Commercial Director

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Tilia Homes are looking for new talent to join us on our exciting journey to grow our business and become a 5 star housebuilder.

We are a new brand in the market looking to make a name in the industry that inspires confidence.

With a strong and rapidly growing land bank, allied to significant financial resources, we have both the means and desire to build a bright future for both our customers and our workforce.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Director to join a friendly team in our Western Region.

In return we are offering a competitive salary and package as well as the support and scope to build and develop your career with Tilia Homes.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• The overall management and performance of the Commercial function, from land acquisition through to final accounts, supporting all areas of the regional business with quality information and service;
• Managing the surveying and buying function at various levels of expertise;
• Setting the Commercial strategy for the delivery of the current 3 year and 5 year business plan;
• Work closely with the Senior Management Team to ensure a flow of new sites into the business is established, to the required margins, and commencing operations as forecast;
• Ensure opportunities to operate from existing sites are maximised;
• Play an active role in the SHE strategy for the business unit
• Promote H&S best practice and company safety objectives/ culture through personal actions, carrying out regular H&S site visits, prioritising safety at staff meetings and briefings, and adopting safe working practices where potential risks are identified and mitigated;
• Monitor business costs, ensuring accuracy of cost reports and analysing variances, seeking opportunity to mitigate cost increases through innovation and alternative strategies, and attending internal adjudications and reviews to ensure cost issues are properly processed;
• Manage cost information including tracking of inflation on pipeline developments;
• Provide a Commercial overview of all land and build cost estimates including cost benchmarks, and prepare monthly Commercial board reports;
• Ensure all matters within the Commercial Department are in accordance with current Standing Orders;
• Regularly review departmental structure, roles and responsibilities;
• Create Departmental targets toward meeting business objectives, and encourage a culture of improving upon targets, developing contingency plans, whilst maintaining open and honest feedback on performance of individual site strategies;
• Support the progression and development of staff within the commercial department;
• Ensure Departmental awareness of the medium-term business plan;
• Remain visible and approachable, facilitating this for site teams with regular site visits;
• Encourage multi-disciplinary project teams and teamwork ethos;
• Ensure regular site-based meetings occur;
• Liaise with internal and external legal companies where required;
• Manage sub-contractors in line with company procedures;
• Promote a customer responsible ethic within the supply chain;
• Monitor legislative and regulatory changes, and ensure they are communicated throughout the team;
• Ensure all audits, both internal and external, are complied with and the relevant support is available during the audit process.

About You

• Experience in a role of a similar nature;
• Have excellent man-management and strong leadership skills;
• A team player with proven experience of managing and motivating staff;
• An analytical, methodical approach to problem solving is required;
• Excellent negotiating skills and ability to work within and motivate a team environment, whilst recognising the needs of other departments and individuals;
• Have sound commercial awareness and able to accept accountability as well as responsibility.

About Us

Our aim is to do our best to take care of everything. From carefully choosing the ideal location for our new community to designing and building homes that fit perfectly into the natural environment. We pride ourselves on being there for our customers throughout the buying and selling process – and beyond. Helping build homes and communities we can all be proud of, for many years to come.

We recognise our people are at the core to achieving our goal of driving innovation and achieving industry excellence. Recruiting, developing and retaining the right people is paramount to this. To achieve this we prioritise personal and professional development, providing a working environment that is both challenging and rewarding, with opportunity to overcome obstacles and develop skills.