Head of Commercial/Strategic Cost Management

Head of Commercial/Strategic Cost Management

Cost and Commercial Management

Eltham Hill, London SE9 5DY, UK

Overview

Head of Commercial/Strategic Cost Management

Date posted: August 05, 2026

Permanent

Full-time

Hybrid

Job Title: Head of Commercial/Strategic Cost Management

Location: Eltham

Baily Garner LLP Strategic Cost Management Social Housing Leadership Opportunity

Are you a leader in the Quantity Surveying/ Cost Management profession looking to shape the future of commercial consultancy within the social housing sector and beyond.

Who are Baily Garner?

With nearly 50 years of experience, Baily Garner LLP is a leading multidisciplinary construction consultancy with over 300 employees and offices in Eltham, Manchester, and Birmingham-delivering national coverage. We provide a full suite of services including Architecture, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, M&E Engineering, Sustainability Consulting, and more.

Our purpose is positively impact people's lives. We achieve this by delivering exceptional service and creating opportunities that make a real difference-for our clients, end users, our people, and the planet.

Baily Garner LLP, owner of 4i Solutions, is seeking an exceptional Head of Commercial to lead and grow our Commercial & Strategic Cost Management service line, delivering strategic advice to housing associations, local authorities, public sector clients, their Partners and Supply Chains across the UK.

The Opportunity

• This is a high-profile leadership role that combines:
• Strategic commercial leadership and provision of innovative commercial solutions to sector challenges
• Team development and mentoring
• Senior client relationship management
• Business growth and innovation
• Technical excellence in cost management and commercial assurance

You will lead our Commercial/Strategic Cost Management service, acting as a trusted adviser to clients and their Partners on:

• Partnering and collaborative contracts
• Procurement and commercial governance
• Risk and value-for-money assessments
• Contract administration and commercial decision-making
• Major housing investment, regeneration, repairs and asset management programmes

What We're Looking For

• We are interested in experienced commercial leaders with:
• An excellent communicator and leader
• A Quantity Surveying or Cost Management background
• Significant leadership experience within consultancy, client-side, contractor or public sector environments
• Extensive knowledge of target cost and open-book commercial models
• Strong social housing sector experience
• A proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders
• Experience leading, mentoring and developing high-performing teams

Why Join Baily Garner & 4i?

At Baily Garner we believe that transparency, collaboration and innovation deliver better outcomes for our clients and communities. We are a progressive multidisciplinary consultancy with a strong reputation across the housing sector and an ambitious growth strategy.

You'll join a business that values:

• Ethical decision-making
• Collaboration and knowledge sharing
• Commercial thinking
• Quality and continuous improvement

What You'll Do

• Lead and develop a growing team of Commercial and Cost Management professionals.
• Engage significantly with our Independent Partnering Advisors and People & Culture pillars
• Drive service innovation and best practice across the business.
• Act as the senior commercial lead on key client commissions.
• Support strategic business development and client retention.
• Influence major investment decisions affecting thousands of homes across the UK.
• Support business growth aspirations to develop opportunity outside the social housing sector, in collaboration with other group's within Bail Garner

We offer a competitive package with fantastic career development opportunities, including:

• Flexible working hours (choice of start and finish times based around a 7 hour working day, core hours between 10am-4.1pm) 35 hours per week
• Hybrid working (potential to work from office and home)
• Medicash health plan (money back on your dental, optical, physio appointments and more)
• Life assurance cover (four times annual salary) for all colleagues.
• In-house mental health first aiders
• Pay reviews twice a year
• Annual leave + bank holidays
• Birthday leave
• Buy/sell annual leave
• Long-service leave
• Scottish Widows pension and salary sacrifice (4.5% contribution matched)
• Sponsorship of professional fees
• 2 paid corporate social responsibility days

Baily Garner LLP are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity/paternity needs.

We are committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage, please let us know.

Example: If you need additional time for assessments, require materials in an alternative format, or need a different interview setting, please inform us, and we will make the necessary arrangements.