Sales Director - Nottingham

Competitive Salary & Discretionary Performance Bonus & Company Car Plan/Cash Allowance & Holidays (Buy, Sell and Accrual Scheme) & Company Pension & Private Healthcare & Life Assurance & Benefits

With lots of exciting plans in the pipeline, there's never been a better time to join Avant Homes, let us tell you why

Avant Homes is a housebuilder operating in Scotland, the North East of England, across Yorkshire and the East and West Midlands.

We are continuing to strengthen our teams and are looking for passionate individuals who want to make a real contribution. Our mission is to provide affordable homes to our communities, ensuring that new homes are accessible and attainable for all with a product suitable for everyone.

Avant Homes are proud to employ local people across our developments and within our regional offices, teamwork is key to everything that we do.

If you want to be part of something special, why not start the foundations and build your career with us today?

Due to continued success and future business growth, we have an exciting opportunity for a Sales Director to join our team based at our East Midlands head office in Nottingham.

The Role

Are you an experienced new build Sales Director looking for your next role with a growing housebuilder?

Do you aspire to lead a high performing sales team, with a focus on selling quality yet affordable homes?

If the answer is yes, then look no further, your next career could be with us!

Joining our team as Sales Director, you will be responsible for leading, developing and driving the regional sales performance, along with the effective leadership and management of the wider sales team.

Reporting to the Managing Director, this is an exciting opportunity for a commercially driven high performing individual to join our established East Midlands business.

Key duties and requirements

You will also be responsible for but not limited to;

• Providing leadership to the sales department, ensuring the effective management, compliance, control and deployment of the team, promoting a customer focused culture at all times.
• Overall responsibility of quarterly and annual sales, reservations, exchange and completion targets, turnover revenues and profitability budgets and forecasts.
• Formulating site sales strategies, sales release programmes, advertising and pricing strategies for each development with a key focus on cost management.
• Providing key status reports and updates on all KPI's relating to the function.
• Overseeing new site launches and site completions, ensuring they are managed proactively and effectively.
• Relationship management with internal departments such as Land and Construction, to ensure an effective cross team collaboration.
• As a key member of the regional board, work proactively and effectively as a part of the senior management team ensuring a 'whole company' perspective is adopted in relation to the performance and profitability of the East Midlands business.
• Overseeing the working partnerships of management companies, third party providers and suppliers.
• Actively managing communications with both internal and external stakeholders, in order to achieve the regional business plan.
• Undertaking regular and productive planning and programme performance review meetings.
• At all times comply with responsibilities under the Company's Health & Safety and Environmental and Corporate Responsibility Policies.

Who are we looking for?

To be successful as our Sales Director, you will either be an established Sales Director or an experienced Head of Sales level looking for you next move to a quality driven business. You will possess excellent team management, leadership and coaching skills, along with a key focus on a high target sales driven performance.

Experience of working within a senior sales leadership role for a new homes developer previously, is essential.

To be considered for this role you must also possess:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• A detailed understanding of sales and marketing activity.
• A key focus on customer experience.
• People management and coaching skills
• Strong influencing skills.
• Knowledge of the property market and competitor activity.
• Broad awareness of the codes of practice that impact on sales and marketing matters.
• An understanding of the Avant product.
• A full UK driving licence.

What will you get in return?

• Discretionary bonus
• Company car plan/cash allowance
• Buy, sell and accrual holiday scheme
• Private Health care
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Other Benefits including our exclusive Avant discount platform

If this sounds like you, join us and be a part of Avant's future success!

Please note: we reserve the right to fill this vacancy and/or remove this advert prior to the vacancy end date.

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