Job Description

Do you have strong administrative and organisational skills, excellent attention to detail and experience working with suppliers, subcontractors or within the construction industry?

We’re recruiting a Commercial Coordinator to join a busy Commercial team within a housebuilding environment.

You’ll provide responsive and professional administrative support across the Commercial function, taking ownership of key tasks, coordinating information between internal and external stakeholders and ensuring commercial processes, reporting and deadlines are managed accurately.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide professional administrative and coordination support across the Commercial department
• Independently manage and deliver agreed commercial tasks, reporting and information
• Liaise with internal teams to ensure information is received accurately and within agreed deadlines
• Act as a key point of contact between the Commercial team, suppliers and subcontractors
• Coordinate the flow of information between internal and external parties, resolving issues and escalating where required
• Work closely with regional project teams and other departments to provide effective Commercial support
• Manage project timelines, ensuring information is received, checked and distributed appropriately
• Audit information for quality, accuracy and completeness before distribution
• Support the Commercial team with key reporting and administrative tasks, including cashflow, RAMS trackers, performance reviews and stock on site
• Maintain contractor and supplier databases
• Support tender analysis and pre-tender meeting preparation
• Monitor and follow up cost report actions
• Support the management and recording of sales extras
• Assist with KPI reporting and commercial compliance
• Support CIS and VAT compliance activities
• Provide ongoing support to suppliers and subcontractors as a key point of contact
• Complete site-specific commercial administration where required
• Upload payments and information onto COINS
• Assist with site progress reports
• Raise and update procurement orders
• Deal with subcontract account queries and ensure issues are followed through to resolution
• Manage the regional Commercial inbox and ensure queries are dealt with promptly
• Challenge and clarify information where required to ensure commercial processes and policies are followed
• Support the wider Commercial team with additional tasks as required

What We’re Looking For

• Previous experience within an administrative, coordination or commercial support role
• Experience working with suppliers and subcontractors
• Previous administration experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail
• Good IT skills, including Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work accurately to deadlines
• Comfortable working at pace within a busy environment
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and respond positively to new tasks
• Confident working independently and using your own initiative
• Ability to work effectively as part of a wider team
• Professional and approachable manner
• Full clean UK driving licence – essential

Desirable:

• Good working knowledge of the housebuilding or construction industry
• Experience working within a Commercial department
• Experience using COINS or other accounting/commercial software
• Experience working with subcontractor accounts, procurement or commercial reporting

The Details

• Location: Tyne & Wear / 1 day(s) WFH 
• Role Type: Full-time
• Department: Commercial
• Driving Licence: Full clean UK driving licence – essential
• Salary: up to £32,000 DOE 
• Industry: Housebuilding / Construction

If you have strong administration and coordination skills and are looking for an opportunity to develop your career within a busy Commercial team, we’d love to hear from you.

For this position Elvet Recruitment Limited will be acting as an employment agency for permanent and temporary recruitment on behalf of our client.

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Please call Heather Sweetman at Elvet Recruitment to discuss this opportunity in more detail.