Business Cost Analyst

  • Job Reference: 1108699515-2
  • Date Posted: 8 September 2023
  • Recruiter: Mulberry Recruitment
  • Location: Camberley, Surrey
  • Salary: £40,000 to £48,000
  • Sector: Retail & Consumer Products
  • Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

Business Cost Analyst

Location: Camberley

Salary: 40,000- 48,000

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm

My client based in Camberley who are within the food industry are seeking a Cost Analyst to come on and join their team. To apply for this role you will need to have previous experience working in a similar role and industry.

Daily Duties:

Develop, deploy and challenge the commercials offered to customers, which promotes growth and increases Business profitability

Create and improve detailed financial models that track and analyse functional costs and their impact on the companies overall performance

Analyse sales trends and identify the key drivers adding revenue advantages

Challenge performance and make recommendations to improve sales and margins

Own the marketing and sales support forecasting, and work with the Business to ensure accuracy based on operational performance

Analyse and review Trade Promotions, to understand the performance of historic and future activities to ensure effective use of Company resources

Identify and initiate improvements to company BI tools and reporting towards product/customer/channel profitability reporting

Manage internal and external pricing

Creating pricing files and maintaining internal and external price lists within the ERP

Work with the NPD team to ensure robust forecasting and stock cover of all new products

Create effective measures, controls, processes, and procedures to manage pricing and Business risk

Competitor price comparison data acquisition, monitoring and reporting

Advise and make recommendations in the development of marketing campaign profit parameters.

Pulling insights from data, working with the marketing team to manage revenue risks associated with advertising and marketing efforts

Develop monthly reporting and new business profitability reporting to drive Pricing Review meetings

Skill Set:

Excellent Excel and Database aptitude and skills

An accurate, methodical approach and critical attention for detail

Organization, planning and prioritisation skills

Clear IT, written and verbal capabilities