- 12 Month Contract
- Immediate Start
- Broad Commercial Mandate
This 12-month contract offers a key commercial leadership role in a high-performing, flat-structured NZX business. Hands-on and high impact, it suits someone who can quickly embed, build trust, and deliver results.
As Head of Commercial, you’ll own a broad, hands-on mandate. Reporting to the CFO, partnering with GMs and the CEO to drive commercial outcomes, lead procurement initiatives, and deliver strategic insights that shape business performance.
The Opportunity
- Autonomy & Impact: Operate with real decision-making and direct executive access.
- Broad Commercial Scope: Procurement, process improvement, commercial analysis, and business partnering.
- Strategic Exposure: Support internal transactions, integrations, and ad hoc strategic projects.
- While M&A is not the immediate priority over the next 6–12 months, this role keeps you close to strategic projects and ensures readiness to execute when opportunities arise.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with GMs and senior stakeholders to deliver actionable commercial insights.
- Build robust business cases and financial models to assess key initiatives.
- Lead procurement projects – supplier renewals, commercial offer analysis, and contract negotiations.
- Drive process improvement initiatives to improve efficiency and governance.
- Deliver ad hoc commercial analysis to support decision-making.
- Support group-wide projects, integration activities, and potential M&A evaluations.
About You
You are a senior commercial leader with a proven track record of delivering results in fast-paced, complex environments.
You are also comfortable with autonomy, are commercially astute, and know how to partner with senior leaders to influence outcomes.
How to Apply
Please click to apply now or for a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Sarah Bailey at IN SIDE Recruitment at sarahb@inside.co.nz or call 022 126 0074.
