Commercial Manager - Leadership Programme (32109) at Regus

A summary of the role dimensions is as follows:

Take responsibility

• You think like a leader. 
• You focus on costs, revenue and customers.
• You take full responsibility and measure yourself in terms of the success of the business.
• You think in terms of delivering superior value to our customers and our business.

Be an expert

• You need to understand the context, the market, the customers, the product, and the competition extremely well and operate from a strong basis of knowledge and confidence.
• You are an investigator that uses data to determine how performance can improve, and you validate your analysis by talking to customers, employees, suppliers, and competitors.
• You are a problem-solver: you decompose issues and take written positions on their solution.

Drive the plan / manage projects

• You need to take responsibility for devising and executing a winning plan.
• In that plan you crisply define the target, the "what" (as opposed to the how) and manage the delivery of the "what."
• You make sure real progress is made every single month and have a pipeline of actions planned at least three months in advance.
• You are disciplined and report weekly, and on time, about the performance, issues, and opportunities of your area of responsibility.

Be precise

• You communicate extremely clearly in writing and verbally. You err on the side of clarity vs. explaining the obvious.
• You create collateral, training, FAQs, presentations, white papers that are simple, complete, precise, and accessible to anyone that needs them.

Behave like a leader

• You are not just part of the team; you lead the team. You are the hub and everyone else takes your direction.
• You don’t allow others to take you off course.

Required Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Graduate with a degree from a top tier institution.
• Ideally trained in a post-graduate corporate programme.
• Outstanding track record of success, you will have outperformed your peer group in not just academia but in extracurricular activities as well e.g. entrepreneurship, sports, music etc.
• Experience in a highly commercial role, working in a complex, multi-channel and international environment.
• Ability to successfully influence multiple stakeholders in a matrix environment.
• A strong, confident decision maker with a proactive approach.
• Prioritises well and can manage in a high-pressure environment whilst working to tight deadlines.
• Outstanding leadership skills.
• Experience of working within a commercial environment at Management level.
• Excellent analytical skills with a passionate attitude.
• A strong desire to succeed.
• An innovative thinker with a proven ability to problem solve.
• A desire and passion to beat the competition.
• Ability to be hands-on as well as strategic and be a trouble-shooter when the business need deems it appropriate to do so.