Margin Analyst

Your career path has many avenues available for you to succeed. Are you looking to advance at a rate that matches your ambition and skill set? At Bunzl, we understand and want to invest in you. With our multi-career options, you’ll not only be able to find the adventure you are looking for today but can be confident that new opportunities will be there for advancement in your future.

We seek to recruit and retain the right people who are passionate about our business, and we provide opportunities for our employees so that they may progress within our company based on their talents, experiences, and their aptitude.

If you are searching for a culture where learning is encouraged and get excited by the idea of working in a fast-paced environment, alongside a team of smart people with good intensions, who thrive on getting the job done, you should read on

As a **Margin Analyst**, you will work cross-functionally with the business to better understand and enhance our pricing and margins. You will analyze and understand what drives our cost-sell relationship as well as build process to help us monitor our margins by product across all our selling categories. You will also help to form our pricing strategy and execution, making sure we price appropriately across all our product ranges and marketplaces.

**_ If you were here last month you might have:_**
- Analyzed our cost-sell relationship to understand how they differ by product type and category and identified and executed a plan to prevent margin impact in each marketplace
- Assisted in completing a price and margin review after recent foreign exchange rate updates
- Spent time with our sales team understanding our discounts and markup rates and making recommendations to improve our profitability while maintaining healthy sales growth
- Participate in matrix reviews to ensure profitability and competitiveness for key accounts
- Joined meetings with our vendor relations team to understand what is driving costs within manufacturing to see how we can optimize this space with an own brand strategy
- Discussed margin trends with our sales operations leadership team and built a dashboard to monitor all margin variables by location
- Helped to rebuild our new product pricing procedure to ensure we have consistent pricing and margins Nationally
- Investigated lines of margin erosion and developed a go forward plan to minimize future impact to the business
- Continued to build Vendor relationships while discussing opportunities to improve contract pricing

**_You could be the one if you have:_**
- Experience in an analyst role or a financial, business or process background
- The ability to analyze data to produce useful reports and calibrated recommendations
- Interest in working with other teams to develop processes that better align business decisions
- The desire to get your hands dirty, you want to be involved in the implementation of the process you create so you can understand what is working and what you can adjust going forward
- The willingness to engage in a challenging, intellectually honest environment and contribute to it
- Excellent communication and continuous improvement skills and an ability to collaborate with a range of cross-functional teams and stakeholders
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office including: Outlook, Word, Excel, BI and Power Point
- Able to work independently while contributing to a high-performing team
- Parler français est un atout

**Who We Are**

Bunzl Canada Inc. (bunzlcanada.ca) provides the cleaning and hygiene products, food and retail packaging, safety products and industrial supplies that keep over 45,000 Canadian businesses running, every day. With over 1100 employees, we are one of the largest, most successful global companies in Canada with a long-standing track record of retaining, developing, and investing in our people.

**What We Believe**

Bunzl believes in the Power of People. We put our people first.
- We believe through diversity we build strength.
- We believe that an entrepreneurial spirit provides endless possibilities.
- We believe that together we can achieve anything.
- We believe through innovation we can find dynamic solutions.
- We believe that motivated people create happy customers.
- We believe everyone counts at Bunzl.
- We believe that when you join our team, your potential is unlimited.

At Bunzl, we believe in you

**What’s in it for you?**

Come showcase what you can do in a fast-moving, evolving company that provides competitive compensation, benefits, RRSP Match, Share Save (Stock) opportunities, performance incentives and career development opportunities. You’ll find the support, leadership, and workplace culture you need to achieve your full potential. When you are successful, we are successful At Bunzl, we don’t just say our people are our greatest asset, we really mean it. Let’s talk about your future.

**Interview guidance**

Bunzl is an Equal Opportunity Employer com