Property Construction Commercial Manager

ASDA; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking a Property Construction Commercial Manager to oversee financial and contractual elements within Property and Construction workstreams. You will collaborate with various stakeholders and manage external QS teams while ensuring projects are delivered within commercial frameworks. Ideal candidates should have a degree in Quantity Surveying, cost management experience, and excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills. This role offers a hybrid work environment with an excellent benefits package.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

Company Car allowance of £5,700

15% colleague discount in store and online

Free access to wellbeing services

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Demonstrable ability to manage and deliver against challenging cost targets.
• Management experience, with evidence of developing junior team members.
• Cost, QS's and/or commercial management experience from within practice or client side.

Responsibilities

• Drive robust cost management and commercial agreement with suppliers.
• Manage a team of external QS's for cost and change management.
• Coordinate communication related to cost and budget with stakeholders.

Skills

Cost management

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management

Professional membership with RICS or equivalent

Job description

Job Title

Property Construction Commercial Manager

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Construction Project Delivery - SF

Closing Date

25 December 2025

As Refresh and Trading Projects Commercial Manager you will play a key role in overseeing the financial and contractual elements within key Property and Construction workstreams across the Asda estate.

You will collaborate and build strong day to day relationships with multiple stakeholders including Property, Finance, Construction Managers, Project Managers / PMO’s, QS and external suppliers and consultants to ensure projects are delivered within agreed commercial frameworks. You will play a lead role in developing and managing Asda’s refresh and trading projects ways of working, driving Value Engineering and cost effectiveness, and work closely with procurement to ensure robust commercial tenders and frameworks.

You will be part of a large cross functional team, so you will have a strong, collaborative work ethic and enjoy developing and building working relationships. This role provides many opportunities to further develop your behavioural capabilities, providing plenty of exposure within the business and with our key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Be a key business partner working alongside the Construction SDs and delivery teams to drive robust cost management, and commercial agreement with suppliers, contractors and consultants to always ensure best value.
• Be integral in the construction implementation teams programme from start to finish ensuring robust business cases to create buy-in and engagement with key leadership including VP's and CFO.
• Manage a team of external QS's to ensure consistent and value-added input into cost and change management from initial feasibility estimates through to final project close out. Prepare board and department sign off approval papers working cross functional across construction, design and finance teams.
• Work closely with the function to support and shape our strategic 3-5 year business planning process, identifying the capital and commercial requirements to deliver this.
• Coordinate and manage any communication related to cost, budget and invoicing between internal and external stakeholders for weekly and monthly reporting.
• Work closely with our shared services team to drive robust order, receipting and valuations processes.
• Help to lead, shape and drive the delivery of the cost management of your key workstreams.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or a related field.
• Professional membership with RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) or equivalent is preferred.
• Cost, QS's and/or commercial management experience from within practice, client side and/or a retail background is preferred.
• Management experience, with evidence of developing junior team members.
• You must have demonstrable ability to manage and deliver against challenging cost targets.
• Excellent negotiation skills, financial acumen and ability to work with complex budgets.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to manage stakeholder relationships and provide clear financial guidance.
• Willingness to manage multiple projects with cross-program responsibilities, meeting tight deadlines while maintaining a focus on quality and cost control.
• Forward thinker with excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• Company Car allowance of £5,700
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.