Commercial Manager

Leeds, Yorkshire
C W EXECUTIVE SEARCH LTD

Job Title: Commercial Manager – Industrial Services

Office Based position: 40-hour contract.

Reports to: Managing Director

Job Purpose:

The Commercial Manager is responsible for finding cost-effective deals and suppliers. The Commercial Manager’s duty is to discover the best ways to cut procurement expenses, so that the company can invest in growth and people, manage client relationships, and also identify opportunities for new contracts. The Commercial manager will work closely with both sales and operations to maximise profitability and ensure the highest level of efficiency is achieved across all projects.

Responsibilities and Duties:

– Evaluation of all quotations above 10k.- Evaluation of Tenders and bids.- Reviewing completed projects ensuring profitability is maximised.- Reviewing processes to provide continuous improvement and reduce costs where at all possible.- Client liaising when required.- Client contract agreement reviews and developments.- Financial management of projects.- Negotiating and agreeing contracts.- Analysing employee performance across projects.- Reviewing project and contract terms and conditions, mitigating risk.

Experience & Knowledge

– Previous experience and delivery in a similar role is essential.- Accustomed with all duties and responsibilities listed above.- Previous experience in a SME utility/drainage business would be highly desirable.- Conscientious and high level of attention to detail.- Commercially astute.- Able to recommend efficiency improvements in the Company.- Strong Management Skills.- Minimum of 5 years operating In a similar role.- I.T Competent; Excel, Word, SAGE, and Big Change.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Professional Qualities

– Relevant experience and knowledge of relevant sector industries.- Strong commercial acumen with ability to evaluate business opportunities.- Effective leadership, people management skills and ability to work effectively in teams.- Self-directed and ability to think and operate independently.- Industrial Services operations.- Tender/bid preparation.

Essential Personal Qualities

– Negotiating Skills.- Customer Orientated.- Project Management.- IT Skills especially Microsoft office Word, Excel, Outlook.- High standard of written and spoken English for presentation of tenders.- Team player.- Effective communicator.- Flexible.- Hardworking.- Career driven.- Hungry and ambitious.- Highly tenacious.- Self-motivated.

If you are not contacted by a CW Executive Search consultant within 14 days of application you have unfortunately been unsuccessful.