Commercial Executive

Nisbets; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Nisbets is recruiting a Commercial Executive to join the Commercial team. This entry-level role supports bids, tenders, onboarding, pricing, contracts, and EDI management, helping to drive commercial success with accuracy and professionalism.

You will work with the Commercial Manager and colleagues across the business to support new and existing customer accounts, manage commercial data, and contribute to proposals that showcase Nisbets’ value proposition.

Qualifications

• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to produce clear, accurate communications.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proactive and collaborative problem solving and stakeholder management.
• Ability to build positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Confident analysing pricing and margin data to support commercial decisions.

Responsibilities

• Support onboarding of new customers and ongoing support for existing accounts.
• Create professional proposals, presentations, and content to articulate value proposition.
• Manage day‑to‑day EDI portal activities to support payments and customer requirements.
• Collaborate with internal departments to resolve customer and commercial queries.
• Assist with bids, tenders, contracts, and other commercial projects as required.
• Provide administrative and commercial support across the wider team.
• Maintain accurate commercial records and data to support decisions.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Proactive mindset

Stakeholder management

Pricing analysis

Excel proficiency

Tools

Excel

Job description

Nisbets Limited are currently recruiting for a Commercial Executive to join our Commercial team, supporting the delivery of key commercial activities across bids and tenders, customer onboarding, pricing, contracts, and EDI management.

As a Commercial Executive at Nisbets, you will play an important role in helping to drive commercial success by ensuring processes are completed accurately, professionally, and in a timely manner.

This is an excellent entry-level opportunity for someone looking to build a career in a commercial environment. You will work closely with the Commercial Manager and colleagues across the business to support new and existing customer accounts, manage commercial data, and contribute to proposals that showcase Nisbets' value proposition.

The role is fast-paced and varied, requiring excellent attention to detail, strong organisational skills, and a proactive approach. You will have the opportunity to develop your commercial knowledge while building relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

This role will be based at our Access 18 office, with flexibility to work from home as part of a hybrid working pattern following a period of training.

Key Accountabilities

• Support the onboarding of new customers and assist with ongoing support for existing customer accounts.
• Work closely with the Commercial Manager to create professional proposals, presentations, and content that clearly articulates the Nisbets value proposition.
• Manage day-to-day EDI portal activities accurately and efficiently to support customer requirements and payment processes.
• Collaborate with internal departments to identify and resolve customer and commercial queries.
• Support commercial coding and pricing activities, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Assist with bids, tenders, contracts, and other commercial projects as required.
• Provide administrative and commercial support across the wider Commercial team.
• Maintain accurate commercial records and data to support business decision-making.

Capabilities, Skills and Experience Required

• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to produce clear, accurate, and professional written communications.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Proactive and collaborative approach to problem solving and stakeholder management.
• Ability to build positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Confidence analysing pricing and margin data to support commercial decision‑making.
• Good Microsoft Excel skills, including data entry, formatting, formulas, sorting, and filtering.
• Ability to work effectively within a fast-paced commercial environment.
• Eagerness to learn, develop new skills, and build a career within a commercial function.

At Nisbets, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We are passionate about our customers, work together to achieve results, act with authenticity, embrace agility, and take accountability for our actions. If you are looking for an opportunity to develop your commercial career within a supportive and growing business, we'd love to hear from you.

About Us

Nisbets is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all colleagues. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only colleagues but also our potential future colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect.
Therefore, please inform us of any reasonable adjustments that we may need to make to the application or interview process.

Here at Nisbets, we aim high and we dream big.From a one-man operation in 1983, to the UK’s market leader today – it’s always been our determination to hit whatever goal we set ourselves, no matter how big. And we’ve done it time and time again.

We’re looking for experts. Passionate, forward thinkers who obsess about our customers as much as we do. We need strivers, trailblazers and problem solvers who are as determined to grow, develop and succeed as we are.

We’re determined to take the next step. But we need your help to do it.It’s all about you.

If you’re looking for a forward-thinking business on which to leave your mark; where your work is valued; Where you’ll test your skills and then develop them further than you thought you could - Nisbets is for you.

You’ll be pushing the boundaries with us, day in day out. You’ll work in a fast-paced, ever changing environment. You’ll collaborate with a wide range of other experts around the business, bringing big ideas to life, and play a leading role in taking our journey to the next level.

We are a business with heart.From the small indie diner to the Michelin-star restaurant, Nisbets deliver the equipment they need to excel. If you join our team you’ll be working in a family-owned business that isn’t afraid to let you grow. That understands the value of innovation. And that puts our impact on the environment, our commitment to ethical trading and our determination to being a fully transparent business at the forefront of all we do.