Commercial Analyst - Education

at  COS

An exciting opportunity exists to join one of Australia’s high growth private businesses. COS is a family owned and run Aussie business made up of a community of like-minded people working towards a common goal. Our purpose is to keep Australian workers healthy, safe and productive. Why? So we can deliver on our pledge to donate one million dollars annually to everyday Australians through the Lyone Foundation.

MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU’LL DO

We are seeking a Commercial Analyst for our existing Education segment to join our team.
Reporting to the Commercial Pricing Team Leader, you will play an integral part in the management and strategy within the Education space. This role will have you working closely on ongoing customer pricing management & the pricing and commercial terms for re-bids, ensuring a commercially sustainable customer base.
Operating within a highly dynamic commercial team, opportunities for long term career are plentiful.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working within a growing team.
• Work closely with Sales and Category teams to optimise sales and profitable strategies and outcomes.
• Drive process efficiencies and innovation.
• Conduct key pricing analysis, working effectively with key business counterparts, to provide insight on pricing and margin profitability.
• Focusing on product strategy, selection, pricing, and commercials.
• Ensure commercial viability of customer base and re-bids.
• Drive margin improvements and cost to serve efficiencies across customer base.

To be considered for the role, you will have:

• Strong market understanding ideally with knowledge in Education and Back to School pricing analytics, or the FMCG and B2B environments.
• Previous experience in product selection, pricing, and product strategy.
• Demonstrated experience with profit drivers and cost-based analysis.
• Experience with analysis of Value and Price Impact differentials.
• High attention to detail.
• Passion for problem solving.
• Customer centricity and high level of adaptability and flexibility.
• Experience in influencing and negotiating with various internal stakeholders