Join Pets at Home as a Commercial Analyst – Supplier Costs & Performance at our Support Office in Handforth, Cheshire, offering a hybrid work arrangement. In this role, you will assess supplier cost increases, monitor market trends, and partner with Buying and Finance teams to drive commercial success and smarter supplier partnerships.
Requirements
Experience analysing supplier, purchasing, procurement, or commercial data.
Advanced Excel skills with the ability to build robust analysis and scenario modelling.
Strong understanding of cost, commercial terms, volumes, and margins in retail or trading.
Experience in retail, FMCG, manufacturing, or wholesale environments is preferred.
Knowledge of Power BI or similar reporting tools is preferred.
Skills & Responsibilities
Advanced Excel: Build robust analysis, scenario modelling, and commercial insights to evaluate supplier cost price increases.
Commercial Analysis: Monitor commodity and market trends to assess cost drivers and identify commercial risks and opportunities.
Stakeholder Management: Partner with Buying, Finance, and DS&I teams to develop supplier scorecards and translate data into practical recommendations.
Potential transition routes: People from procurement, financial analyst, or buying assistant roles may bring relevant commercial data analysis skills, alongside meeting the core Excel and stakeholder management requirements.
At Pets at Home, we're passionate about creating value for pets, pet owners and our business. We're looking for a commercially minded analyst to help our Buying teams better understand supplier costs, performance and opportunities, enabling smarter decisions and stronger supplier partnerships.
About the Role
As our Commercial Analyst – Supplier Costs & Performance, you'll play a key role in assessing supplier cost price increases, identifying opportunities to improve value and providing the insight that helps shape negotiations and commercial strategies. Working closely with Buying, Finance and Data Science & Insight teams, you'll develop tools, reporting and scorecards that drive informed decision-making across our supplier base.
The role offers hybrid working from our Support Office in Handforth, Cheshire.
What you'll be doing
Analysing supplier cost price increase requests and providing data-driven recommendations to support commercial negotiations
Monitoring commodity and market trends, assessing cost drivers and identifying potential risks and opportunities
Developing supplier scorecards that measure commercial performance, availability, service and quality
Producing insightful reporting that supports pricing, margin and supplier management decisions
Creating and improving processes for managing supplier cost changes and commercial negotiations
Partnering with Buying, Finance and DS&I teams to enhance analytical tools, models and reporting capabilities
Helping stakeholders understand and apply insights to deliver better outcomes for our customers and business
What we're looking for
Experience analysing supplier, purchasing, procurement or commercial data
Advanced Excel skills with the ability to build robust analysis, scenario modelling and commercial insights
Strong understanding of how costs, commercial terms, volumes and margins interact within a retail or trading environment
A naturally curious and analytical mindset with the confidence to challenge assumptions and influence decision-making
Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate data into practical recommendations
It would be great if you also have
Experience within retail, FMCG, manufacturing or wholesale environments
Exposure to supplier cost modelling, commodity markets or commercial negotiations
Experience creating supplier scorecards or performance reporting
Knowledge of Power BI or similar reporting tools
Why Pets at Home?
You'll join a business where pets are at the heart of everything we do. In return, you'll have the opportunity to make a genuine commercial impact, work with talented colleagues across the business, and help shape decisions that deliver value for millions of pet owners across the UK.
If you're a commercially curious analyst who enjoys solving problems, influencing decisions and turning data into action, we'd love to hear from you.
Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!
