Spec Home Manager

**Spec Manager**
- **Join Arden Homes part of the national residential builder NEX Building Group**:

- **Lead and manage the specification process across all residential projects**:

- **Scoresby location**

Arden Homes was established in 2010 and has built a reputation as being Victoria’s leading builder of all-electric and solar powered homes. Our homes have won some of the most prestigious awards from industry bodies and associations across Australia including the most demanding design categories. We create individual, innovative, and intelligent homes that stand out from the crowd and stand the test of time.

We are proud to belong to the NEX Building Group, a diverse and expanding organisation with over 1300 passionate employees whose purpose is to build beautiful homes for Australians. Established in 1987 and continuing to evolve both organically and through acquisition, we are well positioned for growth and committed to achieving our vision of being Australia’s leading home building group.

Building new homes and better futures for Australians is a true honour and so rewarding. Here are some other rewards and benefits we offer our employees.

**Our perks and benefits**

We believe that our employee community is a key strength of our organisation, and we aim to attract the best talent to achieve our strategic goal of being Australia’s leading residential builder and employer of choice in our sector. We are committed to taking care of our employees, that’s why we offer a range of benefits including:

- Discount on building a new home through our building brands (after qualifying period)
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer and 4 weeks paid for secondary carer
- Discounted health insurance through nib
- Discounts on whitegoods
- Fitness Passport
- Employee assistance program
- Flu vaccinations
- Professional development and educational assistance
- Attractive remuneration
- And so much more

**About the opportunity**

The Spec Manager is part of the Arden Homes sales team and reports to the CEO. The key focus of this role is to lead and manage the specification process across all residential projects, ensuring delivery of high quality, cost-effective and buildable selections that align to customer expectations and business objectives. More specifically, you will:

- Develop and manage the operations of specification management, ensuring efficient workflow and accurate documentation, ensuring pipeline is secured for proceeding financial year's budget
- Strategically partner and maintain strong relationships with land developers, vendors, suppliers and council authorities.
- Conduct regular one on one meetings with team members to establish goals and performance and provide feedback
- Manage relationships with key stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful project outcomes
- Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies
- Conduct regular analyses and reporting on performance whilst seeking opportunities for continuous improvement and business growth.

**About you**

You will share a passion for our purpose and be aligned to our core values; better together, be accountable, people matter and think bigger. In addition, you will:

- Experience leading teams within the residential construction industry
- Solid working knowledge of building and construction regulations and process
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- A collaborative mindset with the ability to influence and negotiate
- Ability to drive innovative solutions that align with long term business goals
- Model the organisation’s values

**Interested?**
- Our Talent Acquisition Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. NEX Building Group and its brands are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes._