Land Manager

About the role

We are seeking a Land Manager to join our team within Vistry Manchester & Cheshire East at our Warrington office. The role involves identifying, appraising, and submitting offers to acquire land opportunities to meet business requirements, including growth plans and margin improvement, while enhancing the company's reputation in the marketplace.

Responsibilities

• Identify and appraise new residential land opportunities for open market sale, private rent, and affordable housing in line with the partnerships approach and business plan.
• Develop a detailed knowledge of development opportunities and competitor activity within the region to propose acquisition strategies with strong commercial acumen and present development opportunities to senior colleagues for approval.
• Work with colleagues in the development team to formulate and manage offers and coordinate early technical investigations required to formulate land bids.
• Work closely with Development and Sales colleagues to seek supporting information where necessary and monitor site progress through to offer acceptance.
• Implement all internal procedures including providing accurate and articulate reports in line with governance/procedural requirements.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with local authorities, national and local agents, landowners, and promoters in pursuit of opportunities for the company.
• Represent the business in a professional and credible manner and build excellent working relationships across the sector in order to promote Vistry Partnerships and gain positive exposure for the business.
• Drive the development agenda forward and ensure our offering is competitive and credible.
• Build a pipeline landbank through the acquisition of circa 250 homes per annum based on a strong margin and advantageous deal structure and cashflow.
• Ensure familiarity with the Group’s Health, Safety and Environmental policies.

Requirements

Minimum of Degree standard or with suitable alternative experience. Experience and demonstrable track record in successful land acquisition, utilising of a range of structures and proposals. Understands the residential planning environment and has led projects through the planning process. Commercially astute and credible in a highly competitive environment. Skilled in appraising land opportunities. Organised and methodical, with good attention to detail. Highly numerate with the ability to undertake residual valuations for land appraisals and undertake comparable sales valuations. Highly literate able to understand and interpret complex legal documentation. Able to work under own initiative, having good decision making skills and a keen sense of responsibility. Able to operate successfully in a corporate environment. Persuasive and strong negotiation skills. Professional manner commensurate with delivering business development and promoting the business. Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it.

Qualifications

Desirable: Ideally a member of a professional body, e.g. RICS qualified. Experience of joint ventures.

Skills

• Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality.
• Commercially astute and credible in a highly competitive environment.
• Skilled in appraising land opportunities.
• Organised and methodical, with good attention to detail.
• Highly numerate with the ability to undertake residual valuations for land appraisals and undertake comparable sales valuations.
• Highly literate able to understand and interpret complex legal documentation.
• Able to work under own initiative, having good decision making skills and a keen sense of responsibility.
• Able to operate successfully in a corporate environment.
• Persuasive and strong negotiation skills.
• Professional manner commensurate with delivering business development and promoting the business.
• Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it.

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary and annual bonus.
• Company car, car allowance or travel allowance.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees.
• Up to 39 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• 2 Volunteering days per annum.
• Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice.
• Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary.
• Share save and share incentive schemes.
• Christmas company shutdown.
• Employee rewards portal with many more benefits.