Commercial Manager

CIPS; Huntingdon; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (3 days minimum per in‑

Competitive holiday allowance

Cycle to Work scheme

Discounts with retailers and gyms

Subsidised onsite canteen

Development and career progression

Job summary

Hilton Foods is seeking a Commercial Manager to join the Huntingdon Commercial team. This role focuses on building strong relationships with key retail customers, identifying growth opportunities and taking ownership of profitable growth beyond day-to-day account maintenance.

You will work closely with internal teams to deliver customer strategy, promotional plans and KPIs, while developing your P&L understanding and progressing within a fast-paced FMCG environment.

Qualifications

• Commercial or account management experience within FMCG.
• Understanding of customer/supplier relationships and performance drivers.
• Ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders.
• Strong commercial judgement and interest in P&L.
• Analytical mindset with data-driven decision making.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Willingness to learn and take on responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with key retail customers.
• Identify opportunities to drive volume, value and growth.
• Support customer strategy, joint business plans and projects.
• Own and develop promotional plans and review KPIs.
• Support category reviews with insights.
• Collaborate with NPD, Insights, Operations and other teams.
• Take ownership of P&L performance.
• Contribute to growth of Huntingdon site.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Account management

FMCG experience

P&L knowledge

Data-driven

Stakeholder management

Tools

Excel

Job description

Hilton Foodsis looking for a Commercial Manager to join our Huntingdon Commercialteam. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has built strongcommercial or account management experience and is now looking for greaterownership, exposure and the opportunity to develop their career. This isn'tjust about maintaining accounts, this is a real growth area for the businessand so we are looking for someone who is curious, driven and commerciallyswitched on - someone who wants to understand what makes our customers tick,spot opportunities and help turn them into profitable growth.

Whatyou'll be doing

• Build strong, trusted relationships with key retail customers and become a credible commercial partner.
• Identify opportunities to drive volume, value and profitable growth across existing and new customers
• Support the delivery of customer strategy, joint business plans and key commercial projects.
• Own and develop promotional plans and regularly review customer and Hilton Foods KPIs.
• Support category reviews and bring commercially relevant insight to customer conversations.
• Work closely with NPD, Insights, Operations and other internal teams to deliver against customer priorities.
• Take ownership of P&L performance, balancing customer needs with commercial returns.
• Get involved in business development opportunities and initiatives that support the continued growth of the Huntingdon site.

Whatwe're looking for

We'reinterested in potential as well as experience.

You mayalready be a Commercial Manager, or you could be an ambitious AccountManager across any area of the food industry looking for the opportunity tostep up.

• Are youcommercially ambitious, customer-focused and ready to take the next step inyour FMCG career?, Commercial or account management experience within FMCG, ideally working with UK Grocery Retail or Food Service Customers
• A strong understanding of the customer/supplier relationship and what drives commercial performance.
• The confidence to build relationships and influence stakeholders at different levels.
• Good commercial judgement and an interest in developing your P&L knowledge and responsibility.
• Experience supporting or delivering projects across multiple functions.
• An analytical mindset - comfortable using data and insight to make commercial decisions.
• Energy, curiosity and the ambition to develop within a fast-paced commercial environment.
• A full UK driving licence.
• Mostimportantly, we're looking for someone who wants to learn, wantsresponsibility and wants to progress.

Alongside a competitive package, you'll receive a range of benefits including:

• Hybrid working (3 days minimum per week in office)
• Competitive holiday allowance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Discounts with a variety of well-known retailers and gyms
• Subsidised onsite canteen
• Development and career progression opportunities

AboutHilton Foods

At HiltonFoods, our people are at the heart of what we do. We work in partnership withsome of the world's leading retailers and continue to grow through innovation,strong customer relationships and great people.

If you'relooking for a commercial role where you can make an impact, learn quicklyand build towards your next career move, we'd love to hear from you.