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Regional Commercial Director

Wates Group

London

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GBP 80,000 - 120,000

Full time

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Job summary

Join Wates Group as a Regional Commercial Director, leading commercial strategies in high-value construction projects in London. This leadership role requires significant experience in commercial management and the ability to influence outcomes through effective team communication and strategic decision-making.

Qualifications

Significant experience in Commercial Leadership.
Experience with construction schemes over £80M.
Strong leadership skills in team management and development.

Responsibilities

Lead commercial function for preconstruction, procurement, and post contract activities.
Communicate decisions and strategies to teams and stakeholders.
Identify and manage significant opportunities for change to add value.

Skills

Leadership

Risk Management

Procurement

Communication

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The Vacancy

The Vacancy

We have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Commercial Director to join our Wates Construction London team. Reporting into the Commercial Director, you will lead on all commercial leadership for the Business Unit and Construction Projects. This includes strategy, main and sub contract tender procurement, risk management, pre and post contract, margin improvement and people development.

Key Accountabilities Will Include

Leadership of commercial function through all preconstruction, procurement, commercial delivery and post contract activities.
Facilitate regular two way discussions with commercial, operational teams and or development teams and update all on current strategic issues.
Ensure decisions taken are clearly communicated and that relevant individuals have clear guidance to enable successful outcomes.
Use all available resources to produce data to support regional business plans.
Regularly meet clients, consultants and or external influences to enable understanding of medium / long term trends, dynamics, opportunities and threats.
Ensure that all projects have clear tender and delivery strategies published in a project business plan.
Ensure all bids have a commercial strategy, including demonstration of relevant added value, and where appropriate co-ordinated with the Development Strategy
Identify significant opportunities for change to add value across the business and effectively manage the change process.

To be successful in the role you will have significant experience in Commercial Leadership and worked on Construction schemes in excess of £80M.

Alongside this you will have strong leadership skills, including experience of managing and developing teams, and the confidence to successfully lead, influence and communicate at all levels to deliver targets.

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.

Work for Wates

Wates Group is one of the largest, and most successful family-owned private construction, development, and property services companies in the UK. We are building a place to work where everyone belongs, by one small act of inclusion at a time. We celebrate difference and welcome diversity.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

The Wates Group are committed to three ambitious environmental targets for 2025: Zero Waste, and Zero Carbon, from our operations and Positive Nature Enhancement. Wates are pushing to take a leading role in reducing our industry’s environmental impact.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Director

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Business Development and Sales
Industries
Construction

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