Land Buyer in Manchester - CV-Library

Our Land Buyer play a critical role in the overall success of the business, and we'll ensure you have all the tools needed to be successful. You can be expected to be trusted, respected, and supported in your career with us.

Our in-house team of experts, which include Architects, Planners, Technical, Legal, Commercial and Construction teams, enable you to create offers efficiently and effectively, drawing from their wealth of experience and specialist knowledge. Our Colleagues, including Senior Management, are very much land focused and work together towards our aligned goals.

In this a fast-moving and all-encompassing role, you will be responsible for the full life cycle of land buying, including:
* Investigating opportunities through an extensive network of contacts
* Identifying sites directly through your own efforts of targeted marketing
* Desktop research, data analysis and utilising Land Insight
* We believe there is nothing better than seeing something for yourself to appreciate which sites will meet our customer's needs, so we would want you to visit your target towns in person
* Carrying out site appraisals, creating reports and proposals
* Managing the offer and negotiation process

Working with your Land Director and wider team to help formulate the land acquisition strategy for the division.

About you

We are looking for motivated, ambitious, and proactive people to join us at this exciting time. You'll have a genuine passion for land acquisition and development, and be keen to build your skills, knowledge, and experience.

You'll have previous Land Buying experience within the property sector, but this does not need to be within residential, as many of our successful Land Buyers have joined us with a background in land acquisition from the commercial, retail and hospitality sectors. We also have Colleagues who joined us directly from Property and Land Agencies.

There are a range of roles within the Land teams but what everyone here has in common is an unwavering passion for their work, dedication, self-motivation, and a hunger for success.

This is supported by a strong desire and support from the Executive Directors to secure good quality sites for our developments.

We are looking for people who are confident and competent drivers, with a valid UK drivers' licence as you'll be spending a large proportion of your time out of the office.

How you'll be rewarded
* We offer an attractive commission scheme, which rewards you for each site you secure, with "top-ups" for enhanced deals, (all paid upon exchange) in addition to a team bonus scheme
* Competitive basic salary, which is reviewed annually
* Company car or cash for car allowance
* Ongoing investment into your personal development with the opportunity to achieve professional qualifications
* Career progression that is tailored to your goals
* Plus we offer other benefits, which include; 24 days holiday plus a day off for your birthday, Private medical, Group Personal Pension Plan, Life Assurance and Health Screening
* Colleague wellbeing programmes and initiatives, including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
* We are a socially responsible company with our own Charitable Foundation who offer a fund matching programme for Colleagues

About us

Our client is a leading Resdiential Developer