By knowing the market inside and out, you'll help to manage the buying vision and challenge us to achieve ever-greater things.
You'll make sure we deliver on our promise to customers by helping to secure exciting products at the best price. In fact, you'll set the bar high in retailing. Our buying teams - if it's possible - have to move even quicker than the rest of the business. And they have to keep ahead of our customers too: second-guessing what they want and need before they do. You're a skilled Buyer with a great supplier network with the ability to influence and manage others.
Within the National Buying Department sits the National Buying Commercial team, who support the smooth running of the department's financial planning, Buying systems, reporting and analytics functions.
The Commercial team are seeking a Manager to join the team to take responsibility and ownership of the reporting and analytics team; driving forwards innovation, accuracy and availability of data throughout the industrialisation period and beyond. In addition, providing Buying system support and training, using their knowledge, expertise and experience to benefit the whole department.
The role requires an individual with a consistently positive approach, high attention to detail and an ability to balance multiple priorities across various business areas. The Manager must be confident working with high volumes of data, whilst simultaneously being a confident communicator, able to take complex information and deliver in a simplified manner across many levels of the business.
The Manager is expected to be adaptable and capable of becoming an expert across their field.
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Your New Role
The Manager will work alongside the current Commercial management team, and will be responsible for the following:
- Data insight and analysis
- Interim Reporting
- Project analysis/reporting
- Legacy system support, training, and future scoping
About You
- Strong excel skills
- Strong commercial acumen
- Experience of analysing data within a retail setting
- Preferred candidates would need to have demonstrated the expected levels of aptitude, motivation and performance within their existing role to date
- Keen interest in commercial performance within the retail sector
- Effective leadership, motivation and people management
- Able to cope with multiple tasks across various topics
- Comfortable dealing with complex data
- A good sense of urgency and adaptability under pressure
- Knowledge of retail systems and processes (UK and International)
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to take complex information and deliver in a simplified manner across many levels of the business
- Delivery of concise and articulate executive-level written work
- Ability to plan ahead to meet deadlines with a high level of personal organisation
- Meticulously follows rules and procedures to ensure work is completed to a high standard
- Able to work under pressure and deliver against short deadlines
- Can deliver solutions autonomously
- High levels of initiative and proactivity
- Strategic and critical thinker that is results-oriented and data driven
- Intellectually curious and takes initiative
- Able to drive process improvement
What you'll get in Return
- Starting salary from £61,065 rising to £94,240
- Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm, with the opportunity of 2 days a week remote working
- 5 weeks' annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- In-Office flexi time
- Full training provided
- Pension Scheme
- Private employee medical insurance after 6 months
- Company sick pay scheme
- Company maternity and adoption pay after 1 year and paternity leave pay after 2 years
- Long service rewards
- Access to MyBenefits, where you can find a wide range of benefits, including our bike to work scheme, shopping and cinema discounts, health cash plan, a FREE will, travel and discounted gym memberships, as well as a host of benefits to support your financial and wellbeing needs.
- Access to a free, 24/7, confidential virtual GP service for all Aldi Colleagues and their children (under the age of 16)
- Please be advised candidates are required to live within 90 minutes of the main office location for this role
Aldi is an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and are dedicated to promoting a culture of inclusion, providing an environment in which collaboration, respect and fairness are essential. We value diversity and are dedicated to treating all of our colleagues and prospective colleagues fairly and with respect.
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