Planning & Performance Analyst

Job Introduction

Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long-term future.

We are recruiting for a Planning & Performance Analyst to join the fantastic team at our Tarmac team at Tunstead in Buxton. 

We’re working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Role Responsibility

In the role of Planning & Performance Analyst you will be responsible for: 

• Regular commercial reporting and management information for the lime business, to inform effective commercial decision making, track performance, identify opportunities and drive improvement
• Daily, weekly, and monthly commercial reporting and variance analysis
• Responsible for volume, revenue and profitability reporting, month-end reporting, and market data analysis, contributing value adding commentary and further investigation as required
• Work with the commercial team to drive performance improvement and identify opportunities
• Communicate data across the commercial team and support the development of customer solutions and value propositions
• Ad hoc commercial analysis and reporting as required by commercial team and Lime Director.
• Provide analytical support and meaningful MI to the sales team
• Assist with preparation of budgets and forecasting

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate for the role of Planning & Performance Analyst will have experience of: 

• Relevant Degree level in business, computer science, mathematics, Finance or Accounting. Or studied towards Accounting qualification ( AAT, ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Experienced commercial analyst or have proven financial management experience in an analytical or decision support role
• Previous experience in MI reporting and commercial analysis
• Experience analysing and documenting complex business areas and processes.
• Demonstrable stakeholder engagement and management skills
• Good Excel skills
• Familiarity with data query/data management tools is beneficial (Business warehouse, Access, SQL, Business Objects)
• Ideally experience of working  in a challenging matrix environment / large business plc.  
• Well developed communication skills
• Able to identify and drive process change and improvement

Why Us

Along with the role of Planning & Performance Analyst, we additionally offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits: 

• Bonus scheme 
• Enhanced holiday entitlement 
• Contributory pension scheme 
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc. 
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice 
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause
• Training and development opportunities 

Interested? Why not click here to find out more?  Go on… are you ready to build your future? 

Tarmac is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. 

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Tarmac Trading Limited