Commercial Analyst

Duties & Responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a driven and commercially minded professional to join a dynamic FMCG Manufacturing environment in the Cape Town office. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across multiple divisions, supporting commercial performance, product costing, forecasting, planning, and operational efficiency The successful applicant will play a key role in transforming data into actionable insights, improving processes, and supporting informed business decisions. This is an excellent opportunity for an analytical and detail-oriented individual looking to grow their career in a fast-paced manufacturing environment Duties will include - but not limited - to the following: Product Costing Analysis · Updating product costing · Reviewing cost drivers - cycle time, part weight, assumed volumes etc · Collecting costing information from various stakeholders and presenting it in summarized format · Maintaining cost updates on shared locations and managing access to these files · Advising master data of updates with relevant stakeholders · Maintaining and updating ad hoc costing's Commercial · Assisting with monthly Sales Report & Graphs · Assisting with YTD Sales Report & Graphs · Assisting with Internal Cost Recovery Tracking · Assisting with Customer Specific Cost Recovery Tracking · Assisting with Customer/product specific forecast consolidation and maintenance · Assisting with Maintaining, updating and improving these reports as needed · Assisting with forecasting models (IBP) as per the budget · Working closely with internal SAP team · Maintaining of SAP master data Planning · Assist Planner to create production orders for the plants · Analyzing and processing plant efficiencies · Attend planning meeting Raw Material and Finished Goods · Stock Holding and Prevention of stock-outs · Scrapping of raw material and finished goods and issuing of grind release form for signature · Monitor & control raw material and finished goods dead stock · Monthly variance raw material and finished goods report and provide feedback · raw material and finished goods forecast. Finished goods stock items · Cost-effective RM, MB, CO solutions · Analyzing orders and highlighting any possible raw material concerns Sales · Managing colour matching process and sample requests for sales team · Coordinating samples for customers · Trade show preparation · Create purchase order numbers · Capturing masterbatch dosages · Planning trials To be considered for this position applicants must meet the following minimum criteria: · BCom - Emphasis on Finance/Commerce/Business Management · SAP knowledge or similar (highly recommended) · Be highly computer literate (MS Office 365, Excel) · Be highly numerate and detail oriented · Highly organized and strong administration skills · Logical, systematic and organized approach · Team player · Work well under pressure in a high pace environment · Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders · An energetic, positive personality · Be assertive · Clear interest in FMCG Psychometric testing may be required for certain positions. Only shortlisted candidates will be interviewed. Excel test will be required for shortlisted candidates

Desired Experience & Qualification

Commercial, Analyst, Manufacturing,