Commercial Budget Planner

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for numbers and a knack for planning? Join our team as a Commercial Budget Planner!

In this pivotal role, youll be at the forefront of aligning our business initiatives with comprehensive budget plans. Your expertise will drive our forecasts, adapting to both internal shifts and external trends, ensuring our Commercial team meets its goals.

What Youll Do:

• Develop and Manage: Create a rolling 18-month Commercial Plan, keeping all KPIs in focus.
• Track and Analyze: Monitor budget performance, identify discrepancies, and make necessary adjustments.
• Collaborate: Work with key stakeholders (Finance, Merch Planning, Product, and Space) for unified and timely delivery of the Commercial Plan.
• Refine Processes: Continuously improve planning and budgeting methodologies and processes.
• Forecast: Create and maintain rolling financial merchandising forecasts based on historical data and business initiatives to ensure optimal inventory levels.
• Adjust Dynamically: Modify forecasts in response to changes in the business environment and performance metrics.
• Facilitate Communication: Develop methods for communication and alignment across multiple functions to provide visibility and synchronization.
• Support Planning: Assist in long-term and medium-term planning by offering insights and scenario modelling.
• Manage Process: Ensure timely budget creation and communication through effective planning.

What You Bring:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration, or a related field.
• Experience: 5+ years in retail planning, merchandising, or a related role.
• Technical Skills: High proficiency in data analysis and statistical methods to analyse and identify trends. Advanced Excel and Microsoft presentation skills.
• Soft Skills: Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Initiative: Self-starter with a strong desire to learn and develop.

What We Offer:

Commercial Planning is a newer, highly international department within the Commercial team at Flying Tiger Copenhagen. We are a team of +30 analytical professionals supporting the business globally across merchandise planning, range building, forecast & ordering, trade analysis, pricing and more. We are entrepreneurs and not afraid to test new ways of working or thinking out of the box.

Flying Tiger Copenhagen is a company with strong values founded in Scandinavian culture. We aim to be fun and relevant, putting our hearts into everything we do. Here are some of the perks we offer:

• Great Location: Our vibrant head office is in the heart of Copenhagen.
• Flexibility: Enjoy a flexible work environment with options to work from home.
• Perks: Special discounts in our Danish Flying Tiger Copenhagen stores, an attractive pension plan, and private health insurance that also covers children.
• Delicious Food: Enjoy tasty meals in our canteen every day, with cake on Thursdays.
• Fun Environment: A social, fun, and informal workplace with parties, Friday bars, staff clubs, and more.
• International Culture: Be part of a dynamic, international team that values Scandinavian culture and strong company values.
• Unique Benefits: Delicious restaurant food in our own canteen every day, including cake on Thursdays, and many other occasions to celebrate and enjoy sweet treats together.

If youre ready to take your career to the next level and play a crucial role in our companys financial planning, apply today and help shape our commercial future!

Did you know?

We take climate change very seriously and work very hard to minimize our carbon footprint. We do this by buying less plastic and more renewable materials – and we also want to make sure that all stores are run on renewable energy. We walk the talk – and make sure that what we do is validated by external experts, in the Science Based Targets initiative. You can read more about our work with climate action here.