Group Commercial Manager

About the role

As the Group Commercial Manager you will lead the development and governance of commercial processes, tools, standards and analytics across Van de Velde Packaging Group. The role is focused on reducing administrative burden for sales teams, increasing commercial discipline and enabling a data‑driven approach to sustainable growth.

Key responsibilities

• Own CRM governance, ensure data quality, drive user adoption and create dashboards and reports.
• Develop, maintain and communicate commercial processes, sales guidelines, roles and responsibilities.
• Manage terms & conditions, supply agreements, contract templates and commercial best practices.
• Implement and optimise sales tools, movement sheets, templates and other commercial enablement resources.
• Facilitate forecasting, budgeting and commercial performance reviews.
• Design KPI dashboards, produce management reports and translate data into actionable insights.
• Act as the liaison between Sales, Marketing, Pricing, Operations, Finance and IT to ensure alignment.
• Continuously simplify, standardise and automate processes to boost commercial productivity.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 5 years of experience in sales operations, commercial support or a similar function.
• Proven ability to manage complex commercial frameworks and drive cross‑functional collaboration.

Required skills