Commercial Manager

Focus Resourcing; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT delivery company in Cardiff is seeking a Commercial Manager to lead pricing and contract management initiatives. The successful candidate will drive future services and ensure profitability through strong analytical skills and experience in tendering. Join a dynamic and supportive team with excellent benefits including private medical insurance and generous holiday.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Pension scheme

23 days holiday plus bank holidays

Free on-site parking

Life cover (4 x basic salary)

Group income protection

Working in bright, modern offices

Friendly team

Excellent reward & recognition scheme

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Strong experience in pricing for commercial projects/contracts within the IT field.
• Experience in delivering successful tender & bids activities.
• Ability to create pricing models for contract sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Lead on pricing / tendering for new and existing business.
• Support the Commercial Director with contract management.
• Draft contracts from first stage through to conclusion of the bid process.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numerical skills

Communication skills

Commercial acumen

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our highly successful client in Cardiff as Commercial Manager.

We are seeking someone with strong experience in pricing, finance, contract management and management of tenders/bids; to drive the company's continued expansion into future services and to deliver continued success to existing customers.

The company are a highly successful IT delivery company with over 30 years' experience delivering IT solutions to a diverse range of customers on a national scale.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead on pricing / tendering for new and existing business and co-ordinate the bid process.
• Support the Commercial Director with contract management and governance of new and existing relationships.
• Create pricing models that provide detailed insight for profitable business proposals.
• Liaise and collaborate internally with senior account management and business development teams.
• Draft contracts and addenda from first stage through to conclusion of the bid process.
• Lead the delivery of new and existing commercial agreements to balance risk and to ensure that all T&Cs are incorporated into all associated collateral.
• Analysis of contract profitability to ensure that budget expectations, margin improvement and revenue growth is achieved.

What we're looking for:

• Excellent communication skills to successfully build and maintain relationships.
• Highly developed analytical, numerical and evaluation skills - ability to turn the challenges faced by customers into deliverable services.
• Knowledge of drafting contracts.
• Experience of pricing for commercial projects/contracts within the IT field.
• Strong experience of delivering successful tender & bids activities.
• High level of commercial acumen and a drive to always improve processes.
• Ability to create pricing models to ensure contract profitability and sustainability.
• Experience within an IT managed service provider environment.

Salary & Benefits:

• Salary will be between 50-55k depending on experience.
• Private Medical Insurance delivered through BUPA
• Pension scheme.
• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Free on-site parking.
• Life cover (4 x basic salary).
• Group income protection.
• Working in a bright, modern offices.
• Friendly, outgoing, and supportive team.
• Excellent reward & recognition scheme.
• Discounted gym membership.

If you feel you have the experience and drive to succeed in this key role, apply today! We expect to fill this role quickly, so don't delay and apply today - we'd love to hear from you!