Regional Commercial Manager

WATES; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK construction firm is seeking an experienced Regional Commercial Manager in Basingstoke. The role involves overseeing commercial activities, ensuring financial reporting accuracy, and developing strategies for profit maximisation. Candidates should have substantial experience in residential housebuilding, ideally with involvement in projects over £100 million. This position offers a competitive salary, flexible working, a car allowance, and extensive benefits including private medical coverage and a generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Competitive salary & profit share scheme

Flexible working

Car Allowance / Company Car

Private Medical

Pension 8% employers’ contribution

Health and Wellness programme

26 days holidays + bank holidays

Customizable learning and development programmes

Industry leading family leave benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior commercial role within residential housebuilding on £100m+ projects.
• Ability to work at pace whilst maintaining required standards.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all commercial activities including cost planning and contract management.
• Develop profit maximisation strategies and implement them.
• Ensure accurate financial reporting and budgetary control.

Skills

Commercially astute

Excellent negotiation skills

Strong leadership skills

Attention to detail

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related discipline

Job description

The Vacancy

Wates Group looking for an experienced Regional Commercial Manager to join our Southern Residential business and play a pivotal role in driving commercial excellence across multiple developments. Reporting to the Regional Commercial Director, you’ll lead the commercial function in supporting our work winning activities whilst ensuring robust cost control, accurate forecasting, and strategic procurement to deliver high‑quality homes on time and within budget.

As a Regional Commercial Manager, you will:

• Oversee all commercial activities across the region, including cost planning, tendering, and contract management.
• Develop profit maximisation strategies and ensure they are implemented.
• Develop the commercial team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Ensure accurate financial reporting, forecasting, and budgetary control for all projects.
• Manage and foster customer, supplier and subcontractor relationships to achieve best value.
• Drive compliance with company policies, health & safety standards, and legal requirements.
• Contribute to regional strategy, supporting growth and profitability targets.

About you:

• Proven experience in a senior commercial role within residential housebuilding with exposure of £100m+ projects.
• Able to work at pace whilst maintaining required standards
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and develop high‑performing teams.
• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercially astute with a strategic mindset and attention to detail.
• Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).

What we offer:

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• One of the best learning and development programmes which is customizable to support your career progression goals. (c.7000 training sessions delivered year to date across the WATES Group)
• Industry leading family leave benefits to include 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/

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.