Job Description
Role: Commercial & Category Analyst (Marketing)- Doncaster
Salary: £30000K
Hours: Monday- Friday 37.5 hours per week
Benefits:
* BUPA and health cash plan
* 3% Pension
* 5% potential annual bonus
* 25 days holiday plus bank hols
* Hybrid working model- 3/2 day split
* Private healthcare for employees/ spouse/ family
Position Overview:
Elevation Recruitment are excited to be recruiting for one of the UK’s largest distributors.
Reporting to the Category Controller you will be supporting the commercial team with analysis and interpretation of data relating to category, promotional and pricing performance. This person will be the liaison point for Suppliers, Members, Data Providers, and personnel appertaining the analytical & category functions.
The Commercial & Category Analyst will coordinate and develop the analytical capabilities of the Commercial Team in support of the wider business; to improve efficiencies, stakeholder connectivity, and knowledge to positively influence business decisions & performance. To support the Category Management function, providing insight/content for digital & printed Range collateral, coordinating implementation with relevant Field Teams.
Key Result Areas:
Accurate and relevant market data gathered and analysed as agreed
Provide Management Reports in the format and standard required
Complete internal/departmental projects to specified deadlines & within budget
Deliver Plan for Profit Guides & associated collateral to specified deadlines & within budget
Provide the Tools necessary for Field Team to execute Core Range Standards
Responsibilities:
Data Analysis & Reports:
Data Analysis -Gather, analyse and interpret data from across industry/channel, supplier & other internal/external data sources relating to core range, own brand and promotional performance audits Management Reports & Tools - As part of a multi-departmental data team, use analytical applications such as SQL and Power BI to provide Management reports & tools to facilitate wider business decisions relating to Membership Criteria, Promotional, Pricing & Competitor analysis Stakeholder relationships- develop positive relationships with key suppliers, internal and external stakeholders such as marketing and optimisation champions Performance Evaluation - Analytically support Commercial & Trading teams to provide performance evaluations, market/supplier insights, industry trends, and competitor knowledge to demonstrably improve results across the company’s Core Range and commercial benefit
Stakeholder & Process Development
Internal Process Improvement - work with internal departments to review key processes, improve efficiencies, data management and user interfaces in areas such as Promotional admin, Core Range management, data-matching (TWC, Brandbank, Financial, etc)
Commercial Development Projects - Provide input into program/process development projects, relating to Commercial & business platforms
Background Knowledge/Experience:
* Relevant experience - analytics, category, marketing, supply chain, or related business field
* Experience of marketing through content creation ideally
* Convenience Retail/Wholesale, Foodservice or On Trade knowledge preferable
* Strong IT Skills - Microsoft/Reporting, data analysis & output (ideally, experience with SQL, Power BI or equivalent)
* Excel experience- advanced required