Senior Commercial Manager - #2072135

Senior Commercial Manager

Location: Head Office, Birmingham

Working Hours: Monday - Friday, Hybrid working in the office 3 days per week

Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits Package

About Us

Join 2 Sisters Food Group, one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, with an annual turnover exceeding £3 billion and approximately 13,000 employees across 16 sites. We have a strong presence in poultry, chilled, and bakery food categories. We are committed to delivering high-quality products to the British public and our retail and food service customers, including major retailers like Aldi, Asda, Co-op, KFC, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrison's, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Waitrose.

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Commercial Manager to join our high-performing Aldi team and play a pivotal role in leading one of our most strategic customer relationships. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced commercial professional to take ownership of the added value categories while supporting the wider Aldi account across key commercial activity.

You'll be a key leader within the team - managing customer relationships, driving commercial performance, leading negotiations, and ensuring successful delivery across multiple projects and categories.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage key customer relationships within the Aldi account, building trusted partnerships that support long-term growth and performance
• Take ownership of the added value categories, ensuring strong commercial delivery and operational alignment across all activity
• Lead commercial negotiations and manage conversations, with a focus on driving improvement
• Oversee and drive key projects from concept through to launch, ensuring timelines, critical paths, and stakeholder expectations are effectively managed
• Support the Business Unit Director across the wider Aldi account when required
• Contribute to strategic planning, forecasting, budgeting, and category growth initiatives

About You

You're an experienced commercial professional with a strong background in food manufacturing and a proven ability to manage customer relationships at pace. You bring excellent commercial acumen, confidence in leading negotiations, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders effectively.

Key Skills

• Proven experience in a similar commercial or category role within food manufacturing
• Strong experience managing and leading customer relationships
• Demonstrable examples of leading commercial negotiations and driving positive outcomes
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing budgets, margins, and category performance
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to deliver multiple priorities successfully
• Confident managing senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams

Benefits

• 33 days annual leave inclusive of the bank holidays
• Company pension scheme with Legal & General or NEST
• Company sick pay (after qualifying period)
• Refer a friend scheme
• Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme and Grocery Aid are free and confidential support services 365 days a year
• Boparan Restaurant Group Discount - 50% discount for friends and family
• Cycle2Work Scheme

Why Join Us?

As one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, we provide ample opportunities for career growth and skill development. We emphasise promoting from within, ensuring you can build a rewarding career with us.

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