Commercial Pricing Specialist

**About the role**

We're looking for a Commercial Pricing Specialist to join our Packaging division as a key member of the Retail North Commercial team. As our Specialist, you will contribute to the ongoing commercial development of the business, working closely with the Salesteam to provide insightful analysis on our commercial business decisions.

The role will see you working closely with our Commercial Pricing Manager on tender activity, supporting our key account leads on customer specific activities. You'll assist on daily price quoting activities, using a consistent commercial approach that supportsboth volume and margin growth. You'll collate quotation feedback and help to provide insightful information that will drive pricing levels and market understanding.

We also want you to support the Commercial Pricing Manager with value creation, working on programmes of Commercial Excellence, helping us to understand the routing profitability for the cluster, using insight to drive value through pricing decisions.

At DS Smith, we actively encourage career development and want you to take ownership for seeking out new learning and development opportunities. You should be able to manage your own workload and respond to requests in a timely fashion, to ensure customerdeadlines are met.

**Location**

We can offer hybrid working with this position, with the main site for the role being in Belper and occasional travel required to some of our other sites in the Retail North cluster (Burscough, Featherstone, Newcastle, Livingston, and Lockerbie).

**About you**
- Minimum requirements: _
- Strong academics, educated to A Level standard or above
- Knowledge of financial management and commercial awareness
- Strong IT skills, advanced Microsoft Office (specifically Excel)
- An understanding of pricing systems
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment (preferably manufacturing)
- A team player with excellent communication skills, able to engage with both a finance and non-finance audience

**Benefits**
- Competitive salary
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
- Employee assistance programme
- Cycle to work scheme and corporate discounts