Commercial Analyst at PPC Limited

Job Purpose

• The Commercial Analyst will be responsible for supporting the development of the overall commercial strategy and leading the implementation and execution across the various Business Verticals portfolio to optimize volume growth and margin improvement.
• In order to execute this successfully, the job holder will work across our various products and with our Business Development teams by developing business plans, preparing commercial proposals, performing financial and commercial analysis thus driving value across the business.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Business Development team, support proposal generation (low to medium complex projects) across the Business with the intent of developing winning strategies to leverage successful deal closures
• Analyse and report on trends, data and company performance providing insight
• Support the Business Development teams before and during customer meetings and negotiations
• Perform data and trend analysis of all revenue generating transactions and activities, developing forecasts and making fact-based recommendations to achieve competitive market positioning and improved margins
• Collaborate with the business development teams to ensure regular feedback on relevant data analytics, and incorporating it into their sales methodologies and strategies.
• Provide critical decision supporting data analytics
• Continuous evaluation of sales performance and execute changes within the overall strategy to achieve business KPIs

Requirements

• Bacherlor’s degree in the Numerate or Science-based disciplines, Engineering, Business/Economics, Mathematics, Finance etc. MBA/MSc
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with at least 3 years in a similar role
• Commercial business partnering experience
• Strong excel skills
• Strong commercial knowledge including trend and sensitivity analysis,
• Strong communication skills
• Research capabilities, and curious learner who stays on top of current and emerging industry and client trends
• Team player who is open minded, flexible and willing to incorporate other people's perspectives
• Strong organizational skills and detail orientation