Commercial Initiatives and Planning Manager

Royal Mail Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Commercial Initiatives and Planning Manager to drive business planning and commercial direction. The role requires expertise in price modelling and stakeholder management, focusing on strategic initiatives within the Commercial Directorate. This position offers significant benefits, including family healthcare and a competitive annual bonus.

Benefits

Full family private Healthcare

18% annual bonus potential

27.5 days annual leave

Company pension scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave

24/7 Wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders for positive outcomes.
• Experience in commercial and pricing sectors.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to assess business plans.
• Analyse pricing performance and recommend strategies.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure aligned pricing strategy.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Price Modelling

Financial Forecasting

Project Coordination

Commercial Awareness

Job description

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Job reference 325241
Commercial Initiatives and Planning Manager
Cometitive salary, £4200 Car allowance, or £3700 cash equivalent, plus full family private Healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential with 27.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 10 years service, and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Permanent, Full time
This is a Hybrid Working role with a requirement to attend our London Farringdon office, with flexibility required in line with business needs.

Are you experienced in Price Modelling or Financial Forecasting, with a background in initiative development or Project co-ordination? Do you have excellent stakeholder management and engagement skills? We need someone with energy, expertise, and ambition to join our Team!

Reporting into the Head of Commercial Planning and Partnerships, this role is responsible for business planning and commercial direction in both financial and personnel areas for the Commercial Directorate, as well as managing the operation and prioritisation, and communication for the Commercial directorate.

About the role
• Working across functions to assess and stress test business plans for attainability and commercial impact, acting as a consultant and key concurrence gateway for the commercial team
• Analyse pricing performance in the Parcels and Retail Letters areas and report strategy recommendations to the central pricing team and Commercial Ops Director
• Work with product and propositions teams and RM Group Pricing and Strategy teams to ensure aligned strategy on performance priorities and optimal product pricing
• Work with product owners, central modelling team and finance partners to influence business plans and forecasts for Royal Mail
• Work with Commercial Ops Director to develop and deploy planning and pricing trials to deliver £7bn revenue, along with profit and volume targets
• Improve costing insight and models to improve yield management

About you
To truly excel in role, you will possess the necessary skills and experience listed below -
• Excellent organisational skills
• Strong communication skills, able to engage clearly across a variety of audiences
• Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders to deliver positive outcomes
• Commercial background with an understanding of profit drivers in the carrier market
• Modelling and pricing experience
• Experience at developing yield through trials and small change
• Highly motivated with willingness to take action and own their own performance
• Proven leader with project coordination experience

Extra Benefits
• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone.
*Available only to perm employees

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions. We plan to hold interviews w/c 23rd June.

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we'll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we'd love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date - Tuesday 17th June 2025. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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