Assistant Commercial Excellence Manager

Location: London, United Kingdom — hybrid, 2 to 3 days per week in the Wimbledon office; up to 50% remote working

Company

Global beauty company supporting prestige fragrance brands including Calvin Klein and Hugo Boss.

What you will do

• Analyse sales performance, retailer data, brand results, and promotional performance to identify risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Prepare reporting, presentations, performance updates, and recommendations for internal and retailer-facing meetings.
• Support commercial activity and promotional planning across Boots, Superdrug, Amazon, and other key retail partners.
• Coordinate customer initiatives, brand activity, retailer meeting preparation, action tracking, and timely execution of commercial plans.
• Collaborate with Sales, Brand, Media, International, Commercial Excellence, and retailer teams on launches and commercial activation.
• Use digital and AI-enabled tools to improve reporting efficiency, identify patterns, and support faster decision making.

Requirements

• Around 2 to 4 years of experience in commercial, sales, analytics, category, trade marketing, retail, buying, merchandising, or customer-facing roles.
• Strong commercial awareness and analytical capability, including confidence working with sales data and performance reporting.
• Excellent organisation and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and contribute confidently in meetings.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders across Sales, Brand, Media, International teams, and retailer partners.
• Comfort working with digital tools, reporting processes, and data-driven ways of working.
• Ability to work from the London office 2 to 3 days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience in Beauty, FMCG, Consumer Goods, or Retail.
• Experience supporting a large brand, major retailer, fast-growth business, or start-up-style environment.
• Curiosity about technology, AI, and emerging ways of working.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working through the Omni-Working model, with up to 50% remote working.
• Private medical insurance, mental health support, life assurance, income protection, and an 8% employer-contributed pension.
• 25 days of holiday plus an additional 4-day allowance, including birthday leave.
• Enhanced parental leave, volunteering days, sabbatical options, employee discounts, and salary sacrifice schemes.
• Opportunities for international and cross-functional career development across commercial, marketing, digital, category management, ecommerce, and sales functions.