Founded on the 9th Day of January, 1969, Berger Paints Nig. Plc is a leader in the manufacturing, development, distribution and sale of paints and coatings to professional, Industrial, commercial and retail customers in Nigeria. We operate in 5 business segements; Decorative, Industrial coatings, Marine and Protecton coatings, Automotive/Vehicle refinishes a...
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The Commercial Analyst supports revenue growth and cost optimisation through CBA analysis, product costing, margin/profitability insights, commercial spend tracking, promo evaluation, and competitive analysis.
Responsibilities
Profitability analysis: Evaluate and report on product profitability, share recommendations for decision making
Cost-benefit analysis: Prepare a CBA for commercial activities to aid decision making.
Competitive analysis: Source, analyse and report on market data, trends and competitor activity
Revenue growth: Implement VPM (Volume price mix) analysis, revenue growth initiatives to drive revenue optimisation. Monitor and report on revenue/margin trends
Promotion evaluation: Carry out pre- and post-promo evaluation, report on data analysed, insights from the commercial team and promo visits
Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with production, supply chain, commercial, finance and the rest of the business for good business understanding to aid analysis and recommendations
Trade visits: Routinely go on trade visits, get insights on customers, consumers, products, competition and other relevant information to aid decision making
Cost optimisation: Drive implementation of cost optimisation programs in the commercial function
Budget management: Prepare commercial annual plan, monitor and routinely report on spend vs budget, ensure spend within budget
Qualifications
BSc Accounting, Finance.
Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in the Manufacturing Industry