Pricing Analyst (Contract)
Petaling Jaya, 10, MY, 47800
About the role
- As a pricing analyst, you develop competitive, accurate price proposals for the sales team using pricing models, market intelligence, and additional input from relevant stakeholders.
- Scope:
- This role covers all chocolate and cocoa sites and markets within Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa region
- This role can also be involved in intercompany dealings between Cocoa and Chocolate Division
Key responsibilities include
- An ideal candidate will be able to form strong relationships with the sales teams and analyze detailed pricing models
- Create competitive price proposals for the sales team, analyzing historic price and margin levels to drive profitable growth for your business unit
- Present proposals to Sales, guide them by utilizing market and internal data to validate and justify proposals
- Book sales contracts upon agreement from customers to lock in business
- Take pricing ownership of assigned accounts in an independent and proactive way
- Proactively manage the contracts for your account portfolio in collaboration with Sales and Customer Service
- Utilize different pricing models, including commodity market coverage, cost & margin analysis and proactive data management
- Develop and manage effective and analytic reporting tools to support the business unit and the organization’s needs
- Understand the commodity market fundamentals and gather in-depth knowledge on the chocolate and cocoa manufacturing process in order to improve the pricing process
- Actively support local, regional & global pricing projects & initiatives
- Travel requirements: Less than 15% of the time
About You
- Fluent in English a must. Good command of another Asian language is an advantage
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics, Business Administration or similar Education, Language, Skills & Qualifications
- At least 3 years of experience in a Finance, Commercial or Pricing function
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel (lookup, index-match, pivot tables, etc.)
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment or with SAP is a plus
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with high attention to detail and can-do attitude
- Enthusiastic team member with a willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing business demands and priorities
- Customer oriented and strategically and conceptually thinking
- Strong effective communication skills and the ability to interface with various levels of management
Job Segment:
Pricing, Operations