Commercial Excellence Manager, Commercial Tools

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Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.

We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy. We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.

Commercial Excellence Manager, Commercial Tools

Huhtamaki are currently seeking a Commercial Excellence Manager, Commercial Tools to join our global Flexible packaging segment.

As a Commercial Excellence Manager, Commercial Tools you will be responsible for maximizing margin through initiatives identified by digital commercial tools within our Flexible Packaging segment. The role has three main objectives: (1) to increase tools use by continually improving tool functionality, (2) to train sales and commercial teams on using available tools effectively and (3) to identify and execute margin improvement opportunities using digital commercial tools.

To be successful in this role you should have significant expertise in the roll-out of data tools in a highly matrixed B2B company, excellent analytical skills with a strong understanding of financial and production data.

The role can be based in any of our locations in Europe, including Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Finland, Turkey, France, Spain, Poland or UK & Ireland.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gain insight into business objectives and ensure that enhancements to commercial tools are aligned accordingly.

• Convert user feedback on commercial tools into detailed technical specifications.

• Create, prioritize, and maintain a well-defined product backlog.

• Act as a primary liaison between stakeholders and the commercial tool development team.

• Verify and continually improve the accuracy of data generated by commercial tools.

• Ensure and manage the quality control of functionalities provided by commercial tools.

• Track the use of commercial tools and identify ways to improve their utilization.

• Conduct training sessions regularly to enhance user understanding and usage.

• Continually identify, deep-dive and qualify margin improvement opportunities using commercial tools.

• Collaborate with commercial teams to execute on identified margin improvement opportunities.

• Collaborate in leading workshops designed to identify and execute margin improvement opportunities through the application of commercial tools.

Education, Experience & Skills Required:

• Degree in Business, IT, Finance, Engineering, Marketing or other relevant degree

• 7+ years of overall experience working in analytics, IT product development or commercial excellence  

• Proven experience in managing roll-out of IT/Digital products

• Experience performing advanced data analysis, articulating and explaining analyses and presenting results to multiple levels within an organization

• Excellent knowledge of or experience developing analytics and dashboards using Python and PowerBI.

• High business acumen and experience of effective partnership with key stakeholders

• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing with all levels within a complex organization

• Up to 25% international or regional travel may be required

What's in it for you?

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to help instill commercial excellence and best practices throughout the larger commercial organization.

Huhtamaki offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits and a flexible working environment.

If you have the required skills and experience for the role, please apply before the deadline of 27th January 2025.