About the Role
As an AI Automation Specialist, you'll help transform how pricing decisions are made by using data, analytics, machine learning, and automation to drive commercial performance. You'll join a team focused on delivering intelligent solutions that improve pricing effectiveness, automate processes, and generate actionable insights. This role is ideal for graduates who are passionate about data and technology and want to apply their technical skills to solve real-world business problems. You'll work alongside experienced pricing, analytics, and technology professionals on projects that have a direct impact on business performance. Alongside your day-to-day role, you'll receive structured development and training, building both your technical expertise and commercial understanding.
Responsibilities
- Develop analytics and automation solutions that support pricing decisions
- Use Python and SQL to analyse large datasets and generate business insights
- Support the development of machine learning and AI-driven pricing models
- Build and maintain data pipelines and automated reporting processes
- Explore customer behaviour, pricing trends, elasticity, and commercial performance
- Create dashboards, visualisations, and presentations that communicate complex findings clearly
- Work with stakeholders across Pricing, Commercial, Technology, and Data teams
- Identify opportunities to improve processes through automation and AI
- Support the adoption of new tools, solutions, and best practices across the business
- Contribute to RS Group's wider AI and digital transformation ambitions
Requirements
- Strong Python skills
- Strong SQL skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability
- Ability to interpret and communicate data-driven insights
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
- Interest in machine learning, AI, automation, and advanced analytics
- Confidence presenting findings to non-technical stakeholders
- Creative thinking and a passion for finding innovative solutions
- Exposure to statistics, machine learning, or predictive modelling
- Exposure to data engineering and feature engineering concepts
- Exposure to pricing, economics, or commercial analytics (e.g. willingness to pay, price elasticity, share of wallet)
- Exposure to stakeholder management and storytelling with data
- Exposure to Snowflake or AWS
- Exposure to Databricks or Spark
- Exposure to SAP, Salesforce, or ERP systems
- Exposure to Power BI
Skills
- Python
- SQL
- Data Analysis
- Machine Learning
- AI
- Automation
- Data Visualisation
- Problem-Solving
- Communication
- Statistics
- Data Engineering
- Feature Engineering
- Pricing Analytics
- Commercial Analytics
- Stakeholder Management
- Snowflake
- AWS
- Databricks
- Spark
- SAP
- Salesforce
- ERP Systems
- Power BI
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Graduate Apprenticeship Programme
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Graduate
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Business Analytics, Engineering, or a related discipline
Salary/Compensations
- A strong competitive salary
Benefits
- Structured development pathway with a recognised apprenticeship qualification
- Exposure to AI, advanced analytics, pricing, and automation projects
- Mentoring from experienced data, pricing, and technology professionals
- Opportunities to work on high-impact business initiatives
- Hybrid working and a collaborative team environment
- Clear career progression opportunities within analytics, data science, pricing, and AI
About the Company
- Across the industrial design, manufacturing, and maintenance worlds, RS Group is the digital destination for product and service solutions.
- We support customers globally through innovative technology, data, and commercial expertise.
