Role Description
Support profitable business growth through commercial coordination, analysis, and management. Evaluate opportunities, pricing, costs, and contractual commitments, working with sales, finance, operations, and legal teams to improve performance and manage commercial risks.
Key Responsibilities
- Support commercial plans aligned with revenue, margin, and business objectives.
- Prepare and review quotations, proposals, tenders, and supporting documentation.
- Analyze sales, pricing, costs, profitability, and customer or contract performance.
- Develop financial models and business cases to assess opportunities and commercial terms.
- Coordinate contract reviews, approvals, renewals, and changes with relevant stakeholders.
- Monitor contractual commitments, payment terms, and outstanding commercial issues.
- Support negotiations within delegated authority.
- Prepare forecasts, performance reports, and recommendations for management.
- Identify margin pressures, delivery risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Work with operational teams to ensure proposed commitments are achievable.
- Maintain accurate commercial records and follow approval procedures.
- Track agreed actions and evaluate their financial and operational impact.
Role-Specific Responsibilities
- Commercial Executive: Coordinate quotations, tender submissions, contract documentation, customer enquiries, and commercial follow-up.
- Commercial Analyst: Analyze pricing, margins, customer economics, and contract performance. Develop scenarios and recommendations to support decisions.
- Commercial Manager: Lead commercial planning, negotiations, and contract oversight within the assigned remit. Manage commercial risks, review major proposals, and coordinate teams toward profitability targets.
Qualifications
- Relevant experience in commercial operations, sales support, financial analysis, contract administration, or a related field.
- Understanding of revenue, costs, margins, pricing, and commercial terms.
- Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with ERP, CRM, or reporting systems.
- Ability to interpret information and communicate practical recommendations.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Effective communication, negotiation, and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive information.
- A degree or diploma in business, finance, economics, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- For manager roles, experience leading negotiations, reviewing contracts, and managing commercial performance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Relevant industry knowledge and understanding of sector-specific commercial models.
- Experience with tendering, pricing strategy, cost estimation, or contract changes.
- Familiarity with business intelligence tools and reporting automation.
- Exposure to working capital, credit risk, and payment collection processes.
- Relevant professional qualifications in finance, commercial management, procurement, or contract management.
Scope by Role
- Commercial Executive: Supports day-to-day commercial administration and transaction coordination.
- Commercial Analyst: Provides insights that improve pricing, profitability, and commercial decisions.
- Commercial Manager: Owns commercial delivery and governance for an assigned business area, portfolio, or project, balancing growth, profitability, and risk.