Strategic Commercial Leader: Contracts & Growth

CBRE; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is recruiting a Commercial Manager to join the team in Leeds, Manchester or Glasgow. You will support sales and operations, apply robust commercial processes, and help drive long-term profitable growth through expert commercial knowledge.

You will lead contract terms, manage tenders, liaise with suppliers and customers, and guide the operations and sales teams on commercial issues, ensuring adherence to company policies and risk management.

Qualifications

• Expert negotiating skills – able to manage conflict and contentious issues with confidence.
• Capacity to be influential and amenable – win over clients, colleagues and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritise and retain focus on detail under high workload conditions.
• Decisiveness and mercantile shrewdness – strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Superb with deadlines – meet commitments and project timelines.
• Ideally the post-holder should be a graduate, with up to 4 years post-graduate experience or equivalent industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical specialist on commercial issues including contract terms and conditions, projects, supplier terms and order placement.
• Educate operational and sales teams on commercial issues, providing guidance and leadership where needed.
• Ensure tenders are submitted on a commercially sound basis and negotiate terms of contracts within policy.

Skills

Negotiation

Influence

Attention to detail

Decision making

Deadline oriented

Graduate with 4 years experience

Education

Graduate

Job description

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is recruiting a Commercial Manager to join the team in Leeds, Manchester or Glasgow. You will support sales and operations, apply robust commercial processes, and help drive long-term profitable growth through expert commercial knowledge.

You will lead contract terms, manage tenders, liaise with suppliers and customers, and guide the operations and sales teams on commercial issues, ensuring adherence to company policies and risk management.