Business Manager

Business Manager £55,000 - £65,000 or £45.00 P/ hr + Car allowance 08:30-17:15 Mon-Thu and 08:30-13:00 Friday Hybrid potential 12 month contract - probable extension - likely permanent Are you an experienced Commercial Manager, Programme Commercial Manager or Key Account Manager from an automotive manufacturing or Tier 1 supplier background? Do you have experience managing customer relationships, quotations, pricing, programme profitability and commercial negotiations? If so, we''d like to hear from you. Business Manager main purpose of the job: Construct Customer quotations in-line with business standard metrics and documentation for all design changes, both Customer and Company driven. Generation and maintenance of the Company Cost and Price System (spreadsheet based) for all changes post nomination/business award level. Working with the Programme Development Team (PDT) through the programme introduction life-cycle to ensure Customer expectations are met and managed. Attends and leads regular and frequent program meetings with the Customer(s), both on and off-site. Reports the financial position of programmes within the Company''s product portfolio. Maintains the Company''s operating systems relevant to owned actions. Supports the commercial aspects of development and implementation of VA/VE ideas to support requirements. Supports the sales / programme management on the response to new business acquisition RFQ''s and programme related RFQ packages. Engenders a philosophy ..... full job details .....