Commercial Development Manager

 

Main characteristics

Location

Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Company

Sewell Wallis Ltd

Salary

£50000 - £55000/annum

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Sales

Job summary

Our client, an acquisitive PE backed group, are looking to appoint a Commercial Development Manager with a Pricing focus into their team.

The Commercial Development Manager will assist the Group Commercial Director in the development and management of commercial activities, ensuring that the business maximises all opportunities for sales and margin growth.

They will support in the planning and implementation of commercial strategies, manage day-to-day activities within an internal commercial department with primary responsibility for the Commercial Analytics and Pricing Administration teams, and will ensure resource is effectively managed within these teams.

You will also own all pricing projects and ad-hoc margin enhancement initiatives, acting as the business project lead.

Summary of Role Responsibilities:

Assist the Group Commercial Director in the delivery of the Complete commercial strategy, setting long, medium and short-term plans to deliver sales and margin growth.
Organisational and development responsibility as line manager for the Commercial Analytics and Pricing Administration teams.
Business lead for all agreed pricing review projects and margin enhancement initiatives.
Business lead for the provision of detailed sales and margin performance.
Departmental lead for the on-going development of internal data reporting tools - i.e. PowerBI
Build and maintain key relationships across key business stakeholders, promoting collaboration between business areasThe role would suit a qualified or QBE accountant, or a Sales Manager, who is data orientated, has a history of working in a pricing or costing environment, and who genuinely understands what underpins profitability within a business and has a strong desire to work collaboratively with other departments to improve margins.

Personal Requirements:

Two years' experience in a senior / management role in a Commercial, Finance, or Sales function
Strong commercial acumen with a track record of creating and implementing sales and margin initiatives
Excellent understanding of the end-to-end sales process including Marketing, Pricing, Demand Planning, Inventory Management, Finance and Operations
Advanced data analytical skills including advanced use of Microsoft Excel, but also Word and PowerPoint
Working knowledge of PowerBI Desktop or similar data analysis tools

Benefits:

£50k-£55k
Hybrid - 3 days in their Wakefield office
Acquisitive group of companies
PE backed environment

Please contact Emma Dugdale or Martin Elam if you require further information before applying.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions