Commercial Manager

The role of Commercial Manager reports to the Divisions Project Director., Liaise with the senior commercial and technical teams, taking a holistic approach to managing challenges and issues
Support the Head of Commercial / Commercial Director in leading, motivating and effectively communicating to the commercial team to ensure that they are fully engaged to achieve best performance to meet the needs of the business
Support the Head of Commercial / Commercial Director to effectively manage the Division's commercial function to ensure best practices are followed, costs are controlled, the department maximises revenue generation and contribution to the Division's operating profit and increases the value added to the Division
Ensure all build costs are current and correctly appraised. Support with building an accurate cost assessment for planned land acquisitions, and ensure these are included in the land appraisal, working closely with the estimating team to ensure the cost database is up to date
Support the team in the management of procuring sub-contractor and supplier orders and adhere to authorisations in line with Group policy and procedures, taking the lead with any disputes and more complex commercial discussions
Support the commercial team in the preparation of monthly valuations ready to present to the Managing Director and Group Commercial Manager in accordance with Group policy and procedures
Liaise with the appropriate members of the senior management team to establish sale prices for new budgets, prepare and evaluate fees/services budget and discuss sales and construction preliminaries
Liaise with Group Commercial Director / Head of Commercial on all margin improvement initiatives and strategies

Extensive experience working at a senior level within the housebuilding industry at the level of Commercial Manager / Managing Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor, running numerous projects simultaneously
A good level of knowledge and understanding of Valuation & Budgeting Systems, Health & Safety/CDM Regulations, LABC/NHBC requirements, Building Regulations and other associated legislation connected with both house and flat construction
Experience of effectively leading and managing a team.
Qualifications and Training

Qualified as a Quantity Surveyor with a related degree or HNC/HND in a built environment subject with relevant experience, preferably win Quantity Surveying
CSCS card or equivalent
Current full driving licence
Skills and Aptitude

Good interpersonal skills.
Excellent organisation and administration skills, including good attention to detail
Ability to work on own as well as part of a team
Credible at commercial levels
Good networking and negotiation skills and able to influence Bellway employees to comply with Group policy
Works effectively to deadlines and competently works on multiple tasks simultaneously
Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook) and the ability to adapt to new systems
Committed to diversity and inclusion
The Role and Working Conditions

At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all colleagues. This means we are positive about making adjustments as well as providing flexible working and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK's largest house builders. Our Essex Division located in Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9GU is looking to recruit a Commercial Manager to join the Divisions Commercial team.

Office based role with regular travel to development sites and for meetings
Willing to be flexible in respect of day-to-day duties and hours worked
Core hours
In return we can offer you:

Competitive salary
Competitive car allowance
Optional salary sacrifice car scheme
Competitive annual bonus
Contributory pension scheme
25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
Holiday Purchase scheme
Free on site parking
Access to discounts and benefits portal
ShareSave Scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Life assurance