Commercial Data Analyst
Hybrid – working from home with occasional visits to various office
Hi! we're cinch, a fresh kind of service that makes life easier for motorists. We know what drivers want, so we’ve ripped up the rule book to make sure they get it, faff-free!
Our mission – It’s simple, to take out all the irritations and hold-ups that make changing cars trickier than it needs to be.
With backing from a large multinational company, this is a very unique opportunity to join a start-up in the early stages of our growth and to join a brand that you’ll be proud to have played a key part in building.
You – So, do you have a faff-free filter? Do you want to work in an energetic team, with open-mindedness and passion? We're looking for people who are agile, full of ideas and want to challenge the norm.
The Commercial Data Analyst is a key role within the award winning (DataIQ – best place to work in data 2023) cinch Decision Intelligence function. The successful candidate will be responsible for building out our intelligence-led, data informed ethos across cinch.
The role
- Providing ‘best-in-class’ Data Analytics capabilities to cinch, supporting the Commercial function, which includes; Purchasing, Inventory, Pricing, Sales Operations and Part-exchanges.
- Work closely alongside cinch’s wider Decision Intelligence teams, including; BI & Performance Reporting, Data Engineering & ML Ops, Digital Analytics & CRO, Data Science and other key stakeholders.
- Support our Commercial Teams with decision-making through impactful reporting, analysis and insights, including the following teams; Buying, Retail Operations, Inventory, Pricing, Sales & Auction Remarketing.
- Fully leveraging the value of cinch’s data, centering analytics around the; descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive model to deliver critical decision intelligence that drives tangible, measurable business value.
- Work with key stakeholders to prioritise their regular and ad-hoc reporting requirements for fortnightly sprints, ensuring these are delivered to specified requirements and within agreed timescales – ensuring the requestor(s) understands any limitations.
- Pro-active data analysis, data modelling and discovery – with a keen focus on Commercial data & KPIs (e.g. purchasing volume, vehicle inventory levels, days to sell, stocking days, pricing, part-exchange conversion, vehicle supply & demand)
- Identifying common data analysis & insights requests across the functional area(s) you serve
- Work in conjunction with the Retail Operations Data Analyst to develop analysis on production efficiency, costing and profitability of vehicles selected and refurbished.
- Support the Head of Data Science with the development of new and existing Machine Learning models to inform commercial decisions.
- Working collaboratively with cinch’s BI & Performance Reporting team to design, develop & deploy data products (e.g. reports, dashboards & analysis)
- Assist in maintaining the integrity of cinch’s data, conducting reviews and data cleansing as necessary to ensure all data and reports are accurate, robust & reliable.
- Ensure business requirements are being captured via standard processes, e.g. business issue / opportunity identification, hypothesis definition, data extraction, analytics, reporting and action implementation.
- Great opportunity to develop and perfect your skills as a Data Analyst, through active involvement & participation in cinch’s and wider Constellation Group’s Data Analysis & Insights community – advancing you technical and non-technical knowledge, skills & competencies.
The person
- Demonstrable experience as a Data Analyst, with a track record of producing data-driven insights and recommendations to various stakeholders.
- Experience producing cost/profitability analysis which has supported decision-making or led to improvement.
- Passionate about data analysis with strong analytical skills. Well-versed in being able to provide pro-active insights as well as data-informed recommendations to enact change.
- Pro-active identification of new opportunities to leverage data for user and business advantage.
- Understands statistics & research designs, and how they can be used to support with informing conclusions.
- Demonstrable hands-on experience with business intelligence / data visualisation tools (preferably Power BI, but applicants with experience using Tableau, Qlik, Looker, etc will be considered).
- Experience of using SQL to extracting data from source systems, other languages are a bonus.
- Intermediary to advanced Excel knowledge (V Lookup, pivot tables, macros).
- Strong stakeholder management, able to work effectively both independently and as a member of a cross functional team.
cinch and rewards
cinch’s benefits programme sees that our people are supported both in and out of work. That’s what a faff-free life is all about. We offer:
- Competitive salaries and bonuses
- Private Healthcare (Bupa)
- Company pension scheme
- Flexible/hybrid working policy
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to trained mental health first aiders
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
And so much more!
cinch and you
In making the most out of a career at cinch you need to be curious, creative, and collaborative. See, we are putting you in the driver’s seat, in control of your career and ready to drive your own development. There’s no bureaucracy, no hierarchy, just an environment with values that bring us together and a purpose that sets us apart. Join us as we continue to accelerate, defy expectations, and revolutionise an entire industry.
Diversity and inclusion
cinch wants to help all kinds of people in the UK find and buy a car. So it makes good sense to have all kinds of people working with us on the challenge. Conversations and the decisions they lead to are better for featuring different voices. Representation matters.
And doing your job while not being your authentic self is not faff-free. Being free to be the best of who you are as you soar to professional greatness is the kind of business we commit to creating, as one.
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