Commercial Manager in Belfast

Commercial Manager The Company Our client is a specialist design-and-build contractor delivering retaining wall and reinforced earth solutions across Great Britain and Ireland. As the business enters its next stage of growth, it is seeking an experienced Commercial Manager to join its management team. The Role Reporting to the Managing Director, you will help the business grow profitably by strengthening customer relationships, developing existing partnerships and winning new business. You will also maintain strong commercial and financial control, and help keep projects on target and profitable through to completion. This is a senior, hands-on role spanning key accounts, business development, contract negotiation, project profitability and sales pipeline management. Key responsibilities Customer relationships and business development Working alongside the Managing Director, you will build commercially valuable, long-term relationships with clients, developers, major groundworkers, quantity surveyors, buyers and other key decision makers. · Position Company as a preferred specialist partner. · Develop existing customer accounts by identifying opportunities in additional divisions. · Grow repeat business and identify strategically important new customers. · Create and deliver plans for key accounts, understanding customers' future workloads and identifying upcoming projects. · Identify opportunities to expand existing partnerships and develop new customer relationships. · Help diversify the customer base by developing opportunities in infrastructure and other priority sectors.