Business Analysis Manager, MT

W. R. Grace & Co.•Columbia, MD

1d•$98,880 - $135,960•Hybrid

About The Position

Grace, a Standard Industries company, is a leading global supplier of catalysts, engineered materials and fine chemicals. We provide innovative products, technologies and services which our customers use to manufacture everyday products like renewable fuels, pharmaceuticals, toothpaste, cosmetics, food packaging, beer, edible oils and more. Our thousands of employees help shape a better future at our global headquarters in Columbia, MD and locations worldwide. The Business Analysis Manager proactively supports the Business Management team by developing and utilizing analytical tools and metrics to drive overall profitability for all business segments within his / her assigned business unit. Reporting to the Director, Product Management, the Business Analysis Manager provides short- and medium-term analysis and insight on revenue/order execution, price analytics, EBITDA, Cash-flow and overall business performance to drive price initiatives, portfolio optimization, productivity initiatives, and product life cycle decisions. The Business Analysis Manager will also own analytics around long range supply/capacity planning and will manage business cases for strategic growth capital investments.

Requirements

Good understanding of financial statements (i.e. P&L, Balance Sheet, & Cash-flow)
Fluent in English spoken & written.
7+ years in analytics, sales support, order fulfilment, finance, economics, supply chain, or other relevant business roles
Demonstrated proficiency in at least one of the following tools, and a strong desire to learn the others: Salesforce CRM, SAP, Business Analytics, and Microsoft Excel.
Strong analytical skills, with an ability to derive insights from data through visualization to tell a cohesive story and make a recommendation
Experience of working in a multicultural environment in an international organization. Experience working with teams in different time zones is desired
Understanding of the processes associated with the sales cycle and the ability to influence the process to deliver business results.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrates intellectual curiosity and passion for driving results and business process improvements.
Chemical or other manufacturing industry experience.
Proactive individual who takes ownership to resolve problems and influence change
Demonstrated ability to manage complexity

Responsibilities

Working with Finance & Accounting to ensure the Profit & Loss Statements (P&L’s) and Cash-flows for the Asset Teams is an accurate reflection of business performance (i.e. EBITDA, Cash-flow, Return on Invested Capital)
Leads analytics by developing metrics and visualization tools to demonstrate pricing realization vs. plan, gaps to plan, mix upgrade opportunities, and new pricing opportunities
Supports Business Management team with pricing governance.
Utilize the tool to develop insights and identify opportunities for profit enhancement through price, portfolio optimization, productivity, customer / segment mix upgrade, and product life cycle actions.
Closely collaborates with Product Management in preparing financial business cases for strategic capital. Develop tools to drive prioritization of strategic capital based on profitability and overall strategic direction. Measure business unit’s demonstrated ability to meet capital business cases after capital investment. Ranks strategic capital requests by standard financial metrics including IRR, NPV, Pay-Back, & Discounted Pay-Back
Support Product Management, Sales, and Marketing with ad hoc sales and pricing data and profitability analysis requests.
Engages in process and system improvement projects around SAP analytics tools and profitability KPIs.
Prepares business performance data for, and participates in the asset team meetings; including asset P&L forecasts, presenting progress against asset initiatives, as well as driving analyses to support Product Management decision making.
Maintain data files required to support business rules and customer segmentation within the region.