tender adjudication.
• Liaise with buying department to ensure that relevant material prices are procured.

We are looking for a proactive and experienced Pre-Contract Commercial Manager who has worked in a similar maintenance industry.

To be successful in this role you will have the ability to lead and develop a highly talented and motivated commercial team as well as build excellent relationships with other business functions, customers, consultants and the supply chain.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Awards

BEST PROJECT

Inside Housing Development Awards

The Vacancy

We have an opportunity for aPre-Contract Commercial Manager to join our Wates team within our Planned Maintenance division covering various contracts. The successful candidate will provide a standard and consistent approach in regard to tender reviews, legal Terms & Conditions implementation, commercial strategy and tactics. Deliver golden thread between tender strategy and project procurement/ mobilisation to ensure all opportunities are maximised and risks mitigated.

Key Accountabilities will include:

Budget responsibility, commercial management and client commercial liaison for applicable contract(s)

Manage and oversee Assistant / Quantity Surveyors in all line-manager duties.

Manage Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) process for your contract(s) to be review and signed off by RCM in accordance with CVR timetable.

Lead commercially in the monthly Pre-Contract Review Meetings (CRM’s) with Operations Manager.

Assist Senior Management in tender adjudication.

Liaise with buying department to ensure that relevant material prices are procured.

We are looking for a proactive and experienced Pre-Contract Commercial Manager who has worked in a similar maintenance industry.

To be successful in this role you will have the ability to lead and develop a highly talented and motivated commercial team as well as build excellent relationships with other business functions, customers, consultants and the supply chain.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Awards

BEST PROJECT

Inside Housing Development Awards

WINNER

2022 Construction News Awards Winner

GOLD AWARD

Investors in People 2022

GOLD AWARD

Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards

TOP 50 EMPLOYERS

2022 Top 50 Employers for Women

WINNER

2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards