Commercial Student Assistant

Opportunity

Student Assistant Commercial and Pricing

Are you great with numbers and eager to use your academic knowledge and skills to address real-world commercial challenges? As our new Student Assistant, you will get broad exposure, freedom to deliver and the hands-on experience to develop a good understanding of the role that Commercial plays in a global company.

Svitzer is a market leading and vibrant company within the maritime industry. As one of five brands within Maersk Group, we deliver towage and marine solutions to customers in more than 30 countries across the globe.

We offer

This is an exciting part-time position where you will become part of a collaborative and experienced Commercial team. You will be working alongside colleagues from other functional areas such as Operations, Procurement, Technical, Finance and HR. As a Student Assistant at Svitzer you will also join Maersk’s vibrant student community.

The position is based in our offices at Harbour House, Copenhagen. We have flexible working hours and expect you to work approx. 20 hours per week. We strive to create the right conditions for a great employee experience where you can also stay on track with your studies. In the office, we do not have a canteen, but a Bistro, as well as lounge areas, a fitness center and lots of social activities.

This is not just any student position, but a part-time job that can prepare you for a success career both in Svitzer and across the Maersk Group.

You will have significant independence to shape your role and contribute to the performance of our team and our company. This position offers an opportunity to be part of a highly engaged team and learn about our way of doing business by keeping customers at the very centre of what we do.

You will apply the knowledge and skills from your academic and professional background to a range of commercial challenges, with the freedom to take personal responsibility for your own projects. We encourage our employees to assume ownership of their personal and professional development and we are strong believers of on-the-job development and learn through new tasks combined with on-going and frequent feedback.

Key responsibilities

As a student assistant in Svitzer Europe Commercial Team, you will be working closely with colleagues in Copenhagen and across Europe to deliver the following main responsibilities:

• Assist with the preparation of the Rolling Forecast, by preparing data views and slides for our target setting package to Svitzer Global Headquarters;
• Participate in the cost-to-serve calculations for all ports in Europe and make recommendations for tariffs and discounted prices;
• Undertake deep dive analysis into suggested structural changes to tariff to inform decision making;
• Update the standard tariff sheet including content, terms and conditions, as well as layout and design
• Prepare competitors’ market share overview on a weekly basis;
• Prepare analyses of competitors on ad hoc basis;
• Carry-out part of commercial projects, in areas such as Customer Satisfaction, and Data to Revenue;
• Assist with BDV projects including financial modelling, business cases and market size estimates;
• Other ad-hoc tasks as assigned by manager from time to time.

We are looking for

a confident and energetic person who enjoys freedom to operate independently and take pride in delivering high quality work. You demonstrate strong analytical skills and have a strong attention to detail.

Ideally you have completed your Bachelor studies and are at the initial stages of your Master studies in Business Administration, Finance, Economics or a related field. Furthermore, you will possess:

• A Customer mindset
• Independence and ability to prioritise
• Data analytical skills
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills in English (Danish is not a requirement for this position)
• Ability to work with Office 365 applications such as PowerPoint, PowerBI, etc.
• Excellent Excel skills

Please submit your CV along with a Cover Letter where you elaborate about your motivation to apply for this position.

Contact information

For further information about the position, please contact the Commercial and Business Development Manager Natalia Fiuza at +45 23 99 23 44.

Building a Diverse Workplace

In Svitzer we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability, or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that members from some under-represented groups are less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every single qualification. At Svitzer we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles, and we are excited about hearing from you!

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