Commercial Analyst Supply

Te Tūranga | About the Role:

This role is for a 6-9 month fixed term opportunity. Acting as a key member of our Commercial Finance team, and responsible to our Commercial Manager - Supply, the Commercial Analyst provides meaningful financial and commercial analysis and insight to the livestock, production planning and operations areas to inform strategic, tactical and operational decisions, and advises these teams on decisions that drive performance and build enduring value within the business.

The day-to-day in this role sees you operate as partner and advisor within a broad “Supply” portfolio, primarily delivering work that supports the Senior Commercial Analysts and the wider team – this is an enterprise-wide analyst role that has ties into our key revenue generating business units. This role, done well, ensures that our Supply and Production teams can make the best commercial decisions to positively impact the financial performance of Silver Fern Farms.

This role will ideally be based in Christchurch; with flexibility for the right candidate to be based in Dunedin.

Key deliverable areas of this role include:

- Undertake regular modelling and reporting for pricing, cashflow, risk position and livestock volumes for our livestock and planning teams to inform supply and allocation decisions.
- Provide ad-hoc business analysis and insight to support new business initiatives and performance management.
- Ensure that models meet the needs of the business, demonstrate best practice techniques, robust logic, clear understanding of underlying business drivers and effectively use BI resources.
- Develop and maintain a foundational understanding of the environment the business operates in, to assist in getting meaningful insight to analyse and explain financial and operating performance as well as anticipating future trends.
- Perform Enterprise Analysis in partnership with Senior Commercial Analysts and wider Finance group.
- Support several Commercial Team and cross-functional projects and process improvement initiatives.

Ōu Pūkenga | About You:

Ideally you’ll be a professional with some experience working in a commercial team within the Agri/Livestock/Planning industries. A positive team player who enjoys working to deliver value and who is technically and financially savvy.

This role would suit a commercial professional, or experienced comfortable working in a fast paced complex environment. Someone who has a passion for the Primary Sector, and is looking for a role that measurably impacts bottom line performance.

You will be:

- Must be proficient analysing, interpreting and communicating data insights using tools – Excel, PowerBI, Cubes etc.
- 2 years’ experience in a commercial analytical role
- Capable of identifying insights that translate to actionable outcomes for the business.
- Proficient at relationship management; and able to apply a “customer service” approach to key relationships throughout the business
- Outwardly confident and people-focused
- Ownership focused, and accountable for the work you deliver

Te Ahurea /Why work at Silver Fern Farms?

Silver Fern Farms are all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means and how we can create it and the impact it can have. That Goodness is created through the work of our People, the skill & expertise of our Farmers and our customers around the globe. 'Goodness' is also about being good to people and communities, animal welfare, and showing care and respect for the environment.

Tono Mai | To Apply:

Applications for this position close on Tuesday 24 November . We will begin reviewing CVs as we receive them, with interviews being booked in with suitable candidates as they are identified. We may close this role early if an ideal candidate is found.

Click on the "Apply" button to submit your application through our Careers website.