Vacancies DDC Pricing and Insights Specialist

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792 weve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color peoples lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands including Dulux International Sikkens and Interpon is trusted by customers around the globe. Were active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. Its what youd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company thats dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today while creating an even better tomorrow. Lets paint the future together.

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DDC Pricing & Insights Specialist
Competitive salary plus market leading benefits package
Location: Altrincham

Were looking for a Pricing & Insights Specialist to turn complex data into clear insight that helps shape smarter commercial decisions and future this role youll work at the heart of our commercial team identifying trends risks and opportunities that drive profitable growth.

At AkzoNobel were proud of our heritage and our commitment to innovation. Youll join a collaborative environment where insight matters curiosity is encouraged and your work directly supports strategic decision-making across the business.

What youll do:
Interpret pricing margin and performance data to identify trends risks and commercial opportunities.
Translate complex analysis into clear actionable insights presenting to stakeholders to support strategic decisions.
Develop and maintain pricing structures and discount frameworks aligned to business goals.
Analyse competitor activity market dynamics and external factors recommending changes to commercial plan.
Review postprice change and promotional performance making recommendations for future actions.
Support pricing governance processes highlighting non-compliance and driving timely resolution.
Create compelling data visualisations and reports that provide insight not just data.
Champion data accuracy and integrity across pricing systems and tools.
Promote a self-serve analytics culture by upskilling teams in data interpretation and storytelling.
Contribute to continuous improvement of pricing processes tools and ways of working.

What you bring:
Strong analytical and numerical skills with excellent attention to detail and independent problem solving.
Commercial awareness and an understanding of how pricing and market dynamics impact performance.
Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large datasets.
Exposure to or enthusiasm for learning data visualisation tools such as Power BI.
Ability to communicate insights clearly and confidently to a range of stakeholders.
A proactive curious mindset with a passion for turning data into meaningful insight.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced evolving environment.
(Desirable) Experience in pricing insights analytics or a commercial environment.

Who you are:
Insight-driven curious and eager to understand what sits behind the numbers.
Confident presenting data-backed recommendations in a clear compelling way.
Collaborative and credible able to build strong relationships across teams.
Organised adaptable and comfortable managing ambiguity.
Positive engaged and motivated to continuously improve how insight is delivered.

Ready to help shape smarter commercial decisions through insight

Apply now and play a key role in driving data-led growth at AkzoNobel.

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when our organization all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age or disability.

Requisition ID:50589