St Helena

Commercial Director

  • Colchester
  • Full time
  • Competitive
  • Closing date: 22 Sep
  • The Commercial Director is responsible for overall delivery of commercial strategies and performance across the Retail, Lottery and Commercial Cleaning businesses, in addition to the Marketing function, with a potential to also take on responsibility for fundraising operations.

    St Helena is a £24 million income organisation and generates circa 50% of this from its commercial trading activities. Kate Heslegrave, Co-CEO, is ambitious to continue the growth and further development of St Helena’s commercial trading activities and this role is crucial to the achievement of this.

    Key duties and responsibilities include:

    • Lead the development and delivery of commercial operations and business development for the group ensuring sustainable income growth that delivers the organisation’s charitable and strategic objectives.
    • Provide advice to the Chief Executive, Senior Leadership Team, Trading Board and Board of Trustees on all strategic commercial, business development, and business innovation matters.
    • Lead the non-care trading activities and businesses within the group – currently Retail, Lottery & Commercial Cleaning businesses.
    • Develop and deliver new business opportunities and ventures, including investment cases, and commercial analysis.
    • Lead the brand and marketing strategy for the charity and group and ensure its effective implementation.
    • Lead the development of the commercial growth plan and ensure commercial teams develop budgets and business plans that deliver agreed objectives and income targets.
    • Provide inspirational leadership to the Retail, Commercial Cleaning, Lottery and Marketing functions.

    The Commercial Director is responsible for overall delivery of commercial strategies and performance across the Retail, Lottery and Commercial Cleaning businesses, in addition to the Marketing function, with a potential to also take on responsibility for fundraising operations.

    St Helena is a £24 million income organisation and generates circa 50% of this from its commercial trading activities. Kate Heslegrave, Co-CEO, is ambitious to continue the growth and further development of St Helena’s commercial trading activities and this role is crucial to the achievement of this.

    Key duties and responsibilities include:

    • Lead the development and delivery of commercial operations and business development for the group ensuring sustainable income growth that delivers the organisation’s charitable and strategic objectives.
    • Provide advice to the Chief Executive, Senior Leadership Team, Trading Board and Board of Trustees on all strategic commercial, business development, and business innovation matters.
    • Lead the non-care trading activities and businesses within the group – currently Retail, Lottery & Commercial Cleaning businesses.
    • Develop and deliver new business opportunities and ventures, including investment cases, and commercial analysis.
    • Lead the brand and marketing strategy for the charity and group and ensure its effective implementation.
    • Lead the development of the commercial growth plan and ensure commercial teams develop budgets and business plans that deliver agreed objectives and income targets.
    • Provide inspirational leadership to the Retail, Commercial Cleaning, Lottery and Marketing functions.