* Expected salary - Salary up to £70K depending on experience* Contract type - This is a 12 month fixed term temporary position* Working pattern/flexible working - 35 hours per week* The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business* Location - Bracknell Head Office with a recommendation of working in the office 2-3 days per week. This can be discussed further at interview stage.* Interviews for this role are looking to be held in person at Bracknell Head Office and in early April **Key responsibilities*** Adopt a continuous improvement mindset to evolve the All Year Round (AYR) Cost Optimisation workstream and business priority* Work alongside the Cost Optimisation Lead and Finance to track the delivery of the AYR Cost Optimisation target* Identify opportunities to meet the AYR Cost Optimisation target* You will work with Category Trading & cross-functional teams, leading ambitious and highly complex value chain analysis projects, reducing cost in a way that is consistent with Waitrose overall strategic, financial and ethics & sustainability objectives* You will help develop existing frameworks and toolkits to embed a VCA approach in the wider business.* You will identify and assess potential opportunities for future VCA projects* Strong relationship building and influencing skills, at all levels of the business* Experience of situations which require a high degree of initiative and problem solving capabilities* Comfort with high levels of ambiguity and autonomy* Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tell compelling stories utilising a robust fact base and explain complex analysis to non-technical audiences* Exceptional analytical capability, with a track record of independently developing complex financial/data models that have driven strategic/commercial change* Exceptional financial and commercial acumen* Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills* Advanced Excel/Powerpoint skills
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