Commercial Analyst

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