Junior Commercial Manager

DCS Group (UK) Ltd; Banbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Cover

Pension

Medical Cash Plan

Cycle to Work Scheme

Staff Shop

Social Events

Job summary

DCS Group is recruiting a Junior Commercial Manager for its Banbury site. You will negotiate with suppliers, implement category management, and grow profitable opportunities across key brands and customers.

Join a family-owned, multi-site business offering a supportive team, competitive benefits, and clear career progression in a busy Sales & Distribution division.

Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Good commercial awareness with the ability to negotiate and influence outcomes.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Negotiating with suppliers to deliver competitive pricing and profit levels.
• Using a category management approach to provide customers with tailored product ranges and promotions.
• Growing business with existing suppliers and identifying new opportunities aligned to profit targets.
• Recovering costs associated with residuals, overstocks, and out-of-date stock.
• Representing DCS Group at meetings, events, and seminars while building relationships with customers and suppliers.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

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 Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, PZ Cussons, and SC Johnson to name a few, DCS has unrivalled multi-channel insight and category expertise. Our continued growth within Food and FMCG distribution has seen us partner with major brands such as General Mills, Crayola and Kimberly-Clark, alongside developing our own-label ranges Enliven and Afina, proudly manufactured at our state-of-the-art Redditch site.

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 100,000 sq. ft advanced Health and Beauty manufacturing facility based in Redditch.

As a family-owned business, we are very proud of our ethos, our people and over 26 years of successive growth. We offer a very special opportunity to join a welcoming, dynamic, and fun place to work, where you’ll collaborate directly with some of the world’s biggest FMCG power brands.

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and reliable Junior Commercial Manager to join us on a permanent, full-time basis within our Sales & Distribution division at our Banbury site.

As a Junior Commercial Manager, your duties will include:

• Negotiating with suppliers to deliver the most competitive pricing and profit levels
• Using a category management approach to provide customers with tailored product ranges and promotions
• Growing business with existing suppliers and identifying new opportunities aligned to profit targets
• Recovering costs associated with residuals, overstocks, and out-of-date stock
• Representing DCS Group at meetings, events, and seminars while building strong relationships with customers and suppliers

What we are looking for in our ideal Junior Commercial Manager:

• Ability to prioritise and make effective commercial decisions in time-sensitive situations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with confidence engaging stakeholders at all levels
• Good commercial awareness with the ability to negotiate and influence outcomes
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• A team-focused, self-motivated individual who is adaptable to change

Core benefits of working for DCS Group:

As a family business, we place great importance on the wellbeing and happiness of our employees. Benefits include:

• Life Cover
• Pension
• Medical Cash Plan
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Staff Shop
• Social Events

There’s no place quite like DCS Group and that’s down to our people. If you want to be part of a growing business that offers genuine career progression and exciting opportunities, we’d love to hear from you.