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Commercial Team Lead

Division: Sales & Distribution

Location: Banbury

We’re looking for an experienced and driven Commercial Team Lead to join our high-performing Commercial function. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop a team of Senior, Commercial, and Junior Commercial Managers, helping to deliver our supplier strategies and drive profitable growth.

As Commercial Team Lead, you will lead by example – supporting your team, owning your supplier portfolio, and delivering best-in-class relationships both internally and externally. You’ll bring strong commercial thinking, a solutions-focused mindset, and the confidence to influence at all levels.

What you will do?

  • Lead and develop a team of Senior, Commercial, and Junior Commercial Managers

  • Own your supplier portfolio, working collaboratively with the wider Commercial and Sales teams

  • Deliver against agreed sales, margin, and supplier term targets

  • Build and maintain strong supplier partnerships with clear joint business plans

  • Improve cashflow and profitability by negotiating competitive pricing, resolving aged debt, and recovering costs on overstocks and out-of-date stock

  • Provide tailored product ranges and promotions to customers using a category management approach

  • Represent DCS at meetings, events, and industry forums

  • Ensure compliance with Good Distribution Practice in all product-related activity

  • Communicate effectively across all departments and external stakeholders

About you. 

  • Minimum 3 years' experience in a similar commercial role

  • Proven team leadership experience

  • Strong commercial acumen and numeracy

  • A confident negotiator and decision-maker with a solutions-focused mindset

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and analytical ability

  • Skilled in Microsoft Excel

  • Able to build relationships and influence across multiple networks

  • Growth mindset and team player

Why join DCS group?

At DCS, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a fast-paced, supportive environment where high performance is recognised and rewarded. This role offers the chance to make a real impact, develop your career, and be part of a business that’s built on partnership and growth.

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