Commercial Management Degree Apprentice … commencing Summer 2025

Summary

Our Commercial Management Degree Apprentice will support our Consumer Health Care Marketing and Sales functions. The role will be varied and involve contributing to and leading on projects, rotating into specific roles to support the needs of the business and gaining a wide range of experience across commercial functions.

Wage: £25,000 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
Training course: Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)
Hours: Hybrid working – we spend three days of your choice in the office, with the remaining days working at home. Days and times to be confirmed.
38 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 1 July
Duration: 4 years 4 months
Positions available: 2

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

On a day-to-day basis, your key responsibilities will include:

The production of sales performance and projection trackers
Reporting on promotional compliance, pricing, competitor activity, out of stocks
Management of brand portfolio, including monitoring sales, demand planning and forecasting, ownership of budget and preparation of brand plans
Supporting or leading with exhibitions and sampling events
Management of projects and activities to support New Product Development (NPD)
Supporting sales teams
Demand management, Inventory Management and Contract Manufacturing Organisation (CMO) Supply Planning
Project and Program Management

Where you’ll work

STADA UK - Third Floor Globe Mill

Bridge Street

Slaithwaite

Huddersfield

HD7 5JN

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Support the development of organisational strategies and plans. Develop and deliver operational plans; being able to set targets and KPIs, manage resources, and monitor and measure outcomes to establish operational effectiveness, efficiencies and excellence. Produce reports that clearly present information and data, using a range of interpretation and analytical processes. Gain wide support to deliver successful outcomes
Plan, organise and manage resources in order to achieve organisational goals. Identify key outcomes, develop and implement plans and monitor progress, and provide reports as required. Proactively identify risk and create plans for their mitigation. Able to initiate, lead and drive change within the organisation, identifying barriers/challenges and how to overcome them. Ability to use widely recognised project management tools
Managing budgets, controlling expenditure and production of financial reports
Use of customer insight and analysis of data to determine and drive customer service outcomes and improve customer relationships. Creative approaches to developing solutions to meet customer need
Able to identify service/organisational improvements and opportunities for innovation and growth, using qualitative and quantitative analysis of information and data and benchmarking against others
Communicate clearly, effectively and regularly using oral, written and digital channels and platforms. Use active listening and open questioning to structure conversations and discussions, and able to challenge when appropriate. Manage and chair meetings and clearly present actions and outcomes. Ability to apply influencing and persuading skills, to the dynamics and politics of personal interactions
Able to articulate organisational purpose and values. Support the creation of an inclusive, high performance work culture. Enable others to achieve by developing and supporting them through coaching and mentoring
Able to build teams, empower and motivate others to improve performance or achieve outcomes. Able to delegate to others, provide clear guidance and monitor progress. Ability to set goals and accountabilities
Able to build rapport and trust, develop networks and maintain relationships with people from a range of cultures, backgrounds and levels. Able to contribute within a team environment. Effectively influence and negotiate, being able to have challenging conversations and give constructive feedback. Work collaboratively with internal and external customers and suppliers
Able to reflect on own performance, identifying and acting on learning and development needs. Ability to understand impact on others. Can manage stress and personal well-being, and confident in knowing core values and drivers
Able to create personal development plan, and use widely recognised tools and techniques to ensure the management of time and pressure effectively, and prioritisation and strategic alignment of activities
Use evidence-based tools and ethical approaches to undertake problem solving and critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation to support decision making

Your training plan

Throughout the entirety of the degree apprenticeship, you’ll gain relevant, practical, on-the-job experience in a dynamic marketing and sales environment, to support you in gaining a BA (Hons) Business Management Professional qualification.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level in:

English Language/Literature (grade C or above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative

About this company

STADA Thornton & Ross is one of UK's fastest-growing producers of consumer healthcare products including Covonia, Savlon, Nizoral, Cetraben and Zoflora. Our Specialty and Generic medicines also address therapeutic areas including dermatology, bone health, kidney disease and more. With more than 700 employees, we’re proud that our growth journey is supporting Britain’s wellbeing in multiple settings, including consumer healthcare, hospital, primary care, pharmacy and homecare. Our mission is Caring for People’s Health as a Trusted Partner, and we’re always looking out for talented people to join our team and support our exciting growth plan.

https://www.thorntonross.com/careers (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

A leadership role within our commercial marketing & sales functions upon completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000299958.

Apply now

Closes in 21 days (Friday 28 February)

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Company’s application instructions

Please submit your application through the STADA Thornton & Ross careers site.

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