Commercial Trading Manager

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Manager bonus scheme

Generous pension scheme

Hybrid working

Discounts on flights and package deals

Job summary

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays is seeking a Commercial Trading Manager to drive performance through insight-led trading, category performance management, and cross-functional collaboration. You will support trading frameworks, reporting, and performance reviews to identify opportunities and optimise revenue and margin for the business.

A core focus is enhancing category trading activity with clear visibility of performance drivers and actionable recommendations.

Qualifications

• Commercial or trading experience.
• Ability to translate data into actionable strategy.
• Strong stakeholder management and analytical capability.

Responsibilities

• Supporting commercial category trading through detailed performance analysis and opportunity identification to drive growth across key categories.
• Leading and developing category trading reporting and governance, ensuring clear performance visibility and robust decision-making across the business.
• Identifying commercial risks and opportunities through customer, market, and performance insight, providing recommendations to optimise trading performance.
• Supporting the delivery of business strategic trading initiatives, working cross-functionally to ensure successful implementation, performance tracking, and achievement of commercial objectives.
• Developing portfolio categorisation and driving adoption across the business to support prioritisation, alongside delivering product and contracting reporting to enhance commercial visibility and decision-making.
• Building strong relationships across the business to influence stakeholders and ensure alignment on commercial priorities.

Skills

Trading experience

Data to strategy

Planning frameworks

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

Organised

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

As the Commercial Trading Manager, you will play a key role in driving commercial performance through insight-led trading, category performance management, and cross-functional collaboration. You will support the development of trading frameworks, reporting, and performance reviews to identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and optimise revenue and margin performance across the business.

A core focus of the role will be supporting and enhancing category trading activity, ensuring clear visibility of performance drivers and delivering actionable recommendations that improve commercial outcomes.

Lead a high performing team of analysts through this exciting period of growth and progression.

As our new Commercial Trading Manager, you’ll have access to a range of benefits including:

• Manager bonus scheme
• Generous company pension scheme
• Hybrid working (we're in the office 3 days a week)
• Opportunity for discounts on flights and package holiday deals

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supporting commercial category trading through detailed performance analysis and opportunity identification to drive growth across key categories.
• Leading and developing category trading reporting and governance, ensuring clear performance visibility and robust decision-making across the business.
• Identifying commercial risks and opportunities through customer, market, and performance insight, providing recommendations to optimise trading performance.
• Supporting the delivery of business strategic trading initiatives, working cross-functionally to ensure successful implementation, performance tracking, and achievement of commercial objectives.
• Developing portfolio categorisation and driving adoption across the business to support prioritisation, alongside delivering product and contracting reporting to enhance commercial visibility and decision-making.
• Building strong relationships across the business to influence stakeholders and ensure alignment on commercial priorities.

What You’ll Have

• Commercial or trading experience.
• Ability to translate data into actionable strategy.
• Experience in planning frameworks and transformation delivery.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Strong financial and analytical capability.
• Highly organised with ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Collaborative mindset and cross-functional approach.

Join us as we redefine travel experiences and create memories for millions of passengers. At Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, your potential has no limits.