Role overview

• ID: 2025-7046
• Entity: Vistry
• Region: Vistry South London
• Department: Commercial
• Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Job Location: London
• Date Posted: 25.03.2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Manager to join our team within Vistry South London, at our various locations across the region. As our Commercial Manager, you will feed into strategy and to implement policy, enabling project teams to deliver through effective management and leadership of assigned teams.

• Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
  • 2 Volunteering days per annum
  • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
  • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
  • Share save and share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
• In return, what we would like from you...
  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • Broad range of construction experience including main contract and mixed tenure private/affordable apartment developments
  • Experience in various forms of contract
  • Experience in dispute resolution and contract administration
  • A full successful track record in leading financial management and cost control on projects
  • Experience in managing and leading successful teams
  • Experience in complex construction projects
  • Strong and Consistent Performance
  • Respect for our People and Customers
  • Teamwork
  • Integrity and Commitment
  • Effective Leadership

  Desirable...

  • Relevant experience managing and mentoring managers
  • Construction related degree
  • Preferred MCIOB or MRICS qualifications
  • Leadership skills including:
    • Setting objectives
    • Giving feedback
    • Coaching
    • Listening
    • Painting a compelling picture
    • Influencing others
• More about the Commercial Manager role...
  • Responsible for implementing robust and ethical procurement practices across the team.
  • In accordance with agreed authorisation levels, comment, review and sign-off subcontractor recommendations with Commercial & Construction Directors.
  • Review and comment on subcontractor Articles of Agreement.
  • Communicate external influences across the team and implement strategy.
  • Responsible for implementing supply chain risk management.
  • Responsible for providing advice to team on resolving contractual disputes and legal matters in a timely manner.
  • Responsible for implementing ethical subcontract administration practice and driving continuous quality and efficiency improvement.
  • Review and comment on project cost reports with team and present to Commercial Director at monthly cost report meetings.
  • Implement company-wide strategic decisions.
  • Responsible for ensuring high standards of cash flow forecasting.
  • Review and comment on project cash flows with team and present to Commercial Director at cash flow meetings.
  • Responsible for providing supporting information in order to facilitate build contracts.
  • Responsible for ensuring Joint Venture partners are informed of project progress.
  • Responsible for maintaining positive and successful client relationships.
  • Ensuring that all funding conditions precedent are fulfilled.
  • Attend pre-construction to operations project handover meetings.
  • Provide continuous feedback to pre-construction of current market rates to inform land bids.
  • Create an environment to drive engagement and high performance.
  • Manage all people processes - absences, performance, discipline, holidays.
  • Manage the performance of team, 121s, appraisals and under performance.
  • Role Model and drive the practice of Vistry Group People Behaviours.
  • Undertake regular team meetings.
  • Recruit Managing Surveyors and support Managing Surveyors to undertake recruitment.
  • Drive engagement and collaboration across all departments.
  • Implement Health & Safety strategy for department and supply chain.
  • Support Building a Living Legacy strategy and drive implementation of BLL objectives.

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empowerus to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation,â¯and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. 

Join us in making Vistry.  

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Benefits

Annual Leave

Enjoy 28 days’ holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.

Pension with Legal & General

Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.

Volunteer Days

With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.

Why Vistry