Commercial Planning Manager

Ref: AS9868428

Peterborough, England

£60,000

• Permanent
• FMCG Sales Planning
• Commercial Analysis
• Stakeholder Management

About the candidate

A dynamic commercial professional with over five years’ experience across FMCG, with a strong focus on beauty and personal care. They bring a solid mix of sales planning, performance analysis and stakeholder management, with a natural ability to turn detailed data into clear, practical insight.

They are proactive, detail-led and comfortable working in fast-paced commercial environments. Having supported sales, marketing and supply chain teams, they are well placed to help improve forecasting, customer planning and overall sales performance.

What makes them great?

• Commercially sharp: Helped identify key growth opportunities that contributed to around a 15% increase in sales performance over a year.
• Data-led and practical: Builds and maintains sales performance dashboards, translating complex information into straightforward, actionable insight.
• Strong collaborator: Supports joint business planning and customer growth activity, helping improve alignment between sales and marketing teams.

Areas of expertise

• Sales planning and forecasting: Experienced in coordinating forecasting inputs, supporting sales teams and working closely with supply chain to improve planning accuracy.
• Commercial performance analysis: Skilled in analysing customer performance, promotional effectiveness and profitability to highlight opportunities for growth.
• Cross-functional stakeholder management: Confident working with sales, marketing and supply chain teams to align activity, track actions and support customer growth plans.