Commercial Recruitment
In today’s fast-paced business world, your commercial team is the heartbeat of your organisation. At Point Recruitment, we specialise in sourcing exceptional office and professional talent for businesses across Cambridgeshire, from agile start-ups to established brands with national reach.
Our Commercial Division is dedicated solely to office-based recruitment. We understand that every hire, whether a temporary Administrator or a permanent Finance Manager, plays a vital role in your productivity, culture and success.
10,000+ roles filled
500+ businesses supported across Cambridgeshire and surrounding counties
A people-first agency built on openness, honesty and care
Our expertise
We recruit across the full spectrum of commercial roles, including:
- Office Administration & Executive Support
- Customer Service & Contact Centre
- Sales, Account Management & Business Development
- Marketing & Communications
- Human Resources & Recruitment
- Finance & Accounting
- Procurement & Supply Chain
- Management & Leadership
Meet our Commercial recruitment specialist
Anthony Whitehead
Senior Consultant
Who we support
Our clients include:
- Professional services firms
- Manufacturing and logistics companies with commercial departments
- Local authorities and educational institutions
- SMEs seeking experienced office support
- Start-ups looking to build their first commercial team
Our partnerships span the region’s professional landscape. We understand the pressures of fast-paced office environments. By connecting businesses with skilled, motivated professionals, we help them strengthen teams, improve performance and deliver exceptional client service.
Commercial job openings
- Office
- Contract
- Huntingdon
We’re recruiting an Operations Administrator (Compliance) on behalf of a well-established legal services organisation based in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. This is a locum position for an initial period of four months, paying £18–£23 per hour depending on experience — with a genuinely flexible working arrangement once training is complete, requiring just one day per month in the office.
This is a varied, detail-driven compliance and administration role supporting the development, implementation and monitoring of compliance activities across the organisation. You’ll work closely with the Compliance Officer and a range of internal stakeholders, helping to maintain regulatory standards, manage quality accreditations and keep accurate compliance records. If you have a strong administrative background, a methodical approach and an interest in compliance within a legal or regulated environment, this is a solid short-term opportunity.
Main Responsibilities:
- Assisting with Lexcel and other quality accreditation compliance, including administration of applications, disclosure, training coordination and external liaison
- Identifying, managing and resolving regulatory and compliance issues, escalating to relevant stakeholders as required
- Ensuring compliance with training requirements including sourcing, scheduling and delivery of training to staff
- Administering internal policy, plan and procedure compliance reviews, including firm-wide quality file audits
- Maintaining all internal compliance, regulatory and training records and supporting expansion of the central register software across the firm
- Creating and maintaining Solicitors Panel Memberships and liaising with external regulators and auditors
- Building effective working relationships with colleagues across the business to support ad-hoc compliance projects
- Working collaboratively with the HR Operations team on compliance-related HR and recruitment queries, escalating complex matters appropriately
Skills/Experience:
- Previous experience in a relevant administrative or equivalent role — essential
- Strong administration skills with excellent attention to detail and accuracy — essential
- Confident, clear communicator — both written and verbal
- Professional and approachable manner with a customer-focused approach
- Methodical and consistent under pressure, with the ability to multitask effectively
- Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook
- A clear understanding of confidentiality requirements
- Educated to at least GCSE level or equivalent
- Experience in a compliance or regulatory role — desirable
- Familiarity with the Lexcel Practice Management standard — desirable
- Experience within a multi-site legal practice or public/not-for-profit environment — desirable
- An audit or compliance qualification — desirable
Hourly Rate & Working Hours:
£18–£23 per hour, dependent on experience. Locum contract for approximately four months. Initially 2–3 days per week in the Huntingdon office during training, reducing to one day per month once fully up to speed. Primarily remote thereafter.
Benefits:
- Competitive hourly rate of £18–£23 DOE
- Highly flexible working arrangement once training is complete
- Varied, substantive compliance role within an established legal services organisation
- Supportive team with clear guidance and a well-structured compliance function
- Immediate start available
Anthony Whitehead
- Office
- Permanent
- St Neots
We’re recruiting an Account Director on behalf of a well-established, creative branded environments business with offices in St Neots and London. This is a full-time, permanent position offering a salary of £55,000–£60,000 depending on experience, and a senior leadership opportunity for someone ready to take full commercial and operational ownership of a major client account.
This is a genuinely broad role combining strategic account leadership, hands-on project delivery, team management and commercial accountability. You’ll be the senior point of contact for a key client account, working closely with Senior Project Managers to ensure every project and activation is delivered to a high standard, on time and on budget. Alongside the day-to-day, you’ll lead the longer-term planning, growth and development of the account — building the processes, workflows and team capability needed to reduce reactive working and deliver consistent, profitable results. The role can be based in St Neots or London depending on the right candidate.
Main Responsibilities:
Strategic & Operational Leadership
- Owning the account’s annual project delivery plan in line with client objectives, timelines and commercial targets
- Forecasting and coordinating activity, resources, budgets, production schedules and installation requirements
- Building structured workflows, planning cycles and project management processes to give clear pipeline visibility and minimise operational risk
- Personally leading a portfolio of projects and events end to end — from planning and client management through to production, installation and delivery
- Balancing hands-on delivery with account leadership and team management
Commercial & Financial Accountability
- Driving revenue, margin and cost performance across all accounts in partnership with the Group Account Director
- Forecasting labour and material requirements accurately to protect margin
- Identifying commercial risks early and adjusting plans to maintain profitability
- Identifying and monetising upsell opportunities
- Supporting pricing improvements, value engineering and cost controls
Line Management
- Leading Senior Project Managers and Project Managers with clear direction, coaching and regular feedback
- Setting clear objectives and expectations, and supporting development opportunities within the team
- Monitoring team KPIs and addressing performance issues through coaching and corrective action
- Planning resources and workloads to ensure the team has the capacity to meet client and business needs
Systems, Data & Process
- Quoting all projects accurately to ensure reliable pipeline reporting
- Scheduling production and installation work in the ERP system with accurate dates and costs
- Owning account invoicing and ensuring all project costs, variations and additional charges are captured and invoiced on time
- Maintaining clean, accurate and complete ERP system data
- Working with the Group Account Director and Project Managers to design and implement improved workflows and scalable processes
Health, Safety & Compliance
- Ensuring all work meets IOSH and company safety standards
- Championing safe working practices including reviews of toolbox talks and RAMS
Skills/Experience:
- Proven experience in a senior account management or account director role within branded environments, exhibitions, events, retail or a related production environment
- Strong commercial acumen with a track record of delivering margin and revenue targets
- Experienced people leader with the ability to develop and manage project teams with clarity and accountability
- Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
- Confident working with ERP and project management systems
- Commercially aware with experience identifying upsell opportunities and protecting profitability
- Strong communicator — confident managing senior client relationships and internal stakeholders alike
- Knowledge of health and safety standards relevant to installations and live environments — IOSH awareness desirable
Salary & Working Hours:
£55,000–£60,000 per annum, dependent on experience. Full-time, permanent position. Based in St Neots (preferable) or London, dependent on the candidate.
Benefits:
- £55,000–£60,000 DOE
- Senior role with full account ownership and genuine commercial influence
- Work for a business with 30 years of experience across retail, exhibitions, sport and events
- Collaborative working environment alongside an experienced project leadership team
- Opportunity to shape processes, build capability and leave a lasting mark on a major client account
Anthony Whitehead
- Office
- Permanent
- Cambridge
We’re recruiting a Sales Operations Manager on behalf of a global leader in critical communications technology, based in Cambridge. This is a permanent, full-time, office-based position and a senior opportunity for a commercially minded, analytically strong professional looking to play a pivotal role in enabling a high-performing international sales organisation.
This is a strategic and operational role in equal measure. You’ll act as an independent business partner to sales leadership — providing the data, processes, tools, governance and insight the sales team needs to hit revenue targets and deliver sustainable growth. From owning the CRM and forecasting process through to designing dashboards, improving workflows and supporting senior stakeholders with pipeline reviews and business planning, this is a role with real breadth and genuine influence. If you combine operational rigour with strategic curiosity and a data-led approach to decision making, this is worth a serious look.
Main Responsibilities:
- Supporting the development and execution of annual sales plans, territory planning, account segmentation and resource allocation
- Developing and maintaining sales KPIs, dashboards and performance reporting frameworks
- Tracking performance against revenue, pipeline, conversion and activity targets and providing actionable recommendations
- Leading the sales forecasting process, monitoring pipeline health and implementing best practices for opportunity management
- Supporting Regional MDs with pipeline reviews, business planning and forecast challenge sessions
- Acting as primary owner of the CRM system — accountable for data integrity, governance, hygiene and user adoption
- Designing, documenting and continuously improving sales processes and workflows
- Identifying inefficiencies and implementing automation where appropriate
- Collaborating with Marketing, Finance, Customer Support and Product teams to support cross-functional initiatives
- Supporting onboarding and training of new sales team members
- Analysing customer, market and sales data to identify trends and opportunities
- Developing BI dashboards and presenting data-led insights to senior stakeholders
- Supporting incentive compensation administration and sales performance programmes
Skills/Experience:
- Proven experience in Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, Commercial Operations or Sales Analysis — essential
- Strong understanding of sales processes, pipeline management and forecasting
- Experience managing CRM platforms such as Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365 or HubSpot — essential
- Advanced Excel and data modelling skills — essential
- Experience creating dashboards and performance reporting tools
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills — confident presenting to senior leadership
- Strong project management and organisational skills with a continuous improvement mindset
- Experience with Power BI or similar BI tools — desirable
- Knowledge of sales compensation and incentive programmes — desirable
- Qualification in Business, Finance, Analytics or a related discipline — desirable
- Sales Operations or CRM certifications — desirable
Salary & Working Hours:
Salary is competitive and dependent on experience. Full-time, permanent position. Fully office-based in Cambridge. Further details will be provided upon application.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary dependent on experience
- Senior, high-influence role at the heart of a global sales organisation
- Collaborative, cross-functional working environment
- Join an innovative, globally recognised technology business at an exciting stage of growth
- Opportunity to shape and develop the sales operations function from the ground up
Anthony Whitehead
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