Halfords

Job Purpose

To provide analysis of qualitative & quantitative evidence  through the collection &  interpretation of  data to gain a detailed understanding of factors affecting key activities across the Group Better buying program

 Set up and establish regular activity reporting and tracking, supported with  insights, analysis and recommendation.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare regular commercial reporting and tracking on key activities e.g.  Tenders, Raw Material costs, BB activities, M4M cogs savings…
• Provide insights, recommendations and actions through data interpretation and analysis.
• Provide management information and insights for governing bodies as required.
• Liaise with finance on BB performance and reporting, supporting the Better Buying tracker activities.
• Share best practice on reporting and analytics methods.
• Work directly with key stakeholder (Buying, Sourcing teams, Finance & Quality) in provide insight and analysis on activity.
• Lead the tracking and reporting of commodity & raw material changes and their impact on finished goods,  through market data & basket analysis, highlighting the financial risks & benefits through key action and recommendations.
• Manage the category ranging evaluation process, owning the ranging model, and providing financial insights to ranging review actions and regular performance tracking .
• Manage the own brand range review model, providing  financial insights  and tracking of own brand ranging actions and proposals.
• Provide financial modelling of supplier financial proposals through the M4M deal sheets.
• Ensure with GDP & finance that the supplier fact packs, and commercial margin risk maintained in-line with routine financial timescales.
• Provide supplier insights through reported accounts and financial statements.
• If developed through GDP support insights from the HAC Detailed garage spend cube’
• Support the wider Better Buying program activities and project where necessary.

Key Skills/Experience

• Demonstrable commercial/finance or buying experience.
• Ability to analysis and interpret complex financial & market data.
• Good commercial awareness
• Strong analytical skills, good attention to detail
• Expertise on MS office especially Excel and other data systems -  SAP
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Good cross functional working and a team player
• Results driven, enthusiastic & tenacious.
• Strong time management skills
• Ability to manage ambiguity.
• Can do attitude to issues, conviction in own judgement and decisions, responds quickly under pressure.

Please note this role requires hybrid working with at least 2 days per week operating from our Redditch Support Centre