Manufacturing Commercial Analyst: Pricing & Margin

John Lewis plc; Darwen; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Herbert Parkinson, part of the John Lewis Partnership, seeks a Commercial Analyst to protect margins and drive growth through precise pricing, cost analysis and ERP data discipline. You will own BOMs and labour timings data, ensuring data integrity across the ERP system while collaborating with Finance, Sales and Supply Chain teams.

The role offers permanent employment, 38.75 hours per week, based at Herbert Parkinson Office in Darwen, Lancashire, with a salary in the £46.5k–£50k range depending

Qualifications

• Demonstrated cost analysis or product data experience in manufacturing.
• Strong data modelling and analytics capabilities.
• Ability to translate data into clear reports and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain product cost models to evaluate labour, raw material, and other variable costs, ensuring target gross margins are achieved on all new and existing products.
• Monitor raw material price fluctuations, labour inflation, and market trends to recommend timely price adjustments and mitigate margin erosion.
• Support in the creation & validation of customer quotes, price lists, and promotional pricing structures.
• Provide clean, validated commercial data to Finance, Sales, and Supply Chain teams to support budgeting, forecasting, and contract negotiations.
• Manage the accurate creation and continuous maintenance of product setups, labour timings and BOMs within the ERP system.
• Process BOM and timing changes stemming from material changes, product redesigns or supplier updates to support accurate costing and protect business margins.
• Support the Product manager in the timely exiting of products & removal of associated BOMs and timings in the most efficient way ensuring no business risk or impact to customers.

Skills

Cost analysis

Data modelling

Pricing strategy

ERP data

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Herbert Parkinson, part of the John Lewis Partnership, seeks a Commercial Analyst to protect margins and drive growth through precise pricing, cost analysis and ERP data discipline. You will own BOMs and labour timings data, ensuring data integrity across the ERP system while collaborating with Finance, Sales and Supply Chain teams.

The role offers permanent employment, 38.75 hours per week, based at Herbert Parkinson Office in Darwen, Lancashire, with a salary in the £46.5k–£50k range depending