What You'll Do
This opportuity is pivotal to the team and the candidate should love delivering value to customers, stakeholder engagment and bring excellent business partnering experience combined with a love of working cross functionally in this critical and dynamic part of the business. (A background in strategy consulting would be super helpful and highly regarded.)
The position offers exposure to commercial forums and valuable insights into the commercial negotiation process, with a particular focus on identification of commercial opportunities for cost reduction and avoidance.
- Deep dive into supplier cost increase submissions, meticulously analysing data to uncover hidden opportunities for cost reduction, avoidance and optimisation
- Translate cost insights into clear, actionable recommendations that drive tangible financial benefits for both customers and the business
- Proactively frame business problems and gather relevant data from diverse sources, injecting analytical rigour and innovative thinking into the challenges faced by the category teams
- Act as a trusted business partner to category teams, providing expert guidance on pricing strategies, cost analysis, and value optimisation
- Actively participate in commercial forums, contributing valuable insights and building strong relationships with key stakeholders
What You'll Bring
- A minimum of 7 years of experience in Pricing, Finance, or Commercial roles, preferably in a fast-paced retail or FMCG environment. Strategy background is essential
- Exceptional communicator, adept at building and maintaining strong partnerships with diverse stakeholders across the business and fostering cross-functional collaboration
- Adept at transforming datasets into compelling narratives, crafting complex analyses that yield actionable insights and recommendations.
- Proficiency in Google Sheets (MS Excel) and Google Slides (MS PowerPoint)
- Experience with data modelling, basic to intermediate SQL skills, familiarity with BigQuery and GCP
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