Head of Commercial

Ocado Technology; Hatfield; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ocado Technology is seeking a Head of Commercial to lead commercial success in new customer opportunities and partnerships. This role requires a blend of analytical thinking, relationship building, and strong commercial awareness, ideal for a seasoned leader in the technology sector. The position offers a hybrid working model and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

30 days ‘working from anywhere in the world’ policy

Remote working for the month of August

22 weeks paid primary carer leave

Wellbeing support through dedicated apps

25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service

Pension scheme with employer contribution matching

Generous Private Medical Insurance

Income Protection and Life Assurance

Interest-free Train Ticket loan

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in construction, engineering, manufacturing, or technology.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate complex information.
• Strong commercial awareness with financial analysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive commercial success across new customer opportunities.
• Manage deal pricing, margin determination, and risk modeling.
• Lead negotiation of contracts and manage stakeholder relationships.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Relationship building

Problem-solving

Commercial awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

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Head of Commercial | Ocado Intelligent Automation | Hatfield | Hybrid Working

About Us

Ocado is a technology-led, global software and robotics platform providing a unique end-to-end solution for customers on a global scale. As part of growing the Ocado business, we have recently announced a new mission to sell our unique ASRS (Automated Storage and Retrieval System) product to organisations operating outside of grocery e-commerce across the globe. The MHE and software is highly advanced and previously only available to grocers.

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Commercial (OSRS) to join our team. In this leadership role you will drive the commercial success of our business across new OSRS customer opportunities and integrator partnerships.

This position is ideal for an experienced leader with exceptional relationship building and influencing skills who thrives under pressure. You’ll bring a blend of analytical thinking and pragmatic solutions, leveraging your technical foundation and problem-solving skills. The role holder will have a passion for business growth, process and operational improvement, exhibits strong ownership, and quickly earns stakeholder trust.

What You Will Be Doing

• Accountable for deal or variation pricing and margin determination, sensitivity analyses, risk and opportunity modelling and associated processes. Includes to end-customer or via integrator.
• Accountable for the definition of generic commercial terms, their continuous improvement and extension to include new products and services. Includes expert knowledge of contracts for equipment purchase, software supply and ongoing maintenance and customer support contracts. Oversee the revision of said documents and associated negotiation playbooks.
• Accountable for the determination and alignment of commercial terms for specific deals or integrator partnerships (proposed by Ocado teams or potential customers/partners). Working in close collaboration with the legal team, lead the negotiation of contract amendments
• Supporting client & partner engagement / sales activity. From time to time, client & partner relationship management
• Managing risks and issues and creating effective escalations where required
• Ownership of and ensuring adherence to business and sales governance, including the co-ordination and chairing of go/no-go decision forums where responsibilities include ultimate recommendation of whether to proceed with a deal or not.
• Identifying, verifying, influencing and managing key senior internal stakeholders ensuring alignment on specific commercial initiatives or deals
• Accountable for annual departmental forecasting and budgeting.
• Accountable for OIA OSRS input into the business Sales & Operations planning process.
• Managing and motivating a small team of Commercial Operations associates, managers and senior managers.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• Construction/engineering/manufacturing/technology industry experience: either having worked in a technical discipline or have demonstrable experience understanding and applying challenging technical concepts
• Excellent communicator: can clearly and precisely articulate complex information to peers
• Strong commercial awareness with experience in financial analysis: e.g. working with capital budgets, P&Ls, pricing models
• Contract management: review, negotiate, contribute to the draft of, and manage contracts to ensure favourable terms and compliance with company policies
• Cross-functional collaboration: work closely with sales, engineering, and operations teams to align commercial strategies with technical capabilities
  
  

What We Offer You

Our employee benefits are designed for you, we care about people and we’ve ensured we have a wealth of benefits that focus on your well-being. We regularly review our benefits to ensure we are supporting our employees appropriately.

• 30 days ‘working from anywhere in the world’ policy
• Remote working for the month of August
• 22 weeks paid primary carer leave
• Wellbeing support through dedicated apps and an Employee Assistance Programme
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service (plus optional holiday purchase)
• Pension scheme (various options available including employer contribution matching up to 7%)
• Generous Private Medical Insurance (within the first month of joining!)
• Income Protection (can be up to 50% of salary for 3 years) and Life Assurance (3 x annual salary)
• 22 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (once relevant service requirements complete)
• Train Ticket loan (interest-free)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free shuttle bus to and from Hatfield Train Station to the Hatfield offices
• Opportunity to participate in Sharesave and Buy as You Earn share schemes
• 15% discount on Ocado.com and free delivery for all employees (within the first month of joining!
  
  

Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Management

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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