Business Analyst

Job Details: Primary address of work: Auckland Vacancy number: 1 Employment type: Permanent full time Minimum hours per week: 30 Hours Maximum hours per week: 40 Hours Minimum hourly rate (low salary range): 40 Maximum hourly rate (high salary range): 45 Pay frequent: Monthly Company Overview NZ Supa Trading Ltd Trading name is Sunnytech Solar is an Auckland-based supplier andmanufacturer of Li Fe PO4 lithium batteries, solar panels, RV solar kits, house solar kits and off-grid power solutions for residential, recreational, marine and commercial customers across New Zealand. Founded in 2008, the company designs and locally builds 12 V, 24 V, 36 V and 48 V lithium battery systems (from 50 Ah to 600 Ah) featuring active-balancing BMS protection and 8,000+ cycle life, and also offers custom battery specifications on request. With over 15 years of industry experience, Sunnytech Solar works directly with end-users as well as retailers, distributors, installers and business partners nationwide, backed by a professional local support team. As New Zealand’s clean-energy market develops, the company is looking beyond its current product range into closely related sectors — portable power stations, residential and commercial battery energy storage, electric vehicles, EV chargers and charging-station infrastructure — and is investing in the research capability needed to decide which of these opportunities to pursue, in what order, and on what commercial model. Job Summary Sunnytech Solar is seeking a Business Analyst to act as the company’s in-house industryresearcher and commercial analyst. This is primarily a research and advisory role. The successful candidate will study the New Zealand and international markets for solar generation, lithium battery storage, portable power stations, electric vehicles, EV chargers and charging-station infrastructure, and translate that research into clear industry and business insight the management team can act on. Working alongside the directors and the sales, technical and operations teams, the Business Analyst will size and test new market opportunities, model the commercial case for entering them, assess what the business would need to change internally to support them, and present recommendations that shape how Sunnytech Solar expands its product range, supply arrangements and business model over the next three to five years.

Key Responsibilities
• Research and analyse the New Zealand and overseas markets for solar generation, lithiumand Li Fe PO4 battery storage, portable power stations, electric vehicles, EV chargers andcharging-station infrastructure — covering market size, demand drivers, pricing,technology direction, and the regulatory and standards environment affecting each sector
• Track competitors, manufacturers, suppliers and distribution channels across these sectors— product ranges, pricing structures, warranty and service models, dealer and installernetworks — and benchmark Sunnytech Solar’s position against them
• Build and maintain an evidence base drawn from industry and government data, trade and import statistics, supplier information, published research and the company’s own sales,quotation and inventory records, and turn it into analysis management can act on
• Evaluate potential new business models and revenue streams — such as EV charger supply and installation, charging-station ownership or partnership, portable power station retail, commercial battery energy storage, wholesale and dealer network expansion, and after
- sales service or leasing arrangements — and set out the commercial logic, capitalrequirement and risk profile of each
• Prepare written feasibility studies and business cases for the management team, includingvolume, pricing, margin, break-even and payback modelling, entry options, and arecommended sequence and timeline for expansion
• Assess the supply side of any proposed new product category — manufacturer and OEMoptions, landed cost, minimum order quantities and lead times, certification andcompliance requirements under New Zealand electrical safety and product standards, andwarranty and service exposure
• Gather market intelligence directly from customers, installers, retailers, distributors andindustry contacts, and through trade events and industry forums, to test demandassumptions before capital is committed
• Analyse the company’s current sales-to-delivery workflow, inventory control approach,customer enquiry and custom-build quotation process and internal reporting, and form aconsidered view on where existing systems would need to change to carry new productlines
• Work with the leadership team and department leads to develop practical solutions to the organisational bottlenecks identified, and to set goals, plans and priorities for expansionthat make efficient use of people, stock and warehouse capacity
• Put together written proposals recommending changes to procedures, adjustments toworkflow and redrawing of role boundaries where new a