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Commercial Manager

Based: Leighton Buzzard Office; Hybrid working Office/ Sites around Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire/Home . Working 37.5 hours per week, 08:30 – 17:00 Monday – Friday

Leading your team of commercially focused colleagues as our​ Commercial Manager, you will be responsible for the commercial success of our Social Housing Planned Refurbishment and Reactive maintenance programs across Southern Region. Ideally located within close proximity of our offices in Leighton Buzzard or Basingstoke and hybrid working available to suit based on business needs. .

Working with us as a Commercial Manager, you’ll know that what you do matters, and creating an environment that enables you to be at your best matters to us. We get to see our impact and the improvements we provide to our customers every day; which is only possible because of our amazing teams, made up of great people, just like you Fast paced and progressive, you will have the opportunity to take responsibility and thrive in an environment where you are trusted; with a work/life balance that gives you the chance to feel motivated and satisfied, at work and at home.

Your focus as our Commercial Manager;

• Drive value, reduce cost, improve profit, manage risk
• Management of the South region, providing leadership, direction, and development.

  What’s in it for you:

• Attractive salary and benefits package to suit you.
• Bonus: KPI based discretionary bonus
• Company Car or Allowance
• 27 Days Hols & BH – option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme – up to 7.5%

We also offer our employees; Discounted Healthcare Scheme, High street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and many more….

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An outline of your responsibility as a Commercial Manager;

• Accountability for the profitability against a range of differing contracts through a Contract Review process and taking ownership for the bridge between tendered and required margins.
• Lead your team on, Commercial, Estimating, Surveying, Governance, Procurement and Administration.
• Manage team performance, Personal Performance Reviews, disciplinary action and learning and development of the team.
• Act as a source of expertise to support the team on the day to day management and selection of subcontractors for tender enquiries.
• Accountability for the valuation process ensuring that applications are maximised and made on time and then ensuring that this is converted as a minimum to the contract terms into invoices and cash.
• Responsible for hitting required cash targets. Production, monitoring and ownership of cashflow forecasts.
• ​Assistance with tender production and tender settlement.
• Identifying new commercial opportunities, and ensure these are processed in a safe and ethical manner.
• Report to the Head of Operations and Directors on regional CVR performance and provide assurance by taking accountability of delivering on commercials.
• Mentoring and supporting the Surveyors in the region to ensure a strong focus on the commerciality of contracts within your sub region.

 About You

​You will already be a successful Commercial Manager within the Construction industry, it’s essential to have an understanding of Planned Refurbishments and Reactive Maintenance of Social Housing projects, which will give you the knowledge to hit the ground running and contribute effectively to the team. Applicants will ideally have experience of managing a team of commercial surveyors.  Applicants will have strong commercial acumen, excellent attention to detail and written and verbal communication skills. You will be an expert with IT with proficient MS office skills. You also must hold a Full UK Driving Licence as travel is a must with this role.  The role will also require a DBS check to be completed 

​A little bit about us

Novus Property Solutions​is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 127-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operate

​At Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand for many reasons that people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so, we encourage you to apply for the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award-winning Property Maintenance company in this, or another role.​

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