Job Title: Land Buyer
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Location: Great Blakenham, IP6
Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Land Buyer and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.
Why Persimmon Homes?
At Persimmon, we don't just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Land Buyer, you'll benefit from:
Competitive salary
Bonus
5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
Life Cover & Contributory Pension
Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development
What is the role?
The role involves finding and securing new land opportunities, managing the acquisition process, and supporting the team to deliver sites on time and to a high standard.
The role will build a healthy land pipeline to ensure continuous sales outlet opportunities.
Primary Responsibilities
Managing the land buying process within the Land team as well as supporting Technical, Planning and Commercial teams
Carrying out detailed site searches to identify new opportunities
Managing their own and team members work lists with a focus on delivery to key deadlines
Appraising both strategic and short-term land opportunities
Producing development appraisals to assess the financial viability of sites
Undertaking market research
Meeting with agents and landowners to build and manage relationships
Presenting and report writing for internal approvals
Representing the company with high professional standards
What experience do I need?
Relevant or related undergraduate and/or post graduate qualification
IT proficiency, particularly conversant with MS Office package
Report writing skills and excellent business English with good attention to detail
Full driving licence
Land Buying experience
Committed to providing professional, proactive and innovative solutions
Understanding of the planning process
Understanding of development appraisals
Commercially focused
A willingness and ability to work with initiative
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