Commercial Specialist

Cromwell; Wigston; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Enhanced pension

Private Medical Insurance

22 days annual leave + Bank Holidays

Maternity & Paternity pay

Healthcare Cash Plan

EAP

Job summary

Cromwell is seeking a Commercial Specialist to support pricing strategy, deliver accurate pricing, and provide commercially focused recommendations that drive profitable growth. You will collaborate with Category, Marketing and Customer Account Management to ensure pricing remains competitive and aligned with customer needs.

You'll analyse pricing data, support RFQs and tenders, maintain competitor pricing, and identify opportunities to improve processes.

Qualifications

• Experience within a commercial support, pricing or analytical role.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced Microsoft Excel capability.
• Commercial awareness with an understanding of pricing strategies and profitability.
• Excellent attention to detail and a process-driven approach.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with SQL, Python or other analytical tools would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer, website and campaign pricing, ensuring accuracy and alignment with commercial strategy.
• Analyse pricing data and provide recommendations that support profitability and customer competitiveness.
• Support customer RFQs, bids and tenders by developing commercially sound pricing proposals.
• Collaborate with Category and Marketing teams to deliver pricing reviews and promotional activity.
• Maintain competitor pricing and product matching data to support informed commercial decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve pricing processes, governance and overall commercial performance.

Skills

Pricing analysis

Excel

SQL

Python

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Excel

Pricing software

Job description

As our new Commercial Specialist, you'll play a key role in supporting Cromwell's commercial strategy by delivering accurate pricing, insightful analysis and commercially focused recommendations that help drive profitable growth. You'll ensure our pricing remains competitive, consistent and aligned to customer and business needs, while supporting bids, tenders and pricing decisions across the organisation.

Working closely with Category, Marketing and Customer Account Management teams, you'll use data to influence commercial decisions, optimise pricing strategies and identify opportunities to improve profitability. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong analytical skills who enjoys solving problems, working collaboratively and making a tangible impact on business performance.

Some of your key responsibilities:

• Manage customer, website and campaign pricing, ensuring accuracy and alignment with commercial strategy.
• Analyse pricing data and provide recommendations that support profitability and customer competitiveness.
• Support customer RFQs, bids and tenders by developing commercially sound pricing proposals.
• Collaborate with Category and Marketing teams to deliver pricing reviews and promotional activity.
• Maintain competitor pricing and product matching data to support informed commercial decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve pricing processes, governance and overall commercial performance.

What do I need to be successful in this role?

• Experience within a commercial support, pricing or analytical role.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced Microsoft Excel capability.
• Commercial awareness with an understanding of pricing strategies and profitability.
• Excellent attention to detail and a process-driven approach.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with SQL, Python or other analytical tools would be advantageous.

What's in it for me?

• A competitive salary alongside inclusion into our company bonus scheme. Our Cromwell Incentive Plan reinforces our key principle of winning as one team and sharing in our success.
• Enhanced employer pension contribution.
• Our Private Medical Insurance offers eligible team members the ability to access a broad range of treatments quickly when they need it the most.
• 22 days annual leave entitlement plus Bank Holidays. We also offer the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave should you need a little extra time.
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay to support you and your family during life's important moments.
• A company-funded Healthcare Cash Plan, giving you access to everyday healthcare benefits.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), providing confidential support whenever you need it.

Who are Cromwell?

No matter where you are in your career – or where you want to be – we're here to create a great place to work where you can grow, perform and love what you do. At Cromwell, we're all individuals with unique backgrounds and personalities, but we have one thing in common: delivering exceptional service for our customers. And we do this through our purpose of Keeping Industry Working.

Cromwell has been established for over 50 years and is one of the UK's leading suppliers of industrial tools, maintenance, repair and operational products. We provide our customers with an unrivalled range of products and technical expertise, helping businesses across a wide range of industries operate safely, efficiently and effectively.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our aim is to create an environment that is welcoming to all people and ensures we treat each other and our customers with respect. We value different perspectives, encourage innovation and create a workplace where everyone feels able to contribute, develop and succeed.