Commercial Manager

Salary: £96,000 – £108,000 per year

Commercial Manager – North England based – Attractive salary, expenses and bonus

Ash Consulting are working with a well established semi professional sports club based in the North of England who seek to appoint an experienced Manager to assist in the commercial development of the business. With access to exceptional facilities you will grow and nurture revenue streams and ongoing partnerships with established and new partners and sponsors.

Our client boasts some of the finest sporting facilities in the North of England including outdoor facilities, gymnasium, a large stadium capacity as well as extensive corporate facilities and conference & banqueting suites.

This role, reporting The Club Chairman and the board of Directors, will give the appointee an opportunity to manage the full life cycle of sport related sales, club and facilities development including:

Development of The Club’s facilities and increasing use of the same to both create new and expand existing revenue streams.

Sales lead generation, relationship management, networking with clients, negotiation, closing deals and full account management with existing and new clients.

This is a busy and varied position, that necessitates a flexible approach and willingness to work match days and unsociable hours on occasion, also attending events and other club gatherings as required.

You will work alongside an established model with a view to leading the close knit current professional management team.

This opportunity represents a rare and exceptional opportunity for the right candidate.

Key Duties

-Bring an experienced and innovative approach to the challenge of developing multi facet commercial, sporting, corporate events, concert and community use of the regionally pre-eminent facilities.

-Assisting or managing the construction of new, or refurbishment of existing, commercial rental and sporting facilities with the stadium and surrounding land.

-Income generation for the Club through assisting the sale of sponsorship, hospitality, events, fixtures and advertising.

-Highly Effective relationship management with commercial Partners of the Club and its members through Social Media and personal leadership.

-Provision of monthly reports on commercial activities and projections moving forward

-As the primary brand ambassador of the Club you will be at the centre of business development and highly visible within the local networking community.

Candidate Requirements

-Proven commercial track record and relationship management skills, preferably but not necessarily, within sports or facilities management.

-Excellent communicator across B2B sectors.

-Familiar with comprehensive pipeline building and provision of financial projection reports.

-The ability to work alone and as part of a team with minimal supervision.

-Strong literacy and numeracy skills and highly computer literate.

– If you have previous experience or qualifications in a professional sports sales/marketing role this would be beneficial. However experience is less important than character, ability and drive. You will have the determination to succeed and the capability to persuade all of the same.

This role will require working on match days and during events which may fall outside normal working hours. On offer is an exciting opportunity to join a high profile local sports team with an existing strong commercial arm and you will be rewarded with a good salary, bonus and benefits package.

Apply to our retained consultants at Ash Consulting via the link below and include a cover letter outlining why you are the person for this role

Ash Consulting acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.