Commercial Director

Commercial Director (Engineering / Machinery Manufacturing)

Location: Leicestershire

Salary: £90,000 p.a. + bonus & benefits, depending on experience.

About the Company

ER Recruitment is working with an established engineering group that delivers bespoke food‑processing machinery and automation solutions. The group seeks a forward‑thinking Commercial Director to lead sales and growth strategy across specialist divisions.

Role & Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a cohesive commercial growth strategy to increase turnover, market share, and profitability across the Group’s engineering and manufacturing operations.
• Lead and inspire sales, business development and marketing, fostering a high-performance, customer‑centric culture.
• Identify, qualify and convert new market opportunities, building strategic relationships with key clients and industry partners.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, operations and project delivery teams to ensure commercial opportunities are technically achievable and deliverable.
• Oversee brand positioning, marketing communications and value propositions to ensure differentiation and consistency across the Group.
• Work closely with finance to drive pricing strategy, margin improvement and commercial performance through robust analysis, data insight and board‑level reporting.
• Evaluate new market, product and acquisition opportunities, presenting clear business cases to support strategic investment decisions.
• Represent the business externally at trade shows, networking events and customer meetings, acting as an ambassador for the company’s engineering excellence and innovation.

About You

• Proven senior commercial leadership experience within food‑related industrial manufacturing, packaging, process equipment or automation sectors.
• Strong track record in developing and executing commercial strategies that deliver sustained growth.
• Comfortable managing complex, bespoke engineered solutions with long sales cycles.
• Strategic, analytical and commercially astute, able to balance vision with practical execution.
• Excellent communicator and influencer with credibility at board, customer and partner level.
• Financially literate with deep understanding of pricing, margin management and profitability.
• Collaborative, dynamic and inspiring leader who can unite teams behind a shared commercial vision.

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