Commercial Manager
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The Vacancy
Gilbert & Goode, an award-winning new homes developer in the South West, is seeking a full-time, permanent Commercial Manager to drive the commercial success and performance of residential schemes. As part of the Ocean Housing Group, Gilbert & Goode is renowned for creating great places to live and delivering an excellent customer experience.
You will play a critical role in ensuring the efficient operation of the Commercial department, developing and implementing robust procedures commercial systems and standards for all surveying and procurement. You will manage and motivate the team, ensuring the services we offer are continually improving and providing excellent standards and value for money. With a strategic outlook, you will develop a professional tendering service with the aim of winning new work for the company’s order book, which meets business plan targets for turnover and profit. You will be flexible, and able to take on a wide variety of commercial activity – managing a diverse portfolio, seeking out new opportunities and fully utilising our existing assets. You will be a strong leader, with strong commercial acumen and will understand the need to make our assets work for us and generate profits for future investment.
Educated to degree level or equivalent, you will be an experienced Commercial Manager, with a strong understanding of financial management, and will be accustomed to analysing financial data, project costs and contractual terms to make informed decisions. Reporting to the Managing Director, you will be instrumental in developing and supporting the service. Ensuring value for money, sound budget management and forecasting, you will have a track record of delivering service improvements, including contributing to the development of business plans, strategies and policies to identify areas for improvement and growth.
This is a varied and rewarding role and offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of this service for the Group.
For further information regarding the role and responsibilities please refer to the job description and person specification.
Benefits:
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27 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
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Car allowance
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Occupational Sick Pay at 3 months Full Pay and 3 months at Half Pay
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Company Pension: 4% Employer Pension Contribution (includes Death in Service Benefit of 3x annual salary)
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Health Cash Plan (inc Dental and Optical cover)
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Health and Wellbeing initiative includes yearly Flu Jab and Biennial
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Medical Checks
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Employee Assistance Programme
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Cycle to Work Scheme
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Family Friendly Policies
Closing date: 18th May 2025
1st stage interviews will be conducted face to face at our head off in St Austell, Cornwall
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
For further information about this position please contact the People Services team at people@oceanhousing.com
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The Company
As part of the Ocean Housing Group, with a reputation for creating inspiring new homes, Gilbert & Goode has grown from humble beginnings in 1972 to become one of the South West’s leading new homes developers. Putting our customers at the heart of everything we do we are committed to delivering exceptional new homes that you will enjoy living in for years to come.
Gilbert & Goode is proud to promote and retain excellent relationships with local landowners, stakeholders and supply chain to bring the best opportunities, sustainable local products and services to create inspirational neighbourhoods whilst investing into the local community by making contributions towards highways, schools and local facilities.
Mission Statement
“To be an innovative provider of quality homes and services, with residents and staff at the heart of Ocean, and Ocean at the heart of the community.”
At Ocean our vision is to be the employer of choice for Cornwall. We want to create a work environment where everyone feels like they belong, can bring their best, authentic selves to work every day and are provided with the support they need to do a great job.
Our purpose is to create a modern, dynamic and agile work environment, fit for the 21st Century and one of which all of our colleagues feel included and proud to be a part of. An environment which enables colleagues to provide quality, affordable homes and services for the people of Cornwall. We believe work is what you do, not where you go and therefore colleagues deliver their work where it best suits the need, whether that be in the office, home or around a local area or site using local facilities. Colleagues are agile and work or have meetings in any place to suit the need and task.
Benefits
Generous Holiday Entitlement
Healthcare Benefits
Occupational Sick Pay Scheme
Pension which includes Death in Service Benefit
Values
Gallery
2022 Award
Winner
Best Place to Work at Cornwall Business Awards 2022
Sponsored by the Skills Hub
“This is a really challenging sector to work in and Ocean Housing Group have really gone above and beyond to support their workforce. They really show strong leadership from above in putting their employees first and the level of engagement they get from everyone in their teams is commendable, with really high number of team members taking part in surveys, consultancy and feedback. The Ocean Housing Group have also invested in the continual improvement of their staff, services and benefits to ensure that staff consistently feel invested in and valued – Well Done!”
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