Property Commercial Administrator

Job Title

Property Commercial Administrator

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Contract Management and Estimating

Closing Date

10 September 2026

 

Property Commercial Administrator

“Everything about Asda” 

We are a values-led organisation. As such we, encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone's input. 

Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant. 

We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do. 

“Everything you'll love.” 

• Hybrid and flexible working – everyone is looking for that work/life balance and Asda have it on point. Flexible working meaning you work where it works to meet both your needs and the business needs. 

• Discretionary bonus – Rewarding you for your hard work and efforts. 

• Company Pension Scheme matched to a limit – Looking forward to the future. 

• Minimum 24 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays – Making sure you take time for yourself and switch off. 

• 4 weekly pay – which means you get an extra payday a year. 

• Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions – Asda genuinely cares so we create a culture where our people can perform at their best, the physical health and mental wellbeing of all our people is very important to us. 

• Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - with extra discounts running throughout the year – really makes a difference, saving the colleagues an average of £700 a year. 

• Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes - we want our colleagues to excel and grow with our business. 

• Free city centre parking – you can also use it outside working hours. 

Plus, much more! 

“That's more like it.” 

“Find your role” 

As Commercial & Cost Coordinator, you will be involved in supporting the Commercial Property team in the day to day management of projects, including the management and processing of project costs, liaising with our consultants, and managing the existing and potential supply base across construction. You will also support in the governance and sign off of capital budgets. 

 

 

You Will:  

1. Cost Planning & Budget Management 

• Assist Cost Managers with budget management across multiple workstreams. 

• Coordinate cash flow forecasts from the QS team to feed into the overall financial forecast 

• Support QSs with requesting and managing accurate budget requests, order raising, and receipting. 

• Provide cost support on Trading Project Property works to ensure best value on framework rates and quotations. 

• Help to manage WIP reporting, and accruals. 

2. Commercial Operations & Supplier Management 

• Manage the allocations process, liaising with internal stakeholders with the support of the commercial managers to ensure allocation of work aligns with supplier performance, commercial objectives, and supplier strategy. 

3. Governance, Controls & Compliance 

• Provide audit and governance support to Legal and Business Controls processes. 

• Plan and coordinate with the Commercial and PMO teams to support governance submissions. 

4. Contract Administration & Commercial Support 

• Manage, coordinate, and track legal contractual submissions, including Global Agreements, Consultant Order Particulars, Letters of Contract, and Purchase Order Particulars. 

• Support the administration and monitoring of contractual documentation throughout the project lifecycle. 

• Assist with purchase order management and financial commitment tracking. 

5. Stakeholder Management & Collaboration 

• Collaborate with Property teams across multiple workstreams to support commercial objectives. 

• Build and maintain effective relationships with external construction suppliers to support project delivery. 

• Liaise with internal and external Legal teams to support contractual processes, compliance activities, and commercial governance. 

“Let's find out about you.” 

• Proven communication skills for interacting with our external supplier base  

• Excellent time management and organisational skills  

• The ability to work well as part of a team 

• To be proactive and self-motivated to ensure deadlines are delivered and risks escalated in an efficient and timely manner 

• Great interpersonal skills having a good track record of delivering great customer service.  

• The ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.   

• The ability to work cross functionally with a range of key stakeholders.  

• Excel proficient, with knowledge of SAP and advantage. 

 

 “Find your everything at Asda” - bringing brighter living within everyone's reach. 

• We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda. 

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus

• Company pension up to 7% matched

• 15% colleague discount in store and online

• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.

• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated

• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves