Commercial Business Partner

Commercial Business Partner / Analyst

Milton Keynes

£50,000 - 60,000

Fixed term contract (9/10 months) - immediate start

Partnering with the commercial and category teams, you will be responsible for driving/supporting customer category growth. Providing added value analysis and commercial finance support to the sales and category teams.

• To be a key Business Partner with Sales and Category teams to drive improved commercial plans
• Coach and support finance for non-finance development
• Key partner in customer tenders, and supporting account managers to deliver margin and category targets
• Support build of month end/forecasts/budget and 5-year plan
• Review categories and margin development with category team and sales managers/directors, challenge and support them to improve
• Monitor and provide post promotional campaign analysis to maximise volume and margin growth
• Monthly sales performance monitoring v’s KPIS
• Driving category analysis to improve category and customer margins and price analysis
• Support sales in large tender process
• Accurate reviews and cost control of customer activity, including rebates, campaign discounts
• Generation of sales reports
• Maintain new business opportunity tracker incorporating monthly sales team review
• Analyse customer and market trends, identify, and improve margin opportunities
• Support category initiatives and financially evaluate activities

• Ensure data accuracy and timely delivery of all customer rebates, customer campaign discounts, fines to the Senior Commercial Controller
• Improved category reporting and help develop category manager’s visibility and understanding of categories
• Developing tools to enable sales teams to have better access to data and improve customer facing information and awareness.
• Work with marketing to understand and evaluate marketing activity
• High level accuracy of business information required for internal reviews and customer meetings
• Carry out work in accordance with written and verbal instructions

• Good working understanding of all areas of commercial finance, and working with sales and category staff to review and understand key margin drivers

• Ability to build excellent working relationships with colleagues and customers within all levels of the business
• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Strong numerical, analytical, and presentation skills
• To be able to effectively influence both with customers and internally
• Ability to analyse data to identify opportunities, trends and issues and develop appropriate action plans
• Good administrative and IT skills particularly in MS Word, Excel, Power point
• Sound knowledge and experience with sales budgeting, forecasting and P&Ls
• Strong commercial understanding and awareness

• Partnering Commercial Business teams
• Developing new reporting and working on own initiative to help Business partner non-finance people

• ACCA/CIMA qualified accountant or qualified by experience
• An individual with a positive mind-set and desire to succeed
• A self-starter who is motivated, passionate, hardworking, and organised
• Flexible and adaptable approach to work
• Someone with the ability to perform under pressure
• A team player with the desire to support and develop other people to achieve their goals
• Good personal presentation, a real company ambassador with a courteous, professional manner
• Ability to work to deadlines

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