Assistant Commercial Manager
UDC Finance · 201-1000 employees
What the role involves
- Supporting commercial managers
- Managing customer relationships
- Providing administrative support
What they ask for
Proven critical thinking, interpersonal, communication, and independent working skills; ability to support commercial managers and maintain customer service culture.
About the job
Assistant Commercial Manager
UDC Finance has grown alongside the businesses that have built our country’s economy like transport, forestry, agriculture and manufacturing, and we’re proud to be New Zealand’s finance company. We are one of the largest finance companies operating in the New Zealand market.
We are currently looking for an experienced Assistant Commercial Manager to join our Southern Sales team based at Christchurch.
This role will support our Commercial Managers by providing administrative support and enabling them to achieve their team goals / targets and develop relationships with new and existing customers.
Primary Role:
- Focus on maintaining an excellent customer service culture
- Assist the development and establish best practice to maintain strong customer service culture.
- Assist in the management of a portfolio of customers by building and enhancing customer relationships.
- Provide relief to the Regional Sales support team ensuring no business interruption to customers.
- Development and management of strong relationships with key internal stakeholders understanding and meeting their needs.
Your experience:
- Strong and proven critical thinking skills - ability to understand and analyse non-standard and complex situations and retain concern for quality, accuracy and detail.
- Interpersonal skills - confidence, professionalism and integrity and strong sense of accountability & results orientation.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate and influence across all levels of management and influence across all levels of management and external customers.
- Ability to work independently while operating as part of a larger team incorporating both sales and operational functions.
We are proud of our heritage, but focused on future growth alongside our customers’ success. As part of our team you’ll have access to a range of people focused benefits like flex working, a strong team culture, competitive salary, KiwiSaver, life insurance and trauma protection, subsidised medical cover and banking, and enhanced parental leave and childcare support. We value our teams diversity and offer a friendly and professional welcoming environment where we work together to help you be successful and develop your potential and your career.
Applications close COB Friday 27th November 2026.
Recruitment Agencies: Our Talent team do not require any recruitment agency support.
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