Commercial Analyst

Commercial Analyst

Spring are currently working in partnership with a market leading organisation to recruit a Commercial Analyst in Northampton!

The Company
You will be working for a truly market leading organisation who are recognised as one of Britain's Top Employers. There is fantastic career progression available across the Group which includes many leading, well-known brands as well as a network of over 30,000 colleagues.

The Role
In this role you will provide great insight into all of the businesses across the Group. You will play an important role in supporting the Group's commercial performance through delivery of a profit improvement programme. This includes analysis of category performance, market dynamics and supplier performance. Ultimately, you'll be making a real difference in finding profit opportunities.

You will also play a key role in bringing the Group businesses together by actively supporting collaboration in order to improve product sourcing, customer proposition and category profitability.

Responsibilities
*Identifying and undertaking incisive analysis of the market and industry data, in conjunction with Category teams, to highlight industry trends, market dynamics and the business' position within.
*Analysing category data across the Group to model profit benefits through identifying areas to probe and developing the appropriate analytical approach.
*Provide preliminary findings and/or recommendations to Project Managers and Category teams.
*Undertake financial modelling of the different negotiation scenarios during each phase of the negotiation process, to identify further negotiation levers.
*Track the commercial impact of the project post the completion of the negotiations.
*Attending key meetings with Business Units to explain the approach, analysis and key recommendations, influencing the strategy
*Providing clear and thorough presentations for communicating project savings and negotiation strategies to senior stakeholders
*Develop and produce 'best in class' templates and models for use within the team and across the commercial function
*Own and manage regular reporting for use in commercial eg commodity and currency data
*Manage and evolve tracking documents to provide accurate data for use within and outside the team.

Requirements
*Proven experience in either a buying, commercial or commercial finance function
*Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
*Strong stakeholder management skills with an ability to influence across different levels of the business.
*Confident in using presentation and analytical tools.

Interested?

Apply now for my immediate consideration!

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