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Commercial Manager - Residential

Manchester

£85,000 - £90,000 + Package

About The Company:

Our client is a prominent North-west construction contractor with a well-established presence in the industry, known for exceptional project execution. With nearly a century of experience, they have built a trusted reputation for expertise and quality.

Commercial Manager - The Role:

As part of their ongoing growth, our client is seeking a Commercial Manager to join their team and contribute to the success of this leading construction business.

In this role you will oversee the broader commercial team, supporting projects valued up to £30m. The ideal candidate will engage closely with both current and prospective clients to identify and secure new opportunities across diverse schemes.

To oversee all commercial aspects of the division’s performance and reporting. Provide support to the Divisional Director in all commercial matters and to provide direction, support, development and empowerment of individuals to achieve both divisional and individual aims and objectives.

General

* Ensure that company HS&E and quality standards, operating processes, company policies and all legislative requirements are understood, implemented and adhered to at all times, supporting the Divisional Director in making the company a centre of excellence

* Overview of the Surveying function within the division, ensuring that all team members are fulfilling their job roles, mentor and coach team members when required

* Oversee the relationships between surveyors and operations, ensuring a relationship of cooperation and engagement that allows for successful projects which support the achievement of the business objectives and that are able to deliver the target margins

* Develop & maintain close relationships with customers, consultants & subcontractors to continuously improve customer experience, improve our company and obtain repeat & negotiated business, mentor your team to ensure they are also completing this.

Financial

* Actively manage and monitor financial aspects of contracts at all stages, ensuring that the forecast is accurate and the cash position of each project is maximised without compromising either contractual arrangements or relationships

* Support the Divisional Director in reporting to the Board of Directors on all divisional financial issues, with clarity and transparency in all areas; update the Divisional Director if there are any project issues which affect the contract

* Actively interrogate all appropriate financial and contractual information, ensuring that it accurately reflects the Divisional position and allows the Divisional Director to report to the Board of Directors on the performance of the division

 Ensure that there is active support and buy-in to the group procurement deals by ensuring the surveying team are communicating this to subcontractors at tender stage and applied at order stage

People Management

* Ensure that Surveyors understand their responsibilities for the preparation and negotiation of interim valuations and final accounts and intervene if not carried out satisfactorily

* Support the wider Surveying team on all subcontract interim and final account applications to help ensure that all company payment procedures are implemented to comply with the Construction Act and/or other prevailing legislation

* Evaluate CVIs, Architect’s or EA instructions and subcontractor’s variations

* Check that the preparation of ‘claims’ or other means of dispute management to correct an imbalance of cost and value are occurring in a timely and appropriate manner.

* Ensure that claims by subcontractors have been addressed, and support the surveying team in preparing any necessary documentation/correspondence to protect the Company’s interests

* Make sure that at all times the Surveying team use best endeavours and seek to maximise margins in cooperation with the Contracts / Project Manager by keeping cost to a minimum and value to a maximum by all professional legitimate means, mentor and facilitate this when required

* Review and when necessary facilitate subcontract enquiries, including formulating the tender list in consultation with the wider management team and subsequent analysis and assessment of subcontract quotations

* Check that, at all times, the drafting and placement of subcontracts are being completed following the Company’s authorisation procedure

* Keep abreast of the preliminaries/site management costs and ensure that the Project team are advised accordingly so they are able to action and remedy over-expenditure

* Promote best practice within the team, ensuring that they develop in their ability and are able to meet the demands placed upon them by the business

* Facilitate temporary surveying resources (internal or external) to cover for a Surveyor whilst either recruiting for a replacement, awaiting redeployment or for a period of time when deemed necessary by the business

* Support the bid and estimating teams and study documents at tender stage and advise on onerous conditions therein, offering solutions when appropriate

* Ensure that upon receipt of contract, contract documents are compared with tender documents and any anomalies are notified to the Divisional Director

* Such other duties normally deemed to be part of the function of the Commercial Manager.

Competences

 Communication

 Creativity and Innovation

 Teamwork

 Flexibility

 Adaptability

 Action Planning & Action Orientation

 Leadership

 External Awareness

 Influencing

 Organisational Awareness

Person Criteria

 Proven track record in a similar role.

 People management skills.

 Relevant surveying qualifications.

 Contract Law

Measures of Success

 Commercial

 Business Plan

 Systems

 Compliance

 Safety