Cost & Pricing Analyst in Dundee

Innovative, Creative and Progressive, not words you would normally associate with a historic industry like print, but we like to do things a little differently at Tradeprint and we hope you do too! We are a technology-led, trade printer based in Dundee, UK. As part of the Cimpress group, the largest print manufacturer in the world, we are leading the way in mass customisation. Using Ecommerce as our primary route to market, we’re here to change the print world, and you can help us! With exciting plans for fast growth, we are always looking to add more dedicated, passionate and dynamic people to our remarkable team. To achieve our ambitious goals, we empower our people, and they drive the business forward with creativity, enthusiasm and a fierce determination to delight our customers.

About the Role: This role combines costing, product pricing, and production cost management to ensure accurate, competitive, and profitable pricing across Tradeprint’s product portfolio & manufacturing tools. The position supports Product, Production, and Finance teams by maintaining reliable cost data, updating system pricing, and analysing margin performance across both our in-house plant and third-party fulfilment partners (3PFs). This role ensures consistency, accuracy, and profitability while contributing to the development of cost-modelling frameworks that reflect real manufacturing processes. This is an excellent development role for an analytically minded individual who enjoys working with data, systems, and cross-functional teams. Suited to someone who wants to grow their career in a fast-paced e-commerce and manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Pricing and Costing
  • Maintain and update product cost and pricing data for in-house products.
  • Review product costs, sell prices, and margin performance regularly, providing commentary on areas of improvement for both in-house and third-party-fulfilled products.
  • Support the implementation of pricing updates in internal systems, ensuring data accuracy and version control.
  • Lead the creation and redevelopment of cost-modelling frameworks that enhance cost visibility, strengthen pricing strategies, and improve operational efficiency across in-house and third-party fulfilment networks.
  • Partner with Production to ensure product costs reflect current manufacturing processes, material usage, and labour assumptions.
• Data and Analysis
  • Support margin analysis by product, category, and fulfiller, highlighting risks or opportunities to provide actionable insights to the Category Manager.
  • Create and maintain dashboards and reports (using Excel or BI tools such as Looker) to monitor key KPIs including margin and cost targets.
  • Support ad-hoc data requests and scenario modelling for pricing and cost optimisation from Production and Finance teams.
  • Assist the Category Manager in analysing market and competitor pricing to inform pricing strategies and ensure competitiveness in the e-commerce market.
• Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Work closely with Product, Production, and Finance teams to ensure alignment between operational costs and commercial pricing.
  • Partner with Procurement and Production to analyse production efficiency, scrap rates, run speeds, and labour utilisation to identify cost-saving opportunities.
  • Assist in benchmarking Tradeprint’s costs and prices against wider market pricing.
  • Contribute to cost efficiency and profitability projects across the organisation.

The Ideal Candidate You will bring:

• Strong analytical, numerical, and data interpretation skills.
• Advanced Excel capability, including pivoting data and creating complex formulas.
• Experience with BI tools (e.g., Looker, Power BI) is advantageous.
• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical, organised approach.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Curiosity about how manufacturing, costing, and products work together.
• A proactive, problem-solving mindset and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• The ability to develop cost-modelling frameworks aligned with manufacturing processes.

It would be great if you also had:

• Experience in a manufacturing, e-commerce, or product-focused environment.
• A basic understanding of manufacturing cost structures (materials, labour, overheads).

Further Details

• Contract: Permanent, Full-time (40 hours per week, Monday to Friday)
• Location: Hybrid (Dundee HQ) 2 days per week office-based.
• Reports to: Head of Category Management
• Expected Salary: £27K - £29K