Insight-Driven Category Trading Lead

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

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.