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Commercial Manager

Employer
Wates
Location
Streatham, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
30 Jan 2025
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Specialist Area
Category management
Job Level
Manager
Sector
Construction
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
CIPS Membership
Non CIPS member
The Vacancy

We have an opportunity for a Commercial Manager to join our Wates team within our Planned Maintenance division covering various contracts. The successful candidate will provide strong functional leadership, management, governance and excellence for all commercial activities pre and post contract across a portfolio of programmes. The role specifically covers both works winning and the operational delivery of projects.

Key Accountabilities will include:
  • Budget responsibility, commercial management and client commercial liaison for applicable contract(s)
  • Manage and oversee Assistant / Quantity Surveyors in all line-manager duties.
  • Manage Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) process for your contract(s) to be review and signed off by RCM in accordance with CVR timetable.
  • Lead commercially in the monthly Contract Review Meetings (CRM's) with Operations Manager.
  • Assist Senior Management in tender adjudication.
  • Liaise with buying department to ensure that relevant material prices are procured.
We are looking for a proactive and experienced Commercial Manager who has worked in a similar maintenance industry.

To be successful in this role you will have the ability to lead and develop a highly talented and motivated commercial team as well as build excellent relationships with other business functions, customers, consultants and the supply chain.

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.

Awards

BEST PROJECT

Inside Housing Development Awards

WINNER

2022 Construction News Awards Winner

GOLD AWARD

Investors in People 2022

GOLD AWARD

Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards

TOP 50 EMPLOYERS

2022 Top 50 Employers for Women

WINNER

2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards

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