Commercial Manager
Application Deadline: 21 February 2025
Department: Operations and Maintenance
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Naunton Quarry, Gloucestershire
Description
We are currently seeking a Commercial Manager to support our Breedon Products division. This role will report to the National Commercial Manager, and you will oversee the Customer Service Agents and Customer Service Supervisor.
Key Responsibilities
* You will be responsible for managing the commercial and distribution aspects of the Building Products business in the South, in the pursuit of winning work, delivering exceptional customer service and identifying key opportunities to grow the business.
* You will have strong selling, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, along with sound strategic, budgetary and financial knowledge.
* You will develop a performance culture in the sales and distribution office; this will ensure that an effective and efficient customer interface is achieved from receipt of enquiry, pricing, quotation generation through to order receipt and despatch of materials.
* Direct line management of the sales team requires a professional, experienced and skilled team manager who can demonstrate their relentless drive to seek out opportunities to deliver ever improving quality and efficiency. A confident manager of people, you will develop, support and recognise the contribution our employees make to the success of our business.
Breedon Group places the highest importance on sustained standards of excellence in all aspects of Health, Safety and Environmental management and you will be expected to contribute to ensuring that everyone in your team follows the Five Alive Rules and goes home safe and well .
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
* The Commercial Manager will adopt Breedon’s key values in their day to day work - Keep it Simple, Show we Care, Make it Happen, Strive to Improve.
* Ability to perform adequately under pressure and/or opposition. Ability to make controlled responses in difficult situations.
* Positive leadership and line management experience to develop your sales and customer service team, setting strategy and delivering results.
* Foster relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
* Delegation - Effective use of team experience and skills. Knowledge of when, how and whom to delegate. Effective allocation of decision-making and other responsibilities.
* Problem Analysis - Ability in identifying problems, seeking pertinent data, recognising important information, and identifying possible causes of problems.
* Judgment - Ability to evaluate data and course of action and to reach logical decisions. Unbiased, rational approach.
* Initiative - Actively influencing events rather than passively accepting; sees opportunities and acts on them. Originates action or ideas.
* It is also essential that you are IT literate and have excellent organisational, presentation and analytical skills.
* Relevant knowledge of Concrete Products is essential to the role.
* To be positive and be prepared to work hard for the success of our business.
* Show flexibility when it comes to business needs and change.
* Effective time management.
Job Benefits
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Company Car / Car Allowance
* Contributory Pension Scheme
* Company Bonus
* Free on-site Parking
* Holiday Buy Scheme
* Volunteer Scheme
* Share Save Scheme
* Life Assurance
* Enhanced Maternity, Adoption & Paternity Scheme
* Health & Wellbeing Initiatives
* Discount Scheme
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