Commercial Analyst

inploi; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gym operator in the UK is seeking a Commercial Analyst to provide insights and analysis to support strategic decisions. This role involves pricing strategy, competitor analysis, and capacity management. The ideal candidate should have strong problem-solving skills, be commercially curious, and possess proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint. The position offers a hybrid working culture and a range of benefits, including a free gym membership.

Benefits

Free nationwide gym membership for you + 1

Hybrid working

Flexible working culture

Personal private healthcare

Life insurance x4

Company pension contribution

25 days annual leave, plus 1 personal day

Option to purchase additional holiday (up to 5 days)

Great learning & development resources

Enhanced maternity pay, paternity and adoption leave

Qualifications

• Experience in an analytical or commercial role, ideally in a consumer business.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to leverage complex data sources for problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Support pricing strategy through detailed analysis.
• Build understanding of competitors for strategic pricing.
• Monitor gym capacity to inform investment decisions.
• Lead strategic projects for long-term growth.

Skills

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Commercial awareness

Data analysis

Tools

Excel

Powerpoint

Job description

Overview

The PureGym Way

PureGym Is The No.1 Gym Operator In The UK, And The 4th Largest Gym Operator Worldwide. With 600+ Gyms And Over 2 Million Members Across The UK, Europe & The US, We Are The Gym Where Everybody Is Welcome. We Champion Diversity And Are Committed To Providing a Workplace Where Everyone Feels Free To Be. We’re Proud To Be Recognised As a Top Institute Employer, Reflecting Our Commitment To Excellence In Employee Experience And Workplace Culture. We Offer

Benefits

• Free nationwide gym membership for you + 1
• Hybrid working
• A truly flexible working culture
• Personal private healthcare, including digital GP
• Life insurance x4
• Company pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave, plus 1 personal day
• Option to purchase additional holiday (up to 5 days)
• Great learning & development resources
• Enhanced maternity pay, paternity and adoption leave

Role and responsibilities

We are looking for a Commercial Analyst to support key Commercial decisions and processes. The role\'s primary purpose is to provide detailed analysis and commercial insight to underpin revenue management activities. These include developing models that influence pricing decisions and tracking competitor movements as part of growing revenue across our 690+ (and rapidly growing!) sites.

You will be part of the Group Commercial & Marketing team, driving overall Commercial performance and revenue delivery across the business. You will use your analytical skills to inform decisions on pricing, competition response, performance of new gyms and other ad-hoc strategic projects. You will work closely with a variety of stakeholders across different business departments and develop your problem-solving and presentation abilities.

In this fast-paced environment your responsibilities will be varied and include:

• Pricing Decisions: Detailed analysis is required to support our strategy of pricing every PureGym individually. You will build models that drive this analysis, feed into important decision-making on strategy and track the impact of changes that are made.
• Competitor Insight: Build a detailed understanding of our competitors, providing key insight for our overall competitive strategy. Utilise our best-in-class capabilities to track major competitor movements, including new openings and changes in pricing, products and promotions.
• Capacity Management: Support understanding of how busy our gyms are, through monitoring and improving our detailed capacity metrics. Work with other teams to inform price, product and club investment decisions.
• Ad-Hoc Strategic Projects: Together with the rest of our Commercial team, lead the research and delivery of projects that support our long-term growth plans.

The person

• Excellent problem-solving: someone who can apply their mind to many varied business problems and make a substantial contribution to solving them
• Innovative and commercially curious: constantly seek to learn and find new and better ways of doing things, with an ability to \'follow your nose\' when you find something commercially interesting
• Self-starting, industrious, \'hands-on\': take the initiative and get things done
• Quick-learner: ability to rapidly pick-up new concepts and in-market nuances
• Detail-focused mindset: drive to get into the detail and absorb key information across all our sites
• Data-first approach: desire to understand and solve business problems by working with and leveraging our multiple datasets

• Experienced in an analytical or commercial role, ideally with experience in a consumer business
• Highly proficient with Excel and Powerpoint
• Strong written and communication skills with the ability to turn analysis into actionable insights
• Experience leveraging complex data sources to tackle both well-defined and ambiguous problems
• Strong commercial awareness and strategic mindset
• Experience dealing with different stakeholders and presenting findings back to team members