Commercial Manager

office based with occasional client visits

office based: County Durham

Salary: £45,000 per annum

Benefits: 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays | Company Pension

The Role

An opportunity has arisen to join a well-established manufacturing business with a long-serving, highly experienced team. The company has built a strong reputation for quality, reliability, and long-term customer partnerships within the automotive and manufacturing sectors.

We are seeking a Commercial / Project Manager from an injection moulding background, who can build upon existing success while helping to drive sustainable growth. This is a customer-facing role within a stable business environment, where collaboration, continuity, and long-term relationships are valued as much as commercial performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and grow a profitable portfolio of existing and new customers
• Ensure RFQs are completed accurately, on time, and to a high professional standard
• Act as a key customer interface, managing long-standing client relationships and new opportunities
• Identify opportunities to improve operational processes while respecting established, effective systems
• Work closely with experienced, cross-functional teams to develop accurate and consistent quotations
• Support new initiatives and new product introductions (NPI)
• Assist with product planning, including purchasing guidance,and sales forecasting
• Onboard new clients while maintaining the company's reputation for long-term partnerships
• Coach and support team members within an experienced and loyal workforce
• Maintain clear documentation of customer interactions to support future quoting and relationship management
• Deliver customer presentations and provide technical and commercial advice on products and services

About You

• Proven experience in injection moulding within a manufacturing environment
• Automotive sector experience strongly preferred
• Comfortable working within an established business with long-standing processes and teams
• Strong commercial awareness with proven negotiation and contract management skills
• Experience managing RFQs, pricing, and margins
• Confident working with experienced colleagues across multiple departments
• A collaborative leadership style, suited to a stable and loyal team environment
• Excellent communication and customer relationship skills

What's On Offer

• Salary of £45,000
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Opportunity to join a stable, long-established company with a low-turnover, highly experienced team
• A long-term career opportunity rather than a short-term role

At Morgan Ryder we can provide you with a full range of employment opportunities from short term and fixed term temporary vacancies to permanent positions.

We recruit for companies that operate in the following industries: Defence Equipment, Food and Drink Manufacturers, FMCG, Packaging, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Warehousing, Logistics, Waste Management, Petro Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Power & Renewable Energy.

Our commitment:

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at Morgan Ryder Associates are critical to our success as DE&I positive company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.

Please note that calls to and from the offices of Morgan Ryder Associates Ltd. may be monitored or recorded. This is to ensure compliance with regulatory procedures, record business transactions and for training purposes.