Senior Business and Pricing Analyst

Bonnell Aluminum is seeking a highly analytical and business-minded Senior Business & Pricing Analyst to support profitable growth through data-driven insights, market intelligence, and strategic pricing analysis. This individual contributor role is responsible for transforming complex business, commercial, and market data into actionable opportunities that improve revenue, margins, customer profitability, and overall business performance.

The successful candidate will possess strong analytical capabilities, exceptional business acumen, and the ability to translate data into meaningful recommendations for leadership. This role partners closely with Commercial, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, and Leadership teams to identify business opportunities, mitigate risks, optimize pricing strategies, and support strategic decision-making across the organization.

This position is ideal for an individual who thrives on solving complex business problems, uncovering actionable insights, and influencing decisions through fact-based analysis.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analytics & Strategic Insights

• Analyze business performance data to identify trends, opportunities, risks, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Develop actionable insights that support revenue growth, margin enhancement, operational efficiency, and market competitiveness.
• Translate complex data into meaningful business recommendations and executive-level presentations.
• Monitor key business and commercial performance indicators and proactively identify emerging opportunities and threats.
• Support strategic planning, forecasting, and business case development through data-driven analysis.

Pricing Analysis & Profitability Management

• Conduct detailed pricing analyses to support commercial decision-making and profitable growth strategies.
• Develop pricing recommendations utilizing market research, competitive intelligence, commodity trends, customer demand, and company objectives.
• Analyze customer profitability, price-volume-mix impacts, margin performance, and pricing effectiveness.
• Evaluate pricing structures and identify opportunities to improve profitability while maintaining market competitiveness.
• Support pricing governance and ensure consistent application of pricing methodologies across the business.

Market Research & Competitive Intelligence

• Analyze market research, economic indicators, industry trends, and competitor activity to assess potential impacts on business performance.
• Monitor aluminum market conditions, industry pricing trends, supply-demand dynamics, and broader economic influences.
• Identify market opportunities, customer trends, competitive threats, and strategic growth initiatives.
• Provide timely insights and recommendations to commercial and business leaders on market developments.

Cross-Functional Business Partnership

• Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Leadership teams to solve business challenges and support decision-making.
• Serve as a trusted business partner by providing objective, data-supported recommendations.
• Support commercial strategies, growth initiatives, capital investment decisions, and continuous improvement efforts through analytical leadership.
• Present findings and recommendations clearly and effectively to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Reporting & Data Visualization

• Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards, KPI reporting, and analytical models.
• Create meaningful business reporting that enhances visibility into financial, commercial, operational, and market performance.
• Drive improvements in reporting automation, data quality, and analytical processes.
• Ensure accuracy, reliability, and consistency of business data used for decision-making.

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in business analytics, pricing analysis, commercial analytics, financial analysis, market intelligence, or a related analytical role.
• Experience working within a multi-functional or matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated success leveraging data to influence business decisions and drive measurable results.
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Professional Skills

• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking abilities.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand and influence business performance.
• Ability to identify opportunities, risks, and emerging trends from both internal and external data.
• Proven experience conducting pricing analyses and developing pricing recommendations.
• Ability to synthesize large amounts of information and communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including complex modeling and data analysis.
• Experience using business intelligence and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or comparable platforms.
• Familiarity with ERP systems, CRM platforms, and large-scale business databases.
• Experience with SQL, Power Query, or other data extraction and analytical tools preferred.
• Experience building automated dashboards and executive reporting solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the aluminum, metals, manufacturing, or industrial products industries.
• Understanding of aluminum extrusion markets, products, and customers.
• Knowledge of commodity-driven pricing environments and market-index-based pricing methodologies.
• Experience analyzing commodity trends, cost drivers, and market pricing indicators.
• Exposure to commercial excellence, sales analytics, or profitability management initiatives.
• MBA or advanced business analytics certification is a plus.

Success Profile

The ideal candidate is:

• Highly analytical and naturally curious.
• Skilled at turning data into actionable business recommendations.
• Able to identify opportunities before they become obvious to others.
• Comfortable challenging assumptions and asking insightful questions.
• Effective at influencing business decisions through facts and analysis.
• Equally capable of working independently and collaboratively across functions.
• Passionate about driving business performance through data and strategic insights.

Why Bonnell Aluminum?

As one of North America's leading manufacturers of custom aluminum extrusions and fabricated aluminum products, Bonnell Aluminum offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment. This role directly influences commercial strategy, pricing decisions, profitability, and market competitiveness while working alongside leaders across the organization to drive sustainable business success.

Bonnell Aluminum is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a culture of integrity, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.