Commercial Manager

As (Senior) Commercial Manager, you drive commercial governance across selected KoRo categories to balance product deliciousness with scalable profitability and on-time delivery. You provide clear financial guidance and establish cross-functional decision gates to ensure both new and existing food products achieve sustainable business growth across all channels.

What you'll do

• Drive commercial governance across selected product categories to balance product quality with scalable profitability and on-time delivery through clear financial guidance and decision gates.
• Lead the innovation funnel and commercial charter by consolidating market narratives, setting COGS and volume targets, and establishing approved business KPI hurdles.
• Own the end-to-end Product Lifecycle (PLC) assessment process to continuously optimize the portfolio, ensuring customer relevance and financial viability while keeping it lean.
• Spearhead commercial process improvements, maintaining documentation transparency and guaranteeing on-time execution across all cross-functional gate transitions.
• Align cross-functional stakeholders across Procurement, Finance, Marketing, and Sales to build operational consensus and independently resolve complex commercial bottlenecks.

What you'll need

• Degree in Economics, Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field, along with a minimum of 3 years of experience in consulting, category management, sales, or product commercialization.
• Strong understanding of food industry supply chains, commercial structures, category management, and demand planning processes.
• Proven experience analyzing market data, creating financial models for new products (NPDs), and managing cross-functional projects.
• Strong ownership and end-to-end mindset, hands-on execution focus, analytical problem-solving abilities, and excellent stakeholder communication skills.
• Proficiency in Google Workspace (Sheets, Slides), AI tools (Gemini / Claude), and BI tools like Tableau.
• Fluent in English; German language skills are a plus. Based in or willing to relocate to Berlin.

What they offer

• Flexible working hours, hybrid work, and 20 days of workation.
• 28 days of vacation, increasing by one additional day per year of tenure (capped at 30 days).
• Structured onboarding plan and dedicated development budget for personal and professional growth.
• MacBook, fully equipped office setup with monitors and height-adjustable desks.
• Free snacks and barista coffee in the office, 20% discount in the KoRo Online-Shop, fully funded BVG ticket (Jobticket), fitness membership subsidy, and company pension scheme (bAV) via Ginkgo.
• Regular team events and company parties.