Axon Moore are excited to be supporting a well-established and growing business in Chorley to recruit a new Commercial Operations Partner. This role is paying a competitive salary of up to £55,000.

We are seeking a Commercial Operations Partner to act as a key advisor to operations and commercial teams. The role focuses on driving profitable growth and operational efficiency through insight-led decision support, pricing and margin analysis, and high-quality reporting. You will leverage Power BI and other analytics tools to deliver actionable insights, helping teams make confident commercial decisions.

Key Responsibilities
Commercial & Operational Partnering
*Partner closely with operations teams to monitor costs, productivity, and efficiency.
*Support commercial teams with pricing decisions, promotional evaluation, and margin optimisation.
*Influence key operational and commercial decisions using data-driven insights.
*Translate complex analysis into clear, actionable reports and dashboards for non-finance stakeholders.

Analysis & Reporting
*Analyse operational costs, including labour, logistics, and fulfilment, to support margin management.
*Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards to track operational KPIs, including efficiency, accuracy, waste, and cost per order.
*Produce ad hoc reports and scenario modelling to support trading, pricing, promotional, and operational decisions.
*Identify opportunities to improve processes, reduce waste, and optimise resource allocation through automated insights.

Planning & Performance
*Support budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking for operations and commercial functions.
*Contribute to long-term planning, including pricing strategy, profitability improvement, and operational alignment with demand.

Person Specification
Essential Experience
*Proven experience in a commercial or business partnering role within operations or e-commerce.
*Strong commercial acumen, including pricing, margin, and operational performance.
*Advanced experience with Power BI, Excel, or other analytics/reporting tools.
*Confident communicator with the ability to influence and build relationships across functions.
*Comfortable working with large datasets and producing high volumes of ad hoc reporting.

Desirable Experience
*Multi-channel retail or high-volume operational experience.
*Experience improving reporting processes and automating insight delivery.
*Familiarity with other BI tools or analytics platforms is a plus.

Key Behaviours
*Commercially minded, curious, and proactive.
*Comfortable working with ambiguity and rapidly changing priorities.
*Strong relationship-builder with excellent influencing skills.
*Proactive, resilient, and capable of taking ownership in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits
*Competitive holiday allowance and flexible leave options
*Birthday leave and enhanced family leave
*Employee discount schemes and wellness initiatives
*Supportive, collaborative working environment
Our local Lancashire Axon Moore team recruit all accounting and finance roles from CFO to transactional finance on both a temporary and permanent basis. For more information about this role or our wider team, please contact George Oyston