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The Commercial Operations Manager is responsible for driving the end-to-end development of solution proposals, complex quotes (RFQs), and commercial strategies that deliver profitable, competitive, and compliant outcomes for Belden across the Americas (AMS). This role leads the Deal Desk cadence, ensures proper opportunity qualification, supports sales strategy, and partners cross-functionally with Sales, Solution Consulting & Services, Legal, Finance, and Product teams. The CommOps Manager will mitigate commercial risk, enforce proposal quality standards, and ensure adherence to policies, templates, pricing guardrails, and approval workflows. You will serve as a trusted advisor to Sales by providing deal insights, commercial structure guidance, and recommendations to secure winnable and profitable business.
Job Responsibility
Lead the Deal Desk cadence to validate opportunity strategy, commercial viability, and alignment with regional sales priorities
Facilitate Go/No-Go and deal strategy reviews for complex opportunities and RFQs, including assessing entrenchment/position, risks, and required actions
Develop high-quality, competitive solution proposals and complex RFQs across AMS, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and alignment with customer requirements
Own proposal/bid process execution—driving timelines, clean handoffs, and cross-functional alignment through submission and award/closeout
Assist in maintaining and improving bid documentation, templates, commercial models, and standardized content libraries to increase speed and consistency
Conduct commercial risk assessments across deal structure, scope, pricing, terms, and cross-functional inputs
Ensure proposal compliance with approval matrices, pricing guardrails, contractual standards, and internal policies
Partner with Legal and Finance on exceptions, commercial terms, and risk mitigation
Utilize digital workflows supporting the commercial process (e.g., Salesforce for pipeline/quote visibility and governance)
Utilize Ironclad for NDA and proposal-related workflows (e.g., intake, routing, and document package management) in alignment with internal policies and approvals
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Business, Sales, Legal, or related field (or equivalent experience)
3+ years' experience in proposal/bid management, complex RFQs, quoting governance, and commercial documentation/contract review
Strong cross-functional leadership experience in a matrix environment (Sales, Legal, Finance, Technical Solutions, Product)
Ability to operate in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with strong attention to detail and sound judgment
Analytical mindset and comfort working in a metric-driven environment
Experience engaging senior leaders and influencing outcomes with structured recommendations
Nice to have
Salesforce experience (pipeline/forecasting visibility, reporting, data quality, process adherence)
Ironclad experience for NDA and proposal workflow management
What we offer
health/dental/vision
long term/short term disability
life insurance
HSA/FSA
matching retirement plans
paid vacation
parental leave
employee stock purchase plan
paid leave for volunteer work in your community
training opportunities
professional talent management and succession planning
corporate health well-being initiatives
commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability