Commercial Manager

Glasgow,United Kingdom April 13, 2026 Full Time Workday Recruiting

Your role 

To effectively contribute to achieving agreed budgeted EBITDA, in particular maximising the commercial income and sales profitability by providing and managing a complete supply chain function.

Your role & responsibilities 

  • Reporting directly to the Regional Manager contributing to monitoring of EBITDA targets and budgets, with responsibility for overseeing supply chain function.

  • Supervision of stock control teams at both Glasgow and Perth, including: appraisals, training and development and agreeing targets, to ensure efficiency.

  • Maintain and establish strong procedures in each depot, to support consolidated improvements in performance

  • Maintain commercial income by managing optimum throughput of new and existing products to meet customer needs.

  • Monitor and control stock levels at depots, working with stock related KPIs

  • Organise and control all purchasing and stock control key activities within the area against the targets set

  • Coordinate stock purchases via existing contracts – including imports - and liaise with Product Management team to support UK stock levels

  • Act as key stock contact for major customers and suppliers

  • Track supplier performance to target On Time in Full receipts.

  • Actively pursue additional purchasing and procurement opportunities

  • Liaise with other depots for supplying and procuring stock

  • Liaise with members of the sales team to maximise sales opportunities and minimise capital risk

  • Liaise with other departments to rectify any customer complaints related to stock

  • Regularly providing reports to Regional Manager, agreeing remedial action where required

  • Use and maintain SAP systems for purchasing, stock control, reporting, and KPI monitoring; SAP experience required.

  • Undertake any reasonable tasks or duties assigned by the Regional Manager from time to time, related to the effective and efficient performance of the job, and providing they are within the post holders skills and ability.

 

Brenntag provides equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees of all backgrounds and identities to create a workplace where difference is valued because it forms a resilient and more innovative organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or any other protected characteristic. We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds.


 

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How to Get Hired at Brenntag

  • Brenntag is the world's largest chemicals distributor, ~17,500 employees, ~€16-17B revenue 2024, headquartered in Essen, Germany, listed on the DAX 40, and led by CEO Christian Kohlpaintner since January 2020.
  • The company is organized into two divisions — Essentials (commodity chemicals, larger volumes, thinner margins, logistics-heavy) and Specialties (life sciences, food, personal care, CASE, technical sales, richer margins) — and is in the middle of a multi-year operational separation that may eventually become a demerger.
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