Commercial / Product Line Analyst, Biosolutions, Citric Acid
About The Position
The Product Line / Commercial Analyst, Citric Acid is accountable for market, pricing, and performance analysis that enables profitable growth of the citric acid product line across food & beverage, pharmaceutical, and industrial applications. The role converts market signals, cost dynamics, and customer behavior into clear commercial recommendations used by Product Line Management, Sales, and Finance to set pricing, manage contracts, prioritize growth opportunities, and plan capacity-aligned demand. This is an execution-oriented analytics role with direct impact on pricing actions, portfolio decisions, and operating plans in a volatile, globally traded commodity environment.
Requirements
- Strong analytics, financial acumen, and critical thinking
- Bachelor’s degree required; Engineering, Sales, or Finance preferred
- 2+ years’ relevant experience (commercial analytics, finance, operations, or related)
- Cross-functional collaboration (commercial, manufacturing, finance, etc.)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Nice To Haves
- Analytic methods experience preferred (e.g., Six Sigma, Value Chain Analysis, SKU Optimization, Customer Segmentation)
Responsibilities
- Deliver analytics for Citric Acid strategy and value acceleration projects (VAP), including:
- Market and supply/demand analysis
- Input costs, margin drivers, and scenarios
- Customer and competitive insights
- Investment and initiative business cases
- Support the activity-based Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and implement the Primient Operating Model for Citric Acid
- Recommend product/customer mix; partner with Sales to execute and measure
- Support annual contracting strategy with pricing tools and analytics (volume, price, terms)
- Support forecasting, contract compliance, and account performance plans with Sales
- Partner with Operations on productivity and innovation (value chain analysis, bottlenecks, yield/quality, packaging, best practices)
- Partner with Finance to convert commercial assumptions into forecasts
Benefits
- Competitive Pay
- Multiple Healthcare plan choices
- Dental and vision insurance
- A 401(k) plan with company and matching contributions
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Life, AD&D, and Voluntary Insurance plans
- Paid holidays & vacation
- Floating days off
- Parental leave for new parents
- Employee resource groups
- Learning & development programs
- Fun culture where you have an opportunity in shaping our future
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
