Vacancy: Land Buyer / Land Manager
THIS VACANCY HAS NOW BEEN FILLED
We’re seeking an outstanding Land Manager with big ambitions to take charge of our land buying activities, grow our pipeline of sites, and share in the rewards.
Location:
Knowle, Solihull
Role Description:
Reporting to the Managing Director, and based out of our high quality offices in the centre of Knowle, Solihull, you will be a key member of the management team. You will be responsible for securing new development opportunities within our target geography of the West Midlands and surrounding counties, and growing a rolling pipeline of sites under contract in support of the company’s strategy and ambitious growth plans. The role will include identification of potential opportunities, appraisals, negotiations, due diligence, through to point of purchase and obtaining required planning consent.
Experience & Skills Required:
To succeed in this role experience is essential. You will need to demonstrate a track record of successfully buying profitable sites. You’ll need to be self motivated, highly driven and have outstanding interpersonal skills and solid business acumen, specifically in residential property development, with detailed experience and knowledge of land appraisal. You will also ideally be well connected in the West Midlands property sector, with a good network of contacts that you can leverage to source and progress opportunities.
Why Wonderful Homes:
Launched in March 2012, Wonderful Homes is an award winning house builder that has enjoyed consistent profitable growth through successfully delivering developments including starter and luxury homes for open market sale, and land, design & build packages for Housing Associations. As a result of this success we have have significant own funds available to buy sites, we have development lenders that are keen to fund our projects, and we have a current pipeline of Housing Association Land, Design & Build projects worth £30m. We are therefore well placed to scale up our operation and grow the business significantly over the coming years. We have ambitious growth plans and intend to become a leading regional house builder.
We are therefore able to offer the successful candidate the exciting and fairly unique opportunity of joining an established business early in it’s growth phase, as a member of the senior management team, and being part of what we are sure will be an extremely rewarding journey ahead with opportunity for career progression and significant financial reward.
Working Hours:
This is a full time position, that will require flexibility in the days and hours worked in order to meet landowners, often outside of normal working hours, and perform the tasks required to achieve the results expected.
Remuneration:
The successful candidate will enjoy an exceptional remuneration package designed to reward success. The package will also include the opportunity to grow and share in the success of the business as a key member of the management team, with the opportunity for career progression onto the board and enjoy an equity stake in the future.
Start Date:
We want to fill this position by Q4 2020/ Q1 2021 and accept that we may have to wait for the right person to work a notice period with their current employer.
How to apply:
To apply simply call our 24hr automated recruitment line on 0121 228 2218 to register your details. We will then call you back to follow up, typically the next working day.
Recruitment Agents:
We’re not currently considering candidates put forward by recruitment agents for this position. We have nothing against recruitment agents, we just find that the very best candidates don’t need to use agents and will use their own initiative and skills to find us and apply to us directly.