Pricing Excellence Manager - m/f/d

3001 AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG; Wien; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Working from home

Staff canteen

Sport & leisure activities

Health care offers

Job summary

AGRANA Zucker Österreich is seeking a Pricing Excellence Manager (m/f/d) for its Vienna site to strengthen profitability through structured, value-based pricing. You will drive pricing initiatives, analyze margins, and partner with senior leadership to implement improvements across markets and segments.

Fluency in German and English is required, with at least 3 years in pricing or a related analytics role. The role offers a dynamic, international environment within AGRANA's Commercial Excellence

Qualifications

• Abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium in Betriebswirtschaft, Finanzen oder verwandtem Bereich.
• Mindestens 3 Jahre Berufserfahrung in Pricing/Commercial Excellence oder ähnlicher analytischer Rolle.
• Nachweis von Preis- bzw. Margenverbesserungsinitiativen.
• Ausgezeichnete analytische und quantitative Fähigkeiten.
• Fortgeschrittene Excelkenntnisse; Erfahrung mit Pricing-Analytics/BI-Tools von Vorteil.
• Gute Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift.

Responsibilities

• Drive pricing and margin improvement initiatives across the group with structured pricing aligned to raw material mechanisms.
• Analyze price, margin and customer performance across markets and develop data-driven models to quantify profitability.
• Translate insights into impact by implementing pricing improvements with the business.
• Serve as a data-driven sparring partner for sales and leadership, providing fact-based input.
• Develop differentiated, segment-based, value-oriented pricing aligned with market dynamics and willingness-to-pay.

Skills

Pricing

Data analytics

Excel

BI tools

Stakeholder management

Education

Business/Finance degree

Tools

Excel

BI tools

Job description

With around 9,000 employees, AGRANA is the global leader in fruit preparations and also a major producer of fruit juice concentrates in Europe as well as being a key manufacturer of customised starch products and organic ethanol in its Starch segment. AGRANA is also one of today’s leading sugar companies in Central and Eastern Europe.

To strengthen the execution of the AGRANA Next Level strategy we are seeking a dedicated Pricing Excellence Manager (m/f/d) to join our Commercial Excellence department at our Vienna site as soon as possible on a full-time basis.

In this strategically important role, you will help shape and drive Pricing Excellence as a key element of AGRANA’s strategic agenda, strengthening profitability across the Group through more transparent, structured, market- and value-based pricing approaches. You will support our divisions in identifying and capturing margin improvement opportunities and in further developing our pricing capabilities, particularly in the context of raw material-driven pricing dynamics.

Your responsibilities

• You drive and support pricing and margin improvement initiatives across the group, including the development of more structured pricing approaches and the alignment of pricing with raw material mechanisms in close collaboration with the divisions
• You analyze price, margin and customer performance across markets, segments and accounts and develop data‑driven models and simulations to identify and quantify profitability improvement potential
• Translate insights into impact by supporting and driving the implementation of pricing improvements (e.g. price realization, discount structures, segment differentiation) together with the business
• You act as a data‑driven sparring partner for sales and business leadership, providing fact‑based input and supporting selected strategic pricing or deal situations
• Develop and support more differentiated, segment‑based and value‑oriented pricing approaches, aligned with market dynamics and customer willingness‑to‑pay

Your profile

• Completed higher education (e.g. Business Administration, Finance, Economics or a related field)
• At least 3 years of professional experience in pricing, commercial excellence, strategy consulting or similar analytical role
• Strong track record in driving pricing, margin improvement, or revenue optimization initiatives
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to translate data into actionable business insights
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with data modeling, pricing analytics, or BI tools is a strong advantage
• Strong business acumen, with a solid understanding of financial drivers (price, volume, margin)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience working with senior management and sales teams
• Proven project management skills and ability to work cross‑functionally in an international environment
• Experience in FMCG, agriculture, or raw material-driven industries is a plus
• Fluency in German and English, both written and spoken

Our offer

Excellent occupational and personal development perspectives within an international group with headquarters in Austria Diversified and interesting tasks in a dynamic team Various internal company benefits e.g. working from home, staff canteen, various sport and leisure‑time activities, health care offers etc.

Our attractive remuneration is based on current market salaries. You can expect an annual gross salary starting at EUR 70,000,- all in, whereby we are open to overpayment in the case of corresponding qualifications and experience.

Contact Marlene EBNER | HR Business Partner Find out more about AGRANA Group and also visit us on LinkedIn.

As a global company, we are very proud of our diverse workforce and attach great importance to equal opportunity and diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexual orientation who is passionate about our company to apply.

AGRANA is an internationally oriented Austrian company which adds value to agricultural commodities to produce a wide range of industrial products for the processing sector. In its three business segments, Fruit, Starch and Sugar, AGRANA supplies local producers and large international players, particularly those in the food processing industry. In the Sugar segment, AGRANA supplies both industrial and end customers with sugar products under the Wiener Zucker brand.