Commercial Manager - 23643_221637487

The Commercial Manager will partner with business leaders across the organisation, establishing procurement policy and controls with astute commercial insight and acumen.

The successful Commercial Manager's key accountabilities include:

• Managing end-to-end tender processes from the requirement, building specifications, evaluation, and contract award through to contract management.


• Embed and develop continuous Category Management improvements.


• Undertake the development, review and negotiation of large, complex contracts, ensuring the delivery of the commercial pipeline.


• Deliver supplier cost reduction targets from new and existing contracts, identifying increased efficiencies and process improvements.


• Ensure contract performance and risk management.


• Lead, support, and provide updates on tenders, contract review,s and negotiations.
  
  Degree qualified or equivalent in a business-related subject.


• Solid experience of working in a Procurement Management team within a larger matrix management structure.


• Fully conversant with tendering requirements from conception through to contract delivery and award, through to effective relationship management.


• Capability to research markets to understand the internal and external influences to guide best practice procurements.


• Experience of liaising with Executive Directors and Senior Managers.


• Possess a broad range of exposure to various technical environments and business areas.


• Possess strong business acumen.


• Possess superior influencing skills - able to influence and motivate others using personal rather than positional power.


• Strategic thinker focused on business value results that utilise technical solutions.
  
  This crucial and exciting role is a full-time, permanent position, the salary is circa 56k to 60k, and you will be fully supported to adopt a hybrid working pattern between their Cheltenham based offices.


This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a nationally renowned organisation that offers excellent benefits such as 30 days annual leave (with an additional 3 days over the festive season) and bank holidays, a quarterly ex-gratia bonus scheme, subsidised gym and caf , a generous pension model and more.