http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/rss/ 17 May 2012 17:05:56 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/37533/Commercial%2520Contract%2520Manager%2520.html CREATIVE ENGLAND OVERVIEW Creative England is the new consolidated body emerging from the ten years of sector development expertise of the RSAs. Committed to both cultural and economic values, Creative England’s longterm objective is to grow the infrastructure that will enable the creative and digital sector outside of London to expand and flourish. Creative England is a private “not for profit” company, Limited by guarantee; the designated body in receipt of DCMS funds via the British Film Institute (BFI) for the delivery of film services in the English regions. It is also bidding to a number of other central government and European funds. Recently, Creative England has secured c.£5 million RGF funding for ‘Digital Champions’, a private sector-led scheme providing development funding and market expertise to small creative and digital businesses working in cross-platform content and services. THE ROLE The Commercial Contract Manager will be a first class project manager responsible for coordinating the management of our RGF funding and providing appropriate reports to the senior management team. This information may relate to existing and new contracts along with the assets and liabilities for Creative England; especially those of the subsidiary companies (legacy companies). CONTRACT: 2 year fixed term SALARY: £35,000 to £40,000 dependent on experience LOCATION: Greater Manchester (MediaCityUK, Salford Quays). You may be expected to travel on a regular basis to other parts of England. DEPARTMENT: Business Investment REPORTS TO: Director... 16 May 2012 19:07:36 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/37513/Bid%2520Executive%2520.html One of Birmingham’s most prestigious law firms is looking for a strategic bid executive to join their excellent team. Working within the business development team you’ll be responsible for developing and drafting documentation in conjunction with the strategic bids managers. You role will involve managing all forms of bid material, writing tenders from scratch and using your initiative and strong research skills to draw information from pre-written tenders in order to produce the most compelling bid responses possible. So we’ll need you to have a proven base of experience in professional services organisation in a similar role – this doesn’t have to have been within the legal sector, as your skills will be fully transferrable. Along with all of the above experience you’ll need to be commercially minded, with excellent project management skills and a real can-do, proactive approach to your work. It’s that willingness to go the extra mile to achieve the best possible results that will make you stand out and excel. In return you get to work within a brilliant team, with ample rewards and progression opportunities on offer, plus the benefit of a world class business to develop bid collateral for! This is a brilliant opportunity to take the next step in your career and as opportunities to work for this top firm don’t come around often it’s best to get your CV over as soon as possible. 26 April 2012 10:10:10 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/37014/Sales%2520%26%2520Pricing%2520Analyst.html An exciting new role has been created by one of Scotland’s foremost entrepreneurial and forward thinking employers. You will be joining a well established commercial development and marketing team as a Sales & Pricing Analyst. Your role will be to create, track and analyse pricing models in order to support the commercial development of the company and key partner relationships. This may include maintaining price lists, contributing content for sales proposals, reviewing price quotes, generating pricing reports on sales revenue and preparing revenue forecasts and budgets for internal and external stakeholders. You will be responsible for day to day management of all acquisition prices of stock and benchmarking against competitors. You will also be responsible for producing statistical reports from various sources and examining these results. You must be able to demonstrate an advanced knowledge of MS excel, taking data through pivot tables and graphs and will then be able to identify trends through your findings. Analytical in your approach, you must be able to fit into a commercially focused environment. You should also be able to present and communicate your findings in an easy to understand way so that they can be used to benefit the business as a whole. Are you interested & can demonstrate on your CV that you have experience within an analytical role where there has been a focus on sales &/or pricing? If the answer is yes, please send your updated CV to Seonaid Mann at Quantum Marketing People: marketing@quantumpeople.com quoting... 26 April 2012 10:10:30 +0000 http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/37013/Commercial%2520Development%2520Executive%2520%28native.html Quantum's client, one of Scotland's most dynamic and visionary employers, is looking to expand its Marketing & BD team with the addition of a Commercial Executive for its business in Slovakia, but working from their offices in Central Scotland. The main aim of the role will be to support partner relationships and maximise the growth of existing accounts whilst supporting the business development pipeline to maximise group revenue opportunities. You will be responsible for supporting business targets and goals of new business wins, coupled with the renewal and growth of existing key accounts. You will focus on supporting partnerships in the Slovakian market so should be native Slovakian, but living in the central belt of Scotland. You will: • Drive activity to maximise partner campaigns to ensure they are on track to meet expected financial and commercial terms. • Support the management of the partner relationships, and pursue new and existing opportunities with suppliers. • Lead on agreed business plans. • Regularly review strategy and business performance with the Director of Commercial Development and contribute to wider negotiation and discussions. • Manage successful launches by working with multiple departments (internal and external stakeholders) • Work with internal teams to ensure they are kept informed of development plans and are fully engaged in order to support individual projects • Respond promptly and professionally to all client needs • Provide research/analysis to the Department through the sourcing of market...