Competitive pay

Head of Commercial

Full time, office-based role in Islington.

We are looking for a Head of Commercial to support our branch in Islington, North London.

As the Head of Commercial you will be responsible for all commercial & process to ensure the maximisation of profit & cashflow. Carry out audits and forecasts, ensuring all tenders are supported efficiently.

Prepare regular internal status reports, including monthly finance and commercial review packs identifying current and potential risk and opportunity.

Ensuring the customer experience is central to all activities and a efficient and productive service is delivered to service users and clients.

Mears is one of the UK’s leading housing providers to both the public and private sector, with over 5,500 employees, working with clients to help develop, fund and implement their placemaking ambitions. With 30 years of delivering market-leading repairs and maintenance services, Mears is trusted to deliver in excess of 6,000 repairs daily to a portfolio of more than 1,000,000 homes nationwide.  We provide tailored rapid-response and planned maintenance services through partnering arrangements with more than 70 local authorities, Arm’s Length Management Organisations and Housing Associations.

About the Role:

The Successful Head of Commercial will lead on all commercial & financial aspects relating to the delivery of multiple Social Housing Planned Works Projects, ensuring the business is operated on sound commercial principles and mitigating commercial risk to ensure the provision of a high performing customer focussed service embedded from positive team ethics.

You will be a part of a team supporting high standard commercial activities to Housing properties, delivering best in class commercial acumen, customer service and satisfying all safety, quality and cost control standards.

Our project in Islington is a very different and exciting project in comparison to other projects; We only complete planed capital investment works spending between 20-25million a year on all repairs from new roofs on building blokes, redecorating the entire estate and replacing communal areas. Any planned improvement works; we will complete.

Role Criteria:

• ONC/D in Construction, Quantity Surveying or Estimating
• Experience and proven track record as QS in commercial environment.
• Experience in social housing sector
• Experience as a line manager within a commercial environment.
• Experience of partnership/alliance/ collaborative working.
• Experience of handling multiple tasks in a high volume, rapidly changing environment.
• Demonstrate previous hands on experience at Senior Management level.
• Financially literate with a track record of working in a Financial environment with accounting experience
• Must be able to influence, negotiate, drive change, effectively challenge and communicate at all levels
• Proactive results driven mind-set.
• Detailed understanding of financial processes and the cost drivers of a business in a growth phase

Benefits we can offer you:   

• Friendly and flexible working environment 
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% on coffee, weekly groceries, holidays, the list is endless 
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.  
• Access to employee support and wellbeing services
• Mears offer a company pension, life insurance and share scheme
• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment 
• Use and access to the latest technology. 

We are proud to be on the list of the Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work For, and on the Social Mobility Index of the top 75 employers in the UK for our commitment to social mobility.

So that’s the role, what we are looking for and what we have to offer, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you; apply below or to discuss your application further; contact Laura Bourne on [email protected]

Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks either before or upon commencement of employment.

We are also a Forces Friendly employer and an ERS Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award holder.