Senior Commercial Analyst - Roodepoort at Clover S.A. Proprietary Limited

Job Advert Summary    

• Clover is looking for an experienced Senior Commercial Analyst to join their Commercial team based at Head Office (Roodepoort). The successful individual will support the Commercial Development Manager and the Commercial department with relevant data for decision making and provide assistance with project management.

Requirements    

• BSc/ BCom Degree
• Relevant experience in applying job-related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level – i.e., Junior Key Account Management, Sales Analyst etc.
• Business English: Fluent
• Computer literacy (Advanced)
• Nielsen, IRI, Spar Insights, Dunnhumby, Rex, Infohub
• MS Excel & PowerPoint

Competencies    

• Commercially Minded
• Proactive and action orientated.
• Approaches situations with an open mind and solves problems creatively.
• Solves problems through effective decision making.
• Clear and sound reasoning ability.
• Maintain high standards.
• Commitment and motivation.      
• Thinking and reasoning logically.     
• Communicates effectively. 
• Ability to apply numerical principals.
• Apply expertise and technology.

Duties and Responsibilities    
Support on Strategic Projects.        

• Assist Project Manager in preparation of business cases.
• Analyse Internal sales and market data for key opportunities, customer presentations, negotiations & strategic initiatives
• Gather and interpret relevant data (costs, productivity, demand patterns, etc.
• Assist with the development of project plans and design.
• Provide advanced warning of possible problems areas.
• Track, monitor and measure the benefit of implemented solutions/project and perform gap analysis.
• Assist in designing cross departmental solutions.

Reporting.

• Generate ad-hoc reports when required.
• Compile standard reports for KPI measurements.
• Track incentive performance and measure the effectiveness thereof.
• Generate user-friendly reports that the sales team can understand and utilize.
• Generate ad-hoc reports and analysis.

Data analysis and tracking.

• Provide business with information and insights to support their role.
• Track incentives and sales initiatives.
• Calculate of promotional performance and ROI.
• Identify root causes of problems/ successes and solutions thereof.
• Create solutions and strategies for products and customer channels.

Statistical analysis, forecasting and strategy.

• Support business decision making regarding volumes forecast and predictions.
• Conduct shopper data analysis to better understand our shopper (smart shopper, Dunnhumby, Nielsen).
• Conduct post event analysis.