Commercial Excellence Analyst

Role Description:

This role will strengthen commercial organization across the regions by increasing our capabilities to drive profitable growth opportunities and by providing analytical support to optimize customers’ portfolios. This role will support usage of tools and implement processes to foster commercial excellence across Metal Europe commercial organization that drive sustainable revenue and margin growth in short-, mid- and long- run. The Commercial Excellence analyst will report to the Commercial Excellence Manager providing analytical support for effective decision making.

Key Responsibilities:

•    Provide analytical support to development of a pricing strategy by market segment following our overall commercial strategy.
•    Provide analytical support to development of a pricing strategy by key account during yearly strategic planning cycle to be ready for upcoming key customer decisions and global tender response (in collaboration with the commercial team).
•    Understanding cost inflation mechanisms and their impact on potential choices in terms of price increases mechanism (PPI index, cost inflation coverage, PPI, PT, hedging FX/Alu LME/Alu premium/Energy/Fuel/Steel). 
•    Ensure a proper contracts management process/system (contract framework with minimum mandatory clauses, contract renewal process, contractual gaps).
•    Develop analytics to optimize customer and product portfolio based on standard margin.
•    Develop the process of answering tenders and price negotiation to optimize network, capacity and margin.

Required Qualifications:
 

•    Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
•    Good financial understanding, deep understanding of business processes and business demands, analytical skills, and creativity.
•    Experience with: sales process, controlling, strategic thinking, planning, business case management, scenario planning, and financial evaluation of investment decision.
•    Advanced English, other European languages are a plus.
•    Reporting Tools (Essbase & HFM), SAP, SAP BW, Office applications (incl PowerBI). 
•    Project management.
•    Action oriented and drive for results.
•    Ethics and values, perseverance, integrity and trust.
•    Approachability, understanding others, interpersonal savvy.
•    Planning and priority setting, time and process management, timely decision making.
•    Managing through systems.
•    Informing.
•    Comfort around higher management.

What we offer:
 

•    Hybrid working (other arrangements are possible for the right candidate profile). 
•    A dynamic fast paced change environment with an interesting and challenging project portfolio. 
•    A corporate culture driven by team work and a common ambition to deliver best in industry solutions.
•    Attractive remuneration package.
•    Incentive bonus.
•    Private medical care.
•    Sports card.
•    Pension plan (PPE).
•    Lunch Benefit.

About Ardagh Group

Ardagh Group is a global leader in metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for the world’s leading brands. We trace our roots all the way back to the Irish Glass Bottle Company, founded in 1932. Since then we have grown rapidly to a team of more than 20,000 people with revenues of almost $10 billion. Today we have a presence across Europe, Africa and the Americas.

• Did you know that Ardagh produce many of the beverage cans and bottles you drink your favourite beverages from?
• Did you know we produce metal and glass packaging which are permanent materials, meaning they can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality?
• Did you know we produce more than 160 million containers per day?

Ardagh is passionate about sustainability and have a reputation for innovation. We push the boundaries of what’s possible, pioneering new production methods, new design techniques and new ways to recycle and save energy. Our aim is to reduce any negative environmental impact whilst remaining economically sustainable and socially responsible.

We believe that the success of our business depends on the success of our people. We strive to create working environments where our employees feel valued, can work to their full potential, and where their achievements are celebrated.

Here at Ardagh, we offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented and creative people. If you have ambition and want to make an impact with your career, come and join our team, you’ll enjoy the journey!

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