Commercial Assistant
| Posting date: | 13 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £40000-45000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 April 2026 |
| Location: | Telford, TF28JT |
| Company: | Kuehne + Nagel |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 9802-44034532 |
Summary
Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG
The role requires strong commercial management experience, ideally with an accountancy background, and proven contract management skills in a client facing environment. The Commercial Assistant must confidently analyse complex issues, co-ordinate across multi‑disciplinary teams, and ensure compliance with contractual, financial and operational requirements. Excellent communication, stakeholder management and the ability to influence both internal teams and customers are essential. The role also demands strong organisation, meticulous record keeping, and the ability to manage contract changes, approvals and documentation. A collaborative working style and the ability to build trusted relationships are key to supporting bids, revenue opportunities and ongoing contract governance.
How you create impact
- Working across multi-disciplined teams to ensure contractual obligations can be met.
- Work closely with the Commercial Manager to ensure funding is in place to proceed with new projects and/or additional scoped activity through liaison with Finance and Program teams as required.
- Engage requisite areas of the business to support business unit projects and initiatives, including revenue generation opportunities. Ensuring that these are reflected in associated contract documentation.
- Dealing with routine commercial queries from customers and from within KN.
- Reviewing contract documentation to ensure internal and external compliance with contract requirements, working with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) as necessary.
- Provide continuous development of the commercial approval processes across all contracts.
- Support the creation of responses for tenders, bids and proposals through the evaluation of associated documentation, ensuring that they meet the requirements of the Business Unit.
- Keep detailed records of all documentation, including contract changes, waivers, agreements to establish a written record of execution and change. To include any Authority to Proceed (ATP) or Task Authorisation Forms (TAFs) that underpin contract or service delivery change and authorise spend in relation to specific projects.
- Ensure that annual reporting is completed for each contract including the provision of certificates of insurance, ISO certificates etc. and other annually renewing documentation.
- Checking of Authority to Proceed (ATP) and Task Authorisation Forms (AFs) documentation for accuracy, matching up with the risk register and other compliance requirements
- Managing and administering any change requests through the customer’s contractual processes.
- Regular review of contract performance waivers to ensure they are correctly lodged with the customer in time for renewal.
What we would like you to bring
- Commercial expereince would be advantageous
- Exposure in a client facing role, contract management experience required
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills at individual, team and group level and equally comfortable and effective in communicating with front line staff, managers and Directors
- Ability to systematically analyse complex problems, draw relevant conclusions and suggest solutions
- Comfortable when presenting to management and customers coupled with the ability to infulence
Please be aware that by applying for this role, you are agreeing to participate in the employment screening process. This process will include criminal record checking and identity validation. This means that KN will ask successful applicants to provide certain information and documentation to enable these checks to be conducted.Any appointment will then be strictly conditional upon, and subject to, the receipt of satisfactory results of these checks
What's in it for you
If you would like to become a valued member of our team, we will ensure you are rewarded for your commitment and expertise. You will receive 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to earn additional days through service. You can join the contributory Kuehne+Nagel pension plan and benefit from our Route 2 Rewards scheme, which offers discounts, benefit information, recognition, and access to a wellbeing centre. As proud holders of the Gold Covenant, we are a forces-friendly employer who recognise the skills, expertise and value service leavers bring to our organisation.
The role requires strong commercial management experience, ideally with an accountancy background, and proven contract management skills in a client facing environment. The Commercial Assistant must confidently analyse complex issues, co-ordinate across multi‑disciplinary teams, and ensure compliance with contractual, financial and operational requirements. Excellent communication, stakeholder management and the ability to influence both internal teams and customers are essential. The role also demands strong organisation, meticulous record keeping, and the ability to manage contract changes, approvals and documentation. A collaborative working style and the ability to build trusted relationships are key to supporting bids, revenue opportunities and ongoing contract governance.
How you create impact
- Working across multi-disciplined teams to ensure contractual obligations can be met.
- Work closely with the Commercial Manager to ensure funding is in place to proceed with new projects and/or additional scoped activity through liaison with Finance and Program teams as required.
- Engage requisite areas of the business to support business unit projects and initiatives, including revenue generation opportunities. Ensuring that these are reflected in associated contract documentation.
- Dealing with routine commercial queries from customers and from within KN.
- Reviewing contract documentation to ensure internal and external compliance with contract requirements, working with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) as necessary.
- Provide continuous development of the commercial approval processes across all contracts.
- Support the creation of responses for tenders, bids and proposals through the evaluation of associated documentation, ensuring that they meet the requirements of the Business Unit.
- Keep detailed records of all documentation, including contract changes, waivers, agreements to establish a written record of execution and change. To include any Authority to Proceed (ATP) or Task Authorisation Forms (TAFs) that underpin contract or service delivery change and authorise spend in relation to specific projects.
- Ensure that annual reporting is completed for each contract including the provision of certificates of insurance, ISO certificates etc. and other annually renewing documentation.
- Checking of Authority to Proceed (ATP) and Task Authorisation Forms (AFs) documentation for accuracy, matching up with the risk register and other compliance requirements
- Managing and administering any change requests through the customer’s contractual processes.
- Regular review of contract performance waivers to ensure they are correctly lodged with the customer in time for renewal.
What we would like you to bring
- Commercial expereince would be advantageous
- Exposure in a client facing role, contract management experience required
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills at individual, team and group level and equally comfortable and effective in communicating with front line staff, managers and Directors
- Ability to systematically analyse complex problems, draw relevant conclusions and suggest solutions
- Comfortable when presenting to management and customers coupled with the ability to infulence
Please be aware that by applying for this role, you are agreeing to participate in the employment screening process. This process will include criminal record checking and identity validation. This means that KN will ask successful applicants to provide certain information and documentation to enable these checks to be conducted.Any appointment will then be strictly conditional upon, and subject to, the receipt of satisfactory results of these checks
What's in it for you
If you would like to become a valued member of our team, we will ensure you are rewarded for your commitment and expertise. You will receive 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to earn additional days through service. You can join the contributory Kuehne+Nagel pension plan and benefit from our Route 2 Rewards scheme, which offers discounts, benefit information, recognition, and access to a wellbeing centre. As proud holders of the Gold Covenant, we are a forces-friendly employer who recognise the skills, expertise and value service leavers bring to our organisation.