Pricing Insight & Analytics Lead

STARK Building Materials UK; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (4 days in office, 1 Wf

Discretionary bonus

Retirement savings plan

Life assurance

Health & wellbeing services

Job summary

STARK Building Materials UK is seeking a Pricing Insights & Analytics Lead to identify pricing opportunities, build dashboards, and influence commercial decisions. You will work with Pricing, Commercial, Category, Finance and Data teams to challenge pricing and deliver actionable insights while delivering initial dashboards and ongoing visibility.

The role focuses on establishing reliable pricing dashboards, reporting, and governance, with a long-term aim of proactively improving margins,

Qualifications

• Strong experience using Power BI for pricing and margin analysis.
• Ability to translate complex pricing data into clear commercial insight.
• Experience working with pricing, product, customer, sales and financial data.
• Strong understanding of margin, discounting, competitiveness and commercial performance.

Responsibilities

• Pricing Opportunity Identification: analyse pricing, margin and data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Market & Industry Insight: understand external market conditions and trends to inform pricing moves.
• Commercial Challenge & Action Planning: work with teams to test opportunities and turn insight into actions.
• Risk & Concern Highlighting: identify pricing leakage and misalignment with evidence.
• Initial Dashboard & Reporting Set-Up: create core dashboards and reports for decision-making.
• Data Quality & Governance: support data quality and governance for pricing data.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: align insight with Pricing, Commercial, Finance and Data teams.
• Opportunity Tracking: monitor opportunities from insight to action and impact.
• Adoption & Enablement: drive use of pricing insight across commercial teams.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Excel

Job description

We're proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We're a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well.

We're searching for a Pricing Insights & Analytics Lead to join us on a permanent basis at our Binley, Coventry HQ. The purpose of this role is to lead the identification, assessment and delivery of pricing opportunities across STARK UK, using internal pricing data, margin insight and external market understanding to challenge performance and support better commercial decisions. The role will initially focus on establishing reliable pricing dashboards, reporting and visibility, but its longer-term purpose is to move beyond reporting and proactively highlight where pricing action can improve margin, competitiveness and customer value across the business.

Key Responsibilities

Pricing Opportunity Identification: Proactively analyse pricing, margin, discounting, customer and product data to identify opportunities for commercial improvement, stronger margin performance and better pricing consistency.

Market & Industry Insight: Build a strong understanding of external market conditions, competitor activity and wider builders merchants industry trends to inform where pricing movement, risk or opportunity may exist.

Commercial Challenge & Action Planning: Work with pricing, commercial, category and branch teams to challenge current pricing decisions, test opportunities and turn insight into clear actions.

Risk & Concern Highlighting: Identify areas of pricing leakage, inconsistency, underperformance or market misalignment, ensuring concerns are visible early and supported by clear evidence.

Initial Dashboard & Reporting Set-Up: Establish the core dashboards and/or reports needed to create visibility and a consistent starting point for decision-making. Once embedded, these outputs should support ongoing opportunity identification rather than become the main focus of the role.

Data Quality & Governance: Support the improvement of pricing data quality, governance and consistency, ensuring decisions are based on trusted and well-structured data.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Pricing, Commercial, Category, Finance, MI/BI and Data teams to align insight, reporting and action planning.

Opportunity Tracking: Track identified pricing opportunities from insight through to action, helping the business understand expected impact, progress and outcomes.

Adoption & Enablement: Drive the use of pricing insight across commercial teams, helping colleagues understand trends, risks and opportunities in a simple and actionable way.

Key Deliverables

• Prioritised pricing opportunity pipeline
• Pricing opportunity and concern reports with clear recommended actions
• Market and competitor insight for the builders merchants industry
• Margin, discounting and price movement analysis
• Category, branch, customer and product pricing analysis
• Initial pricing dashboards, KPIs and reporting framework
• Tracking of pricing actions, outcomes and benefits delivered

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in Power BI, data analysis and data visualisation tools
• Proven ability to translate complex pricing data into clear commercial insight
• Experience working with pricing, product, customer, sales and financial data
• Strong understanding of margin, discounting, competitiveness and commercial performance
• Ability to interpret external market trends and industry movement
• Strong stakeholder management across commercial, category, finance and data teams
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving capability and attention to detail

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive Base salary
• Hybrid Working – 4 days at our Binley, Coventry office and 1-day WFH.
• Discretionary bonus
• Retirement savings plan
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• A wide range of voluntary benefits including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, car salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare and more.
• Access to a wealth of health and wellbeing services including access to online GP appointments and mental health support.
• WorkPerks – A platform home to hundreds of all your favourite high street and online discounts via the provider Reward Gateway.

Why Choose Us?

Quality - We’re unwavering in our commitment to providing outstanding products and service that exceed our customers’ expectations.

Supportive Environment - Join a culture that prioritises your growth, with the resources and support you need to excel. We listen and learn – we know we haven’t always got all the answers – listening and learning with you is what helps provide the best service to our customers.

Professional Development - We are invested in your success! Can we add this instead? You have a real chance to progress- the only limits are your own Explore our apprenticeships, training, and mentoring programs designed to elevate your career.

Great Benefits - Enjoy a compelling package that includes a competitive salary, bonuses, pension schemes, and life assurance, among many other perks!

Work-Life Balance - We value your well-being and offer flexible working hours and a hybrid working model to help you find your ideal rhythm

What's Next

If your application is successful, our Talent team will reach out to arrange an interview and answer any questions you may have. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to ensure you can perform at your best throughout the application and interview process.

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