Contracts Progressor

Job Title: Sales Progressor

Location: Peterborough, PE2 

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Sales Progressor and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

We’re one of the UK’s largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.

At Persimmon, we don’t just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Sales Progressor, you’ll benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• Bonus
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Healthcare
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Sales Progressor to join the Sales Team. The purpose of this role is to ensure sales targets are met through the administration of the sales progression of plots from reservation to completion.

What you’ll do as a Sales Progressor

• Manage communication and administration associated with sales transactions, including liaising with Solicitors, Estate Agents and New Homes Mortgage Advisers to ensure exchange takes place in 42 days
• Update and maintain the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to log the customer journey and facilitate timely and accurate management information
• Work cohesively with other departments across the Operating Company such as Construction, Commercial and Legal to ensure achievement of completion targets and timely updates relating to plot progress
• Complete weekly sales reports, sales progress reports and other company reporting
• Assisting the Sales team in progressing sales, completing the sales tracker and ensuring all chain information is up to date

What experience do I need?

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proven track record of sales progression and new build reporting
• A good understanding of Microsoft Package, including Excel and Word
• Experience within the housing industry is a must
• Commercially astute with a good understanding of the market
• Able to build relationships across functions, internally and externally