Commercial Manager

Job Title: Commercial Manager Location: Kent and surrounding areas (travel required) Salary: Neg About the Role My well established client is seeking an experienced Commercial Manager to oversee the commercial management of their long-term TAC 1 delivering responsive repairs, voids, compliance works, and planned investment programmes for their client This role will be responsible for driving cost control, value optimisation, and quality assurance across a diverse social housing portfolio. The successful candidate will ensure commercial governance, subcontractor compliance, and alignment with the companys financial and strategic objectives. Reporting directly to the Managing Director, the Commercial Manager will play a key role in protecting commercial performance and supporting long-term partnership delivery. Key Responsibilities Maintain a detailed understanding of contract terms, order procedures, and KPI frameworks. Manage commercial risk through maintaining the contract risk register and issuing early warning notices where appropriate. Monitor actual costs against target and cumulative budgets on a monthly basis. Analyse repair cost trends and basket pricing performance to identify potential cost drift. Manage commercial performance across responsive repairs, voids, and planned works programmes. Price and agree variations, maintain the change register, and assess entitlement for extensions of time. Protect the companys position when works are instructed prior to ..... full job details .....