The Vacancy
Wates Group looking for an experienced Regional Commercial Manager to join our Southern Residential business and play a pivotal role in driving commercial excellence across multiple developments. Reporting to the Regional Commercial Director, you’ll lead the commercial function in supporting our work winning activities whilst ensuring robust cost control, accurate forecasting, and strategic procurement to deliver high-quality homes on time and within budget.
As a Regional Commercial Manager, you will:
1. Oversee all commercial activities across the region, including cost planning, tendering, and contract management.
2. Develop profit maximisation strategies and ensure they are implemented.
3. Develop the commercial team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
4. Ensure accurate financial reporting, forecasting, and budgetary control for all projects.
5. Manage and foster customer, supplier and subcontractor relationships to achieve best value.
6. Drive compliance with company policies, health & safety standards, and legal requirements.
7. Contribute to regional strategy, supporting growth and profitability targets.
About you:
8. Proven experience in a senior commercial role within residential housebuilding with exposure of £100m+ projects.
9. Able to work at pace whilst maintaining required standards
10. Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and develop high-performing teams.
11. Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
12. Commercially astute with a strategic mindset and attention to detail.
13. Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
What we offer:
14. Competitive salary & profit share scheme
15. Flexible working
16. Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
17. Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
18. Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
19. One of the best learning and development programmes which is customizable to support your career progression goals. (c.7000 training sessions delivered year to date across the WATES Group)
20. Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.
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