Global Pricing & Analytics Analyst (Packaging)

DS Smith; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

DS Smith, through TMS Global, seeks a Commercial Pricing Analyst in Manchester to support profitable growth across a diverse international portfolio. You’ll transform complex commercial data into actionable insights, influence pricing strategy and support critical decision‑making for contracts, renewals and RFP activity.

Join a global packaging leader and collaborate with Sales, Procurement and Commercial Finance to develop pricing models, benchmark performance and drive data‑driven governance

Qualifications

• Background in packaging industry with print experience.
• Proven experience in pricing and commercial analytics.
• Strong track record developing and maintaining pricing models and analytical tools.
• Understanding of commercial pricing methodologies, supply chain dynamics and operational delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across commercial, finance and operations.
• Advanced Excel skills including modelling and data analysis.
• Experience using Power BI or similar visualization tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyse customer and supplier pricing data to provide actionable insights and support informed commercial decision making, aligning with margin objectives and contracts.
• Drive automation initiatives and process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy and scalability across commercial operations; manage contract events and index adjustments.
• Partner with implementation and account teams on contract execution, onboarding and pricing-related issue resolution; provide data management and pricing governance support.

Skills

Packaging industry

Pricing analytics

Pricing models

Commercial pricing methodologies

Supply chain dynamics

Stakeholder management

Advanced Excel

Tools

Power BI

Job description

DS Smith, through TMS Global, seeks a Commercial Pricing Analyst in Manchester to support profitable growth across a diverse international portfolio. You’ll transform complex commercial data into actionable insights, influence pricing strategy and support critical decision‑making for contracts, renewals and RFP activity.

Join a global packaging leader and collaborate with Sales, Procurement and Commercial Finance to develop pricing models, benchmark performance and drive data‑driven governance