Commercial Manager

Elevation Sales are delighted to be partnered with Howco, with the search & selection of the Commercial Manager role for their Oil & Gas division.

Location: Sheffield

About the role:

The Commercial Manager leads the sales and commercial strategy for the UK Oil & Gas Sales segment within the European Distribution Division. The role drives revenue growth, manages key client relationships, and ensures alignment between commercial activities and broader organisational objectives.

This is a senior leadership role requiring a strong understanding of the commercial landscape within oil & gas, including market dynamics, procurement frameworks, contract negotiation, pricing strategy, and customer relationship management.

What you'll bring:

The ideal candidate will bring proven leadership experience managing high-performing sales teams and, ideally, have additional exposure to the metals or industrial materials sector, enabling them to identify cross-sector opportunities and strengthen our market position.

• Strong working knowledge of the oil & gas commercial landscape, including
• Experience within the metals, steel, alloys, or wider industrial materials sector
• Proven success leading, managing, and developing high-performing commercial and sales teams
• Strong day-to-day operational management skills, with the ability to effectively oversee team performance, set clear priorities, manage workloads, and ensure consistent delivery against commercial objectives
• A confident and credible leader with the ability to influence change, challenge existing ways of working, and drive continuous improvement across commercial functions
• Demonstrated ability to lead through change, embedding new processes, strategies, and behaviours to enhance business performance
• Track record of delivering sustainable revenue growth and securing major commercial contracts
• Strong negotiation, influencing, and stakeholder management skills at all levels
• Highly commercially astute, with strong strategic thinking and decision-making capability
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to motivate teams and build alignment across departments