Commercial Manager

A specialist engineering business delivering complex manufactured components and technical solutions for demanding industrial environments including Global OEM and Tier 1 customers. The company partners closely with clients to solve complex operational challenges where precision, reliability, and durability are critical. With a strong reputation for technical expertise and quality, it supports projects that require exacting standards and long-term performance.

Info about what the Commercial / Pricing Manager role entails

Standalone customer facing role with a focus on commercial negotiations as opposed to a focus on financial / data analysis. The suitable candidate will be comfortable visiting customers, negotiating long terms agreements with customers and suppliers.

• 1/3 reviewing contracts & scenarios for different customer margins and scenarios
• 1/3 is price agreements.
• 1/3 is working with multi-national customers on fixed contracts (2,3,4,5 years)

Essential Requirements of the Commercial Manager / Pricing Manager

• Degree qualified or professional qualification or part-qualification in a relevant area
• Experience in contract management and face to face negotiations – Negotiations include annual price changes, pricing reviews, contractual price changes and tiered pricing.
• Exposure to supplier contract management and supply chain risk mitigation. Able to negotiate with suppliers and flow through supply chain.
• An understanding how the big corporations / multinational do buying and negotiations - experience working with large multinational OEM procurement teams
• Comfortable visiting customers, developing relationships and maximising business opportunities.

Non-Essential requirements of the Commercial / Pricing Manager

• A process approach, creating, approving, maintaining processes
• Risk management experience.

Benefits

• 24 days holiday + bank holidays
• Dental treatment
• Optical care (glasses, contact lenses, eye tests)
• Physiotherapy
• Prescriptions
• Health screenings and wellbeing services
• Group Life Assurance Scheme with death in service 6 times salary
• Pension employee 3%, employer 7%

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