Insight & Planning Analyst – Sales Strategy

Salary: £38,400 per year

Market Insight & Planning Analyst
North West Yorkshire Region – preferred Location.
Up to £38,400Basic Salary (depending on experience), Homebased Contract, Excellent career development, discounted products and services and much more!
Your local pub, your favourite restaurant, your children’s schools all have one thing in common – Brakes. There are a lot of hungry mouths to feed out there and every day we deliver 1.5 million products from our fleet of 2000 trucks to thousands of restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, hospitals and care homes in every corner of the UK. Our customers count on us for exceptional food and service, and as our response to Covid-19 proved, our 6,000-strong workforce is dedicated and proud to play their part in feeding the nation
We are currently recruiting a talented and collaborative a Market Insight and Planning Analyst to join our Sales Strategy team in the South West Yorkshire Area. Should we leave this open to see what we get or say northern based as Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Yorkshire etc would all work
The role:
Our Sales Strategy team plays a pivotal role in driving our commercial growth and market share through new channels, new propositions and new services for our existing and new customers
As the lead Insight and Planning Analyst within this team you’ll be on hand to support this area of the business to achieve our market share growth goals
You will be responsible for providing insights to plan and shape the approach we take, as well as the potential growth opportunity that could be unlocked by our strategies, using both Quantitive and Qualitative Analysis from a range of internal and external sources to provide clear insight and recommendations to shape each strategy
This is a new role within the team, and one of our first true insight and planning roles, therefore proven experience is essential as this role also needs to provide support and coaching for the other junior colleagues in the team who are growing their analytical skills
You will work to find solutions, using insight to understand our business, performance, customer needs and opportunities, through gathering relevant data, and breaking this down in a meaningful way, ensuring that everything we do, enables us to deliver on our promises to our customers and exceed expectations. You’ll naturally promote and embrace our inclusive team environment and we’re sure you’ll have some fun along the way!
Key Functions of the role:
Ownership and delivery of planning insight to shape sales strategies including:

• Analysis of Brakes data
• Sourcing and analysis of relevant market data.
• Creation and delivery of qualitative insight activities across colleagues, customers and suppliers
• Optimising existing sources of analytics and insight within Brakes more broadly As well as:

• Ownership and definition of the metrics for measurement and on-going analytics around the performance of the agreed strategic sales activities you have shaped to provide insight to drive action that will improve results
• Continuous review of market insights and trends and pro-actively share opportunities for tactical or strategic commercial sales growth You:
‘ll understand the importance of insight to drive strategy and the key role that customer insight plays in this. You’ll enjoy working collaboratively with a dedicated focus on driving results. You will be resilient – accepting and learning from mistakes and building future solutions. Naturally, you will embrace an inclusive working environment and be committed to acting with integrity and honesty in everything you do
Required skills and competencies:

• Minimum of 2 years relevant experience
• Data analytics, advanced use of Microsoft Excel, experience with SQL (a plus)
• Quantitative insight skills – creation of surveys etc.
• Qualitative insight skills with an ability to engage with groups of colleagues or customers to deep dive into trends or opportunities
• Creation of compelling presentations that share both qualitative and quantitative analytics and provide insights to drive planning and activity recognising the need to articulate this in differing ways relative to the target audiences
What you’ll get:

• A competitive salary
• Huge discount on our amazing range of food and award-winning products
• Generous holiday allowance, with option to purchase more
• Recognition awards and Incentives
• Pension
• Real career opportunities – being part of Sysco, the world’s leading foodservice business, opens a world of possibility
• And much more….
There’s a lot on offer, so what are you waiting for?

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