Are you an experienced Cost Manager, seeking a new permanent career move? My client has an immediate opportunity for a Cost Manager to lead on commercial negotiations of all new and existing homes contracts. The successful applicant will contribute to the overall Asset Management function including the delivery of the corporate and assets strategy to ensure organisational service direction and strategic objective targets are met. Responsibilities Lead on the management of cost control, reviewing multiple national contracts and projects circa 30m p/a, in order to influence and drive commercial change in efficient delivery. Monitor contract / project costs and make recommendations on removing / preventing waste and better, more economical ways of delivering contract services and projects, including real digital innovation. Lead on cost benchmarking/development, proactively challenging through value engineering and effective project reviews for national contracts and projects. Contribute to the development of long-term strategic relationships with our key partners to create shared value. Act as Homes lead on new contract negotiations with Procurement to add value and drive efficiencies through intelligent, creative and strategic procurement. Support Operations colleagues with the valuation of contract variations and claims Support the procurement team with commercial and contractual issues Support delivery team with contractual performance issues Lead on the building and ..... full job details .....