Commercial Manager

D C S Manufacturing; Banbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading distributor and manufacturer in Banbury is seeking an experienced Commercial Manager. You will drive category growth in the Wholesale, Convenience, E-commerce, and Health sectors. The ideal candidate should have outstanding communication, negotiation skills, and thrive in a collaborative environment. DCS Group offers core benefits like life cover, pension, and a cycle to work scheme. If you want to be part of a dynamic company with career progression opportunities, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

Life Cover

Pension

Medical Cash Plan

Cycle to Work Scheme

Subsidised cafe including free breakfast

Staff Shop

Social Events

Qualifications

• Experience in category management in Wholesale, Convenience, E-commerce, or Health sectors.
• Proficient in managing supplier relationships and negotiating.
• Ability to communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop category growth across multiple sectors.
• Manage supplier aged/disputed debt effectively.
• Provide customers with tailored category management approaches.
• Represent DCS in meetings and build strong customer relationships.
• Ensure compliance in product recall processes.

Skills

Outstanding written, verbal, and presentation skills

Motivated and confident

Ability to prioritize workload

Strong negotiation skills

Team-oriented

Job description

Would you like the opportunity to work with some of the world’s largest brands?

DCS Group 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, DCS 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 DCS.

DCS Group 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.

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 DCS 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 in our ideal Commercial Manager:

• You will have outstanding written, verbal and presentation skills, being able to communicate and negotiate effortlessly at all levels with internal and external customers
• You will be highly motivated, confident, outgoing with a can-do attitude
• You are flexible to change and thrive in a busy environment, being able to prioritise workload and make effective commercial decisions under pressure
• You enjoy working in a collaborative environment and are highly team orientated

Core benefits of working for DCS Group:

As a family business, we place a great deal of importance on the well-being and happiness of our staff and the benefits they can enjoy.

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

There’s no place quite like DCS Group 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!