Strategic Commercial Steering Analyst

Jobtailor

Rotterdam

On-site

EUR 52,000 - 72,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Jobtailor in Rotterdam seeks a Commercial Analyst to translate trends into actionable recommendations, aligning priorities across Sales and other stakeholders while maintaining a single source of truth for forecast and reporting.

You will drive KPI dashboards, conduct structured analyses, and support pricing discussions with the sales team, leveraging Excel and BI tools to improve commercial processes. English fluency is required.

Qualifications

Commercial mindset with strong stakeholder management skills.
Able to influence without formal authority.
Strong in interpreting numbers, spotting anomalies and explaining with the business.
Structured, proactive and able to work under pressure.
Fluent in English.
Basic understanding of KPI and reporting concepts.
Advanced Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, charts).
Experience with BI/reporting tools such as QlikSense/QlikView and/or Salesforce reporting is a plus.
Experience with CRM systems (Salesforce or similar) is a plus.
Experience with process improvement (Lean/Six Sigma) is a plus, not required.

Responsibilities

Identify deviations, trends and opportunities in volumes, revenues and customer performance and translate them into clear recommendations and actions.
Align priorities across Sales and other internal stakeholders and create buy-in for decisions and focus topics.
Monitor commercial KPIs and sales performance and propose corrective actions to support target achievement.
Prepare forecasts, reports and management updates and ensure consistent definitions and a single source of truth.
Track market and competitor developments and translate them into commercial implications.
Support pricing and customer focus discussions with structured analyses and business rationale.
Support customer segmentation and targeted sales approaches together with the sales team and monitor effectiveness.
Drive practical improvements in reporting and commercial processes in collaboration with relevant teams.
Provide ad-hoc support to the Sales Director (administrative and analytical).