Location: Leicester
Type: Permanent
Industry: Ladieswear
Job Ref: TGM2290
The Company:
A Business / Finance Assistant is required to join the Finance Team of a global supply chain company to assist with business analysis, turning sales and financial data into useful recommendations and actions.
While this role will primarily focus on sales analysis support activities, we are looking for a candidate who can also contribute more broadly across data and business analytical tasks.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing, diverse, and dynamic organisation which is the largest in its sector during a very exciting period of growth.
This position would suit someone who is looking to combine administrative and analytical skills, and who is interested in leveraging modern tools such as AI to add value to a business. Given the nature of the role, strong Excel skills are essential, and experience or interest in data analysis and AI tools would be highly beneficial.
Would suit ambitious graduates or person with a similar background ideally working in supply chain.
The Role:
* Analyse customer sales data using Excel (pivot tables, lookups and formulas)
* Produce weekly and monthly sales reports for internal teams and customer meetings
* Highlight trends, gaps and product performance across key customers and channels
* Chase and manage sales forecasts from customers and communicate them internallyMonitor forward orders, back orders and stock availability
* Carry out competitor and price analysis across the wider market
* Provide general support to the finance team where needed
Skills Required:
* Good Excel Skills: Proficiency in VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, and data manipulation is ideal.
* Must be very organised and take responsibility for managing a key retail account.
* Computer literate in Excel, Word and Outlook.
* Keen interest in AI and how it can impact business analysis.
* Good team player.
* Good communication skills.
* Proactive and flexible.
* Responsible and reliable.
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