Trainee Commercial Manager - Early Careers

Trainee Commercial Manager - Early Careers

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At Frasers Group we’re rethinking retail. Through digital innovation and unique store experiences, we’re serving our consumers with the world’s best sports, premium and luxury brands globally. As a leader in the industry, we’re elevating the retail experience for our consumers through our collection of established brands, including Sports Direct, FLANNELS, USC, Frasers, and GAME.

Our vision
:
We are building the world’s most admired and compelling brand ecosystem

Our purpose
:
We are elevating the lives of the many with access to the world’s best brands and experiences

At Frasers Group, we fear less and do more. Our people are forward thinkers who are driven to operate outside of their comfort zone to change the future of retail, embracing challenges along the way. The potential to elevate your career is massive, the experience unrivalled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:

• Think without limits – Think fast, think fearlessly, and take the team with you
• Own it and back yourself – Own the basics, own your role and own the results
• Be relevant – Relevant to our people, our partners and the planet

The Elevation Programme is a fast‑track development opportunity designed to build future leaders within our Product, Supply Chain, and Commercial functions. You will gain first‑hand exposure to how a high‑volume, global retail supply chain operates from factory floor to customer.

This programme offers a unique opportunity to influence product performance, availability, and profitability for the UK’s largest sports retailer by working directly with our sourcing and manufacturing partners.

You will work closely with multiple factories that manufacture products for our brands, gaining full ownership of the product lifecycle, including:

• Insight into development and product elevation
• Managing forecasting, pricing strategy and margin optimisation
• Managing amendments, production timelines and logistics flows
• Reviewing performance data to optimise categories and improve supply efficiency

Factory partners attend weekly trading and performance reviews at our Shirebrook HQ, giving you regular exposure to commercial trading decisions, supplier negotiations and operational problem‑solving.

Building on your foundation year, you will specialise in a defined area of the supply chain (e.g. sourcing, planning, production or category optimisation), while gaining exposure across additional brands and product categories within the Group.

To accelerate your progression into leadership roles within Supply Chain and Commercial teams, you will receive:

• Early access to our Leadership & Management Training Programme
• Direct insight and mentorship from senior leaders across Frasers Group
• Structured development focused on commercial acumen, data‑led decision making and supplier management

Qualifications

• A degree is not essential; candidates from Supply Chain, Business, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Digital, Fashion & Merchandising or Management backgrounds are encouraged to apply
• GCSE grade A*–C (or equivalent) in Maths and English
• Permanent right to work in the UK

Skills

• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to balance cost, quality and speed
• Confident using Excel and Microsoft Office to analyse complex data
• Able to translate supply‑chain data into clear business actions
• Passion for retail and product, with an eye for consumer trends
• Excellent communication skills, capable of building trusted supplier and internal partnerships

• One year of free accommodation, plus subsidised food and laundry
• Discounted gym membership
• 20% discount across Frasers Group brands including Sports Direct, FLANNELS, Everlast, GAME and more
• Frasers Champion – Peer‑nominated recognition with double pay for one month

• Frasers Fit – Free wellbeing app, gym classes and discounted Everlast Gym memberships
• Retail Trust – 24/7 wellbeing support including counselling, financial and legal advice

• Application review (response within 30 days)
• Online assessment (analytical skills, logic, values)
• Video interview (demonstrating your fearless mindset)
• Onsite assessment centre at Shirebrook HQ – March 2026
• Offers issued April 2026
• Programme start:
  September 2026, including an immersive orientation week

Right to Work

We are unable to accept applications from candidates requiring sponsorship or holding dependent, Student (Tier
4), Skilled Worker (Tier
2) or Post‑Study Work visas. Applicants must have permanent UK working rights.

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