International Commercial Manager

Computacenter (UK) Ltd • Edinburgh, Hatfield, London, Manchester, United Kingdom, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Reading

Edinburgh, Hatfield, London, Manchester, United Kingdom, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Reading

210043-en_GB

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International Commercial Manager

The Business Partnering services we aim to deliver to the business areas we support are “Business Performance Management” and “Decision Support”. We aim to underpin with straightforward and proactive engagement and a good business understanding.

We work with our colleagues in Finance Operations team to deliver these services. Our functions divide into Accounting, Assurance and Business Partnering Services.

As a minimum we deliver timely, reliable and accurate information to the business, and where we can we also aim to provide interpretation and insight into your business and supporting and challenging our stakeholders’ business decisions from a financial perspective.

What you’ll do

  • You will own the commercial relationship with the customer.
  • Negotiate changes with the customer and manages the commercial change process.
  • Agree appropriate margins/pricing with the Computacenter account team.
  • Drive commercial behaviours and thinking across Service Management

Key Accountabilities

  • Owning the end-to-end commercial process with the customer.
  • Drive profitability and growth through effective customer negotiations and ISP cost management.
  • Manage (or delegates the management of) the customer billing & PO processes.
  • Manage the commercial change process to ensure all cost and revenue changes are documented and approved.
  • Collaborate with the International Commercial Manager & finance teams to ensure all impacts of change and variances are accurately reported in P&L forecast.
  • Understand, monitor and support the management of all contractual commercial triggers.
  • Manage Indexation & Service Credits process.

How does the role add value?

  • Develop and maintain positive, collaborative relationships with the customer and sales teams to drive profitability, growth, renewals and customer advocacy.

What you’ll need

  • Demonstrable commercial expertise of global services (ideally Managed Services)
  • Proven track record of work experience in a challenging commercial environment.
  • Effective communications skills at all levels.
  • Highly skilled in decision-making and negotiation.
  • Good Analytical skills.
  • Demonstrable experience of management in an international, multi-cultural environment.

Additional Comments:

  • We are ideally seeking a fluent German Speaker, but will consider applicants who fit the core job duties
  • There will be a requirement of travel to Europe (Germany), likely to be once a month for internal meetings and with the client.
  • We would consider applications from the UK, Germany, France, Belgium or Hungary (however eligibility to work on these countries are a pre-requisite)

Current information for our applicants

Business as usual? Not quite. Of course, the Corona crisis also presents us with major challenges.

However, we are broadly positioned across various industries, plan for the long term and have always been flexible in our approach to our customers, especially in times of crisis. Our core business is digitisation. We believe that this topic will continue to grow in importance for many companies in both public and private sectors.

That's why there are still areas of our business with clear hiring requirements – and we would like to bring talent like you on board! By the way, we have completely virtualised our application process and our recruiters remain available to you should you have any questions.

We are still looking forward to getting to know you!

Why you should choose us

Open communication

Despite our size, we’re an open organisation that doesn’t hide behind hierarchy. We communicate regularly, openly and directly. For us, it’s about being straightforward, delivering and doing the right thing. Essentially, we’re people dealing with people.

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognised, so too is the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! awards and Long Service Awards Scheme are just a taste of how we say thank you for a job well done. And when it comes to recognising success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions, Mental Health First Aiders, Access to Work scheme, and more.

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work, that’s why we see and value you as the amazing individual you truly are. We take a genuine interest you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity and promote inclusion within our industry.

Pension and financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? We offer auto-enrolment onto our pension scheme, a Sharesave/SAYE scheme and more besides.

Flexible benefits

Do you fancy a new bicycle? Want to work-out at the gym? Or do you prefer to get-away from it all? With our voluntary flexible benefits platform, ‘My Benefits’, you can. Achieve savings with our Cycle2Work, GymFlex, Travel Insurance benefits and loads more.

You belong

You belong

At Computacenter, we celebrate difference and it’s important to us that we have a working culture where you can be free to be yourself; in an environment where you feel valued, respected, and supported to reach your full potential and experience a sense of belonging. Because we know when you thrive, we thrive.

As a proud equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring that there is fair and equal access to opportunities for everyone. Your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a government scheme that helps employers attract, recruit, and retain disabled staff. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years! Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.

Winning Together

We are an award-winning employer!

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