New Homes Manager

New Homes Manager

This role will sit within the Land and New Homes Department reporting to Head of Land and New Homes. The candidate will be meticulous, highly professional and experienced with a thorough understanding of the Land and New Homes market.

About the Role

The New Homes Manager will be responsible for:

• Managing and maximising successful and long-lasting business relationships with existing and new clients, providing an excellent service overseeing all new developments.
• Maintaining regular contact with existing and new clients, providing quality client care, marketing updates and feedback on our new developments, noting all correspondence and communications on the RPS database.
• Identifying new development business opportunities and making contact with the developers to arrange meetings.
• Pitching to developer clients and funders to win new business.
• Responding swiftly to branch referrals and working closely with the Land team to identify and pursue new business opportunities.
• Providing pricing proposals and researching suitable comparable evidence to support the advice given.
• Working proactively with branches that hold new development stock on local marketing strategies which will generate leads and drive viewings.
• Managing online portal displays to ensure our listings are professionally presented, eye catching and regularly updated.
• Arranging, and conducting viewings.
• Qualifying and negotiating offers.
• Consistently meeting and exceeding weekly and monthly targets for new listings, agreed sales, and exchanges.
• Carrying out necessary AML processes and maintaining full compliance to the company standard.
• Building effective and productive relationships across the whole branch network
• Working collaboratively across all departments and referring business as appropriate.

Skills and experience:

The New Homes Manager will have the following attributes:

• Previous experience in New Homes with a proven track record of success.
• Suitable knowledge of the legislation and regulations relevant to New Homes.
• Self-motivated and results driven.
• Clear and concise communication skills.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills.
• A professional, ambitious, and enthusiastic approach with a desire to grow the department.
• The ability to work on your own as well as in a team.
• The ability to build rapport and develop long standing relationships.
• The capability of working effectively to deadlines, under pressure and in a fast-changing environment
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Full and clean driving licence
• Experience in Microsoft Office suite, Outlook and LandInsight or similar.

Why join us?

When you join the John D Wood & Co. we will train, develop and support you to become the best you can possibly be. We offer new starter induction programs, which provide a mixture of classroom, on the job and online training.

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 23 days increasing to 30 (length of service depending)
• The opportunity to work for one of Englands’ oldest estate agencies known for delivering excellent customer service.
• Team recognition and awards
• Our very popular internal social committee connecting colleagues through sport and other social fun events.
• You will also be entitled to our award winning `Perks at Work` discount scheme offering staff along with their family & friends excellent discounted property services