Description
At Herbert Parkinson, a proud and historic part of the John Lewis Partnership, we are embarking on an exciting transformation journey to secure our long-term success. By investing in state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities, streamlining our operations, and creating broader, more fulfilling roles for our Partners, we are building a more sustainable and agile future.
Join us as we continue to deliver exceptional quality and service for our customers while empowering our partners to thrive. As a Commercial Analyst, you will protect business margins and power commercial growth through accurate pricing execution, thorough margin analysis, and immaculate system data.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain product cost models to evaluate labour, raw material, and other variable costs, ensuring target gross margins are achieved on all new and existing products
- Work with internal stakeholders to monitor raw material price fluctuations, labour inflation, and market trends to recommend timely price adjustments and mitigate margin erosion
- Support in the creation & validation of customer quotes, price lists, and promotional pricing structures
- Provide clean, validated commercial data to Finance, Sales, and Supply Chain teams to support budgeting, forecasting, and contract negotiations
- Manage the accurate creation and continuous maintenance of product setups, labour timings and Bill of Materials (BOMs) within the ERP system. Processing BOM and timing changes stemming from material changes, product redesigns or supplier updates to support accurate costing and protect business margins
- Support the Product manager in the timely exiting of products & removal of associated BOMs and timings in the most efficient way ensuring no business risk or impact to customers
Essential Skills/Experience:
- Demonstrable experience in a cost analyst or product data role in manufacturing sector
- Advanced proficiency in data modelling techniques & analytics
- Ability to translate complex data into clear, concise reports & recommendations
- Possesses excellent interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail
Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Sounds knowledge of Continuous Improvement methodologies
In addition to your contractual pay, any time worked between 22:00 - 06:00 will attract Night Premium at a rate of £4.75 per hour.