Junior Pricing Analyst

ACCA Careers; Mumbai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Progressive learning opportunities

Creative team environment

Attractive compensation package

Comprehensive healthcare plans

Job summary

Givaudan in Mumbai invites a Junior Pricing Analyst to join its South Asia pricing team. The role reports to the Lead Pricing Analyst and offers exposure to a dynamic, international environment with high visibility and strategic impact.

The candidate will drive pricing initiatives, support margin optimization and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure competitive pricing, compliance, and customer service excellence.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics or a relevant discipline.
• 3-5 Years of work experience in pricing, finance analyst or business controlling.
• Experience in international work environments with flavors, fragrances, chemicals or related industries.
• Proactive learner with ability to adapt in a fast-paced setting.
• Strong economics, sales operations and competitive analysis knowledge.
• Excellent numeric and analytical skills with business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Establish partnerships with pricing stakeholders using a pricing-for-profitable-win approach.
• Ensure timely price setting and maintenance of price lists.
• Monitor and improve gross margin via pricing strategies.
• Address pricing and order issues to support customer service excellence.
• Guarantee compliance with pricing policies and guidelines.
• Conduct market research to map geography, segments and customer groups.
• Develop pricing strategies to achieve targeted market positions for products.
• Analyze data and processes to make recommendations on complex issues.
• Collaborate on pricing projects and global/regional tools and systems.

Skills

Pricing analysis

Finance analysis

Negotiation

MS Excel

MS Office

Data interpretation

Communication in English

Market research

Education

Master’s degree in Business/Finance/Economics

CFA/CA/CPA/CMA advantageous

Tools

SAP

ERP systems

Pricing tools

Job description

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Junior Pricing Analyst- Your future position?

Role Purpose

Are you ready for a new challenge? Then join our Pricing team as Junior Pricing Analyst (Fragrances & Beauty Division). Based in Mumbai and reporting to the Lead Pricing Analyst, South Asia overseeing the vast and high-growth territory of South Asia, this exciting role within an international and dynamic working environment offers a broad range of responsibilities, high visibility and the opportunity to contribute and to further grow with our organization.

You will work for a company that touches billions of consumers. With its heritage stretching back over 250 years, Givaudan has a long history of innovating scents and tastes. Our passion is to collaborate with customers and partners to develop game-changing innovations in the fragrance and beauty industries, food & beverage. We have a culture that works to inspire, challenge and capture the heart and soul of consumers and customers.

Sounds interesting? It could well be your perfect opportunity if, like us, you always aim to exceed customer needs, deliver value and are skilled at fostering strong relationships.

In This Exciting Role You Will Be Responsible For

• Establishing constructive and proactive partnerships with all key stakeholders in the pricing process, employing a 'Pricing for Profitable Win Approach'.
• Ensuring timely and quality price setting and maintenance of price lists to support overall pricing strategies.
• Monitoring, protecting, and improving gross margin through effective pricing strategies and recommendations.
• Support customer service excellence by addressing pricing and order issues promptly and effectively.
• Guaranteeing compliance with pricing policies and guidelines to maintain consistency and integrity in pricing practices.
• Conducting market research to understand the competitive landscape and identify target market positions by geography, market segment, and customer group.
• Developing commercial and pricing strategies (e.g., low price or high quality) to achieve targeted market positions for current and future products.
• Analyzing, and interpreting data, policies, and processes to make comprehensive recommendations and decisions on ambiguous issues.
• Contributing to projects or problem-solving initiatives within the pricing function, collaborating with peers and management.
• Support execution of global/regional pricing tools & systems
• Demonstrates self-awareness, Drives results, Decision quality, Nimble learning, Customer focus, Courage, Drives Engagement, Values difference, Building effective teams

Your Professional Profile Includes

• Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics or a relevant discipline. Additional professional finance or accounting certifications like CFA, CA, CPA, CMA, etc., will be advantageous.
• 3-5 Years of work experience in pricing, finance analyst or business controlling.
• Prior experience in international work environments with companies in the Flavors, Fragrances, Chemicals, Ingredients, Pharma, manufacturing or any other relevant industry will be good to have.
• Enthusiasm and a proactive attitude towards learning and development.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to successfully manage in a rapidly changing environment.
• Understanding of economics, sales operations, and competitive analysis.
• Curiosity and critical thinking abilities to analyze complex data and market trends along with excellent numerical skills.
• Business acumen and familiarity with business intelligence tools.
• Experience and proficiency in MS Excel and MS Office tools is a must.
• Experience with ERP is critical, preferably SAP is advantageous.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills to effectively communicate pricing strategies.
• Excellent oral and written proficiency in the English language.

Your Benefits

• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development
• A creative team environment that will inspire you
• Attractive compensation package
• Comprehensive healthcare plans

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.

Every essence of you enriches our world.

Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.

Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.