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

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.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced new build Sales Director to join our team based at our East Midlands head office in Nottingham. The role involves leading, developing, and driving the regional sales performance and managing the wider sales team.

Key duties and requirements

• Providing leadership to the sales department, ensuring effective management, compliance, control and deployment of the team, promoting a customer focused culture.
• Overall responsibility for 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 effective cross‑team collaboration.
• As a key member of the regional board, working proactively and effectively as part of the senior management team, ensuring a whole company perspective on 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 to achieve the regional business plan.
• Undertaking regular and productive planning and programme performance review meetings.
• Complying with the Company’s Health & Safety and Environmental and Corporate Responsibility Policies.

Who are we looking for?

• Established Sales Director or experienced Head of Sales level with a track record in the new homes developer sector.
• Excellent team management, leadership and coaching skills, with a strong focus on high target sales driven performance.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Detailed understanding of sales and marketing activity.
• 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.
• Understanding of the Avant product.
• 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

We reserve the right to fill this vacancy and/or remove this advert prior to the vacancy end date.