Commercial Manager - 12 month contract

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 6 May 2026
LOCATION
Banbury
TYPE
Contract
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Management & Operations
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SKILLS

Category Management Negotiation Communication Product Recall Management Stakeholder Management FMCG Knowledge Sales Strategy Compliance

FULL DESCRIPTION

Commercial Manager - 12 month contract

Company: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] (UK) Ltd

Location: Banbury

Job Type: Contract (12 months)

Work Type: On-site (5 days per week at Banbury office)

About the Role

As a Commercial Manager, your duties will include:

  • As a brand ambassador, you will be responsible for owning and developing category growth within the Wholesale, Convenience, E-commerce and Health sectors, increasing cash-flow by managing supplier aged/disputed debt and recovering costs associated with residuals, overstocks and out of date stock
  • Providing customers with a tailored category management approach, offering them a range of products and promotions to meet their individual needs
  • Communicating and negotiating at all levels, both internally and externally, developing a clear communication channel between our sales team and all supported customers
  • Representation at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] meetings, events and seminars, building strong relationships with a variety of networks, including customers and suppliers
  • Owning the end to end product recall process, ensuring compliance is met at every stage

What We Are Looking For

  • Outstanding written, verbal and presentation skills, able to communicate and negotiate effortlessly at all levels with internal and external customers
  • Highly motivated, confident, outgoing with a can-do attitude
  • Flexible to change and thrive in a busy environment, able to prioritise workload and make effective commercial decisions under pressure
  • Enjoy working in a collaborative environment and are highly team orientated

Core Benefits

  • Life Cover
  • Pension
  • Medical Cash Plan
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Well-being
  • Subsidised cafe including free breakfast
  • Staff Shop
  • Social Events

There’s no place quite like [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] and we’re proud of that, which is all down to the people who work here. If you want to be part of our expanding company which offers exciting opportunities for career progression, we would love to hear from you!

Apply here: Job Application Link

Company Information

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is the UK’s leading Distributor, Manufacturer and Exporter of Health Beauty and Household products. As the uniquely appointed representatives for Proctor & Gamble, Unilever, Kenvue, PZ Cussons, SC Johnson to name a few, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] has unrivalled multi-channel insight and category expertise. Our latest exciting plans to develop and grow our new Food distribution business has seen major brands such as Whitworths and Danone joining forces with [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal].

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is passionate and proud about all that we do, the customers we serve and our people. Operating out of two amazing sites, we have the 26-acre Banbury Head Office and warehousing facilities as well as our new state of the art Health and Beauty manufacturing facility occupying 100,000 sq. ft based in Redditch. The role is based from our Banbury office 5 days per week.

As a family-owned business, we are very proud of our ethos, our people and 30 years of successive growth. We offer a very special opportunity of being able to join a welcoming, dynamic, fun place to work, and to work directly with the world’s biggest FMCG power brands.

Contact us: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] or visit our website at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal].

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