Associate Analyst, Insights & Analytics (EMEA)

Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!

Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

Purpose of the job / Role overview

The role is responsible for delivering market and industry insights through regular reporting, trend analysis, and data-driven storytelling. Acting as a market data expert for the business, this position supports Commercial, GKA, and other stakeholders with relevant insights on beverage consumption, market trends, packaging developments, and new product launches.The role combines structured monthly and quarterly reporting with ad-hoc analysis to support internal decision-making and external customer discussions.

Key responsibilities include

• Deliver monthly trend reporting using relevant datasets (e.g. Nielsen, Mintel, Global Data), covering beverage categories, regions, and pack types.
• Maintain and refresh the “Market Factbook” on a regular basis (annual data updates and quarterly trend reviews, or as required).
• Track and analyze new product launches at category, regional, and pack type level to monitor beverage can market growth and substrate shifts.
• Provide scene setting and market context to support internal and external projects, using insights from multiple data sources.
• Monitor industry and competitive developments, gathering intelligence to support innovation, premiumization, and commercial initiatives.
• Work closely with regional and GKA teams to develop focused analyses for specific customers, geographies, or beverage types.
• Support continuous improvement of reporting formats and content to strengthen internal market understanding and improve customer-facing materials.
• Review new data sources (e.g. EPOS data) and propose new reporting to identify opportunities for beverage cans and new business growth.

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Commercial, Economics, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in a similar insights, analytics, or market data role.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, with high attention to detail.
• Ability to manage large volumes of data and turn them into clear insights.
• Well-organized, deadline-driven, and comfortable taking ownership.
• Experience working in a remote or matrix environment, , able to work with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, Microsoft Access is a plus.
• Good working knowledge of PowerPoint, with the ability to build clear and impactful presentations.

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Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation. When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles solutions that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.

Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.
 

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