The Commercial Analyst will be part of our summer intern program operating from June 2nd through August 1st. This role supports strategic decision-making by providing data-driven insights into sales performance, market trends, pricing strategies, and customer profitability. The ideal candidate will have a background in analytics and interest in finance/marketing. (This is meant to be a guide. Duties may vary dependent upon management.)

Essential Position Functions:

• Analyze sales and margin performance across products, regions, and customer segments.
• Develop and maintain commercial dashboards, reports, and KPIs to support sales and executive teams.
• Provide pricing analysis and support pricing strategy development based on market intelligence and cost analysis.
• Conduct customer and product profitability analysis to identify growth opportunities and areas for improvement.
• Support business planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes with reliable data and insights.
• Work closely with sales, finance, and operations teams to align commercial strategies and execution.
• Monitor market and competitor activity, generating reports to inform sales and marketing strategies.
• Prepare business cases for new products, pricing initiatives, and strategic projects.
• Assist in contract analysis and the commercial review of key customer agreements.
• Collect, analyze and interpret financial data from Syspro ERP
• Triage and resolve billing discrepancies
• Map key costing, pricing and production processes to financial impact
• Other Duties as assigned

This job description is intended to describe the general nature, complexity and level of work to be performed by employees assigned to this position, and is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and/or skills required. It does not prescribe or restrict the work that may be assigned. Furthermore, this does not establish a contract for employment and is subject to change at the discretion of the company.

Education and/or Experience:

• In process of Undergraduate Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or a related field
• Strong proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and other data analysis tools; experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) is a plus.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work collaboratively across functions.
• Attention to detail and a proactive approach to identifying business opportunities.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, oral, and written communications skills.
• Must be able to read and communicate in English, for safe and effective performance of the job and business operations.
• Must be able to work alone, and with a team.
• Must be able to pass a drug screen and criminal background check.

Work Environment:

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands

• Talk or hear, both in person and by telephone.
• Reach with hands and arms.
• Repetitive bending, twisting.
• Specific vision requirements include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Lift up to 25lbs.

Mental Demands

• Regularly required to use written and oral communication skills.
• Will interact regularly with managers and staff.
• Must be able to work independently with little supervision.

Work Environment

• Employee works primarily in an office environment, the noise level is typically quiet.
  

Mac Papers + Packaging is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected category.