Property Commercial Administrator

Property Commercial Administrator

Location: Asda House

Employment Type: Full time, Permanent

Hours per Week: 37.5

Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits

Category: Contract Management and Estimating

Closing Date: 10 September 2026

About Asda

We are a values-led organisation that encourages 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

About the Role

As a Property Commercial Administrator, 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.

Key Responsibilities

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

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

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

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

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

What We're Looking For

• 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

Working Arrangements

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.

Benefits Package

• Hybrid and flexible working
• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• Minimum 24 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays
• 4 weekly pay – which means you get an extra payday a year
• 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
• Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions
• Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - with extra discounts running throughout the year (saving colleagues an average of £700 a year)
• Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes
• Free city centre parking – you can also use it outside working hours
• 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

Our Commitment

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.

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.