Sales Insights Analyst - Venus
| Posting date: | 10 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 July 2025 |
| Location: | Venus House Unit 3, 62 Garman Road, London, N17 0UT |
| Company: | Booker Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 26083 |
Summary
Venus Wines & Spirit Merchants is a leading specialist drink wholesaler to the on-trade. Following our recent acquisition by Booker Group, and as we celebrate our 50th anniversary we are looking to the future with an incredibly exciting growth plan that will undoubtedly have a positive impact on the UK hospitality trade.
In this coming year we are opening new depots to bring us closer to more customers and increase our delivery capabilities, building on our reputation for unrivalled service and a market leading range of over three thousand products. We are also looking to bring outstanding talent into the Venus business to ensure we continue to improve our customer proposition.
Specifically for this Commercial Development Manager position we are looking for a highly organised, commercially astute and ambitious person to join our team. They will support our Head of Sales and work closely with our sales team and colleagues across the broader Booker Group to identify and effectively communicate information about commercial opportunities and ensure Venus deliver an industry-leading service.
- Analyse and use internal sales data to identify gap sales and margin improvement opportunities to the sales team.
- Maintain up-to-date information on performance of customers versus contracted terms to help protect and grow key accounts.
- Use industry data and intel such as CGA, Propel, competitor pricing to identify and present new business and margin improvement opportunities to the sales and leadership teams.
- Maintain and distribute the monthly sales pack to the leadership team.
- Consolidate key information for the new business pipeline and report to the leadership team on a weekly basis so department heads can plan resource effectively.
- Track and report on exchange of drink and non-drink leads between Venus and Booker sales teams to help ensure achievement of distribution and revenue KPI’s.
- Coordinate joint team activations with key suppliers to drive new business and margin improvement.
- Develop, maintain and effectively communicate the trade promotion plan to the sales team to drive incremental growth.
- Identify and leverage key opportunities to influence sales to marketplace fulfilment partners.
- Commercial experience in the drinks industry with P&L accountability, ideally for a wholesaler.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Proficiency in using CRM reporting software and analysing data to identify commercial opportunities, ideally with experience of using Tableau.
- Ability to work collaboratively and positively influence key stakeholders and customers.
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to work independently.
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
- Willingness to travel as required to meet with customers and attend industry events.
If you have a passion for managing projects and have a relentless drive to deliver exceptional customer service and commercial results, then we encourage you to apply and learn more about this very rewarding opportunity with Venus.