Senior Commercial Analyst

loveholidays; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Commercial Analyst to enhance its Supply strategy through impactful analysis and recommendations. In this dynamic role, you will collaborate with various teams to improve commercial positioning and facilitate decision-making. You will leverage strong analytical and reporting skills to convey insights effectively, ensuring the company remains competitive in the travel sector. This role offers the opportunity to drive strategic initiatives and contribute significantly to the company's growth, making it an exciting prospect for those passionate about data and analysis.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills to create complex analyses and business cases.
• Ability to summarize complex analyses into easy-to-understand recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the Supply strategy through insightful analysis.
• Produce recommendations for decision-making and negotiations with suppliers.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Data Visualization

Commercial Acumen

Reporting Skills

Proactive Mindset

Tools

Looker

Job description

Why loveholidays?

At loveholidays, we’re on a mission to open the world to everyone, giving our customers’ unlimited choice, unmatched ease and unmissable value for their next getaway. Our team is the driving force behind our role as our customers’ personal holiday expert -

The smart way to get away.

The impact you’ll have

This is a new role, reporting directly to the VP Commercial. The Senior Commercial Analyst will support the delivery of the Supply strategy and deliverables through insightful, impactful analysis to improve our commercial position with our supplier partners. Supporting strategy, platform prioritisation, decision-making & negotiations.

Your day-to-day:

This a varied role, with flexibility required:

• Support the implementation and refinement of the Supply strategy through insightful analysis, business cases and recommendations, including new product and inventory launches

• Produce analysis and recommendations which guide our decision-making and negotiations with current and future supplier partners

• Actively seek out opportunities to improve our commercial position

• Prepare material to convey key decisions, messages and achievements to the team and the wider business

• Improve our levels of reporting and visualisation of analysis, with some day-to-day reporting responsibilities required

• Monitor and improve team processes (from data to decisions to action)

• Comfortable working with data analysts and finance teams (and associated data)

• Facilitate the team through quarterly planning and OKRs

Your skillset:

• Strong analytical skills, with ability to conduct and create complex analyses and business cases

• Ability to distil complex analyses down to easy-to-understand summaries and recommendations, telling a story using data and insight

• Strong reporting and data visualisation skills; highly proficient in Looker (or a similar tool, with wilingness to adopt Looker)

• Able to evaluate data and metrics to spot red flags and opportunities

• Good commercial acumen

• Proactive, inquisitive, with drive, flexibility, tact and perseverance
  
  

Desirable

• Knowledge and understanding of the travel sector
  

• Experience in a strategy role

The interview journey:

• Talent Acquisition Partner screening - 30 mins
  
  

• 1st stage with Hiring Manager - 45 mins
  
  

• Final stage with key stakeholders including a task to present, followed by team chemistry meetings - 2 hours