We are heycar
Since August 2019, we’ve been raising the bar for customers looking for their next set of wheels, and car dealers looking to sell them.
With Global investment from Volkswagen and Renault, we bring the best and most trusted dealerships across the UK closer to their customers. How? By making the right connections. We provide customers with the confidence they need to buy quality cars online in a completely remote experience.
We’re building a culture that allows team members to feel challenged and empowered to make some serious changes. We may have different backgrounds, industries and skills, but we’re all driving towards the same goal.
If you want to come along for the ride then read on…
About the role :
As Commercial Analyst you’ll be a key part of the day-to-day running of heycar UK. You’ll work across all functions in the business including Marketing, Sales and eCommerce. You’ll align closely with relevant Head’s of Department’s to ensure the correct and consistent interpretation of data across the departments.
The main function of your role is to gather information from various sources and interpret patterns and trends, whilst also providing recommendations for optimisation of reporting and sales. You’ll report to the Sales Director and work closely with the UK Leadership team on key business priorities.
What you’ll do :
- Engage with business units and stakeholders to identify key performance indicators (KPIs) that need tracking daily, weekly and monthly
- Assist the Sales function with pitch modelling and cost benefit analysis in addition to support the sales team with pitch decks
- Work with the Leadership Team to oversee the modelling of the business’ quarterly and annual forecasting
- Analyse performance metrics to provide a summary of historical trends, be that seasonality, peak periods or the relationship between two variables
- Create data visualisation, you’ll know what charts to use where, how variables/types of data should be compared, how to label an axis and where to use them
- Compare KPIs across different time frames, products, or other business dimensions by building dashboards and creating analysis in GSheets and Hubspot
- Develop insights based on the interpreted data to suggest possible business strategies
- Track the outcomes of implemented recommendations to gauge effectiveness and recalibrate strategies as necessary
- Understand and document the current business processes to identify areas for improvement or analysis
What you’ll need :
Essential
- Experience: at least 2 years experience in data analysis, from within a business that is largely digitally driven from a marketing point of view. You’ll also need to understand the commercial side of a business, how it makes money and how revenue can be optimised
- Skills: be able to write SQL for analysis and data visualisation
- Communication: the ability to convince, unite, and communicate findings from data in a simple and easy-to-understand way
- Startup mentality: we’re 5 years old and our data’s not perfect, but you won’t let that hold you back from proving/disproving a hypothesis
- Network: stakeholder management is key to this role, you’ll need to interpret the needs of the business, clarify briefs and prioritise your workload based on the needs of the business
Desirable:
- Systems: knowledge of HEX (our data visualisation tool) or any other visualisation tool (Looker, Tableau etc)
- Experience: Prior experience in a marketplace/eCommerce business
- Skills: A wizard with Excel/Gsheets and solid knowledge of Hubspot with the goal to become an expert
What We'll Give You :
- Compensation: We offer a competitive salary + bonus
- Holidays: We want you to relax, you’ll have 28 days off (plus bank holidays) throughout the year. We also give you an extra day off to enjoy your birthday!
- Hybrid Working: We have a flexible working culture here at heycar. With hybrid working in our offices in Holborn (London) and working from home days.
- Benefits + Perks: With private medical insurance, learning and development opportunities and mental health support we’ll give you the extra boost.
- Feedback: You'll be joining more than just another startup - our team are at the heart of everything we do; here we don’t leave things unsaid, we encourage honest feedback.
- A Challenge: Fast paced but not fraught. We’re scaling fast, so we need you to keep up, push back and question where you see fit
- Fun: We provide a fully stocked kitchen and bar, table tennis, roof terrace, and epic socials, we’ve got you covered but we do advise table tennis lessons before joining!
If you’re ready to work with a creative, high-performing group of people we want to hear from you.
* Apply directly to this role - not via email *
Please contact : reece.jagger@heycar.co.uk for more details.
