ADM
Commercial Analyst
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Job Description
Your Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Performance Analyst to join our UK Milling business, based in Chelmsford, Essex.
This role will play a key part in supporting commercial decision-making and improving business performance through insightful, data-led analysis. Working across Finance, Commercial, Procurement, Supply Chain and Operations, you will help the business better understand profitability drivers and identify opportunities to improve performance.
You will be responsible for creating and maintaining reporting tools, dashboards and profitability models that go beyond traditional financial reporting, providing clear and meaningful insight into how ADM Milling creates value.
Working closely with the UK Milling leadership team, you will help support a more commercially focused performance culture by translating data into practical, actionable insight.
Your Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain business performance reporting and dashboards using Excel, Power BI and other relevant tools.
- Support the development of profitability models across mills, products, customers and channels.
- Analyse commercial, operational and financial data to identify trends, opportunities and risks.
- Help quantify and explain the drivers of profitability across Commercial, Procurement, Operations and Distribution.
- Support monthly performance reviews through the preparation of meaningful management information.
- Assist in the development of customer-level profitability analysis and value creation reporting.
- Work with Commercial teams to understand the impact of pricing, mix and volume changes.
- Work with Procurement teams to understand the impact of wheat purchasing and sourcing decisions.
- Work with Operations teams to understand manufacturing performance, efficiency and capacity utilisation.
- Challenge existing reporting processes and identify opportunities for improvement and automation.
- Develop a strong understanding of UK Milling economics and the factors that influence profitability.
Your Profile
- A University degree, or on track to complete a degree, in Business, Economics, Finance, Data Analytics, Mathematics or a related discipline.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Excellent Excel skills and an aptitude for working with large data sets.
- Experience of Power BI or similar business intelligence tools.
- Strong numerical capability and attention to detail.
- Curiosity and a desire to understand how businesses create value.
- Ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Commercial awareness and an interest in business performance.
- Self-motivation and a willingness to learn.
- Ability to work across multiple functions and build strong relationships.
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Your Future Perspective
- Challenging tasks, short decision-making processes and a high level of personal responsibility in a modern work environment with flexible work time models.
- Room for innovative thinking and growth with the possibility to manage your own career path.
- A company culture which promotes continuous learning and diversity. To assist with this all colleagues are able to join our Women’s and Multicultural Employee Resource Groups, and the ADM Pride Employee Network and the Young Professionals Network. As well as the company wide mentorship programme as mentor or mentee.
- Excellent career opportunities in a world leading nutrition company.
- An attractive remuneration including a variety of social benefits like subsidized health & fitness offers.
- ADM is a company where managers and colleagues are encouraged to discuss and enable the flexibility that is needed to meet the demands of work and life.
- Additional benefits and support for maternity and paternity leave.
- ADM are an advocate of having a workforce who are aware of their mental health. In addition to our network of Mental Health First Aiders, all new starters to the business will be enrolled in ‘Mental Health Aware’ training within three months of joining the business.
Learn more about ADM at www.adm.com and www.4flour.co.uk
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and value diversity at our company to encourage a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge within our business. To assist with this the Company has established a UK Diversity forum to support participation of underrepresented groups in the work place. If you feel this job is for you, unlock your potential and apply now online informing us about your earliest possible entry date and salary expectation. By applying for this position, you agree to ADM’s privacy notice.
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Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are cornerstones of ADM’s efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments — environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.
For more information regarding our efforts to advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, please visit our website here: Culture, Engagement & Inclusion | ADM.
About ADM
At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.
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