Commercial Manager

Location: Blackburn
Hours: Monday to Friday 8am-4.30pm
Pay: Up to £45,000
Type: Permanent

About the Role

Rapid Recruit is recruiting a Commercial Manager on behalf of our client in the Blackburn area. The Commercial Manager will be responsible for driving profitable growth through strong customer relationships, commercial strategy development and effective contract and pricing management.

You will work closely with production, finance and supply chain to ensure commercial success and support business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• – Develop and execute commercial plans aligned to business goals
• – Identify new business opportunities and monitor market trends
• – Lead pricing, quotations, tenders, contract negotiations and renewals
• – Build strong relationships with key customers and manage escalations
• – Track performance metrics (sales, margin, contract performance, risks)
• – Ensure accurate costing, pricing and profitability
• – Collaborate with operations, supply chain and finance
• – Support product development and manage commercial changes
• – Lead and develop the commercial/sales administration team across two sites
• – Promote a customer focused, accountable culture.

Requirements

• – Proven commercial, sales or business management experience in manufacturing/industrial sectors
• – Strong pricing, costing and contract negotiation skills
• – Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• – Ability to interpret technical information and work with production teams
• – Experience in forecasting and budgeting
• – Commercial/leadership qualifications beneficial (not essential)
• – Flexibility to travel.

How to Apply

If you’re ready to take the next step, please submit your CV to us or give us a call on 01282 459669 to speak to one of our consultants.

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Unfortunately, due to the high number of applications, we are not able to provide individual feedback to your application at this early stage of the process. So, if you have not heard back from us within 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful. If you are still looking for work, please feel free to take a look at our website (https://www.rapid-recruit.com/jobs/) for the roles we are recruiting for. Alternatively, give us a call on 01282 459669 to speak to one of our consultants.

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