Senior Commercial Manager

Astute's Team is partnering with a leading service company to recruit a Senior Commercial Manager as their business grows to help drive the growth across their expanding services.

Reporting directly to the Director, you will lead the commercial function, managing a small sales team and owning the end-to-end commercial forecast. You'll bring strong financial discipline, technical credibility, and the leadership skills to align delivery with business plans and growth ambitions.

If you have a strong commercial and sales background, relevant industry experience and looking for a new opportunity then apply for this role.

Responsibilities and duties of the Senior Commercial Manager role
Reporting to the Director, you will be responsible for:

• Lead and manage all commercial activity, from forecasting through to delivery
• Produce, track, and present accurate commercial forecasts and business plans
• Manage and support a team of 2 Sales Executives
• Drive revenue and margin growth across core service lines
• Build strong internal and external relationships to support strategic initiatives
• Lead on bid, pricing and contract strategy across projects
• Ensure commercial governance, compliance and reporting standards are met

Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:

• Ideally qualified with a degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration / Finance
• Professionally qualified by RICS / CIPS
• CMI / ILM level 5 in leadership or management
• Strong working knowledge of NEC or FIDIC contracts
• Familiarity with health, safety, and compliance standards in industrial or power generation sectors
• Commercial forecasting and budgeting tools (e.g., Excel, ERP/CRM systems)

Personal skills
The Commercial Manager role would suit someone who has:

• Proven experience in a senior commercial role, ideally within engineering, or industrial services
• Strong technical understanding of complex engineering/service-based environments
• Financially astute, with the ability to manage budgets, pricing, and margin control
• Excellent communicator with the integrity and drive to lead from the front
• Strategic mindset, with a hands-on approach

Salary and benefits of the Senior Commercial Manager role

• Industry competitive salary
• Company Vehicle
• Pension
• Bonus opportunity
• Further full company benefits
• Flexible Working / Hybrid Working

INDPOW

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