Senior Pricing Analyst

Barry Callebaut; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Chocolate business division is seeking a Pricing Analyst to govern pricing models and implement strategies to enhance profitability. This role involves collaborating with sales teams and internal stakeholders to ensure pricing accuracy and support business opportunities through detailed financial analyses. Ideal candidates hold a relevant university degree and have at least 3 years of experience in financial analysis within a multinational setting, proficient in financial tools and communication.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of professional working experience in a multinational environment.
• Experience in financial analysis, product costing or business controlling.
• Proficient in English both written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily pricing operations including price quotation and pricing model governance.
• Analyze profit margins and convey findings to stakeholders.
• Identify process gaps and work on improvements with internal teams.

Skills

Financial analysis

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder Management

Education

University Degree in Finance

University Degree in Accounting

University Degree in Mathematics

University Degree in Statistics

Tools

Microsoft Excel

SAP

BW

Microsoft Powerpoint

Microsoft Word

Job description

About the role;

The key responsibility of this role is to govern and implement pricing models/strategies for the Chocolate business division to safeguard/increase/retain profitability for the business. The role is required to work closely with internal stakeholders - sales, customer service, sourcing, production and supply chain to ensure pricing models are correctly adopted. The role has to relate sales price, cost components and margin impact accurately and effectively to internal stakeholders. The role is also expected to support the Pricing Manager to identify and close process gaps and inefficiencies, identify business opportunities and risk for internal stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include;

Pricing Operations

• Daily pricing operations including price quotation, pricing model governance/execution, ensure accuracy of cost component and proper sales contract management

• Identify business opportunities and/or risk to highlight to Regional team/internal stakeholders

• Profit margin analysis and convey analysis findings effectively

• Periodical review of customers margin profile setup and propose change if necessary

Process Improvements

• Identify process gaps and inefficiencies and work with internal stakeholders for sustainable improvement

• Critically evaluate and assess process lapse, and to minimize/avoid negative financial impact

Business Partnering/Support

• Support the business/sales team on business opportunities through pricing simulation, deriving profitability impact, analyzing customer segment trends, etc.

• Partner with multiple stakeholders such as sourcing, customer service and OSCO to deliver high quality pricing information and service to sales team

Regional/Global Project Support/Adhoc

• Support regional and/or global initiatives

• Support Assistant Pricing Manager to achieve value adding business partnering and steering business profitability

• Adhoc analysis and reporting for decision making purpose

About you;

• Minimum University Degree in Finance / Accounting / Mathematics / Statistics

• At least 3 years of professional working experience in a multinational environment with regional exposure

• Experience in financial analysis, product costing or business controlling. Experience in advance profit margin analysis and evaluation would be a plus

• Able to establish good relationships with a diverse regional team

• Able to communicate effectively in English both written and verbal

• Knowledge or specific business understanding

• Proficiency in English (written and spoken)

• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, SAP, BW (Hands on SAP knowledge is a plus)

• Competent in Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint and Word

• Able to establish good relationships with a diverse regional team

• Able to communicate effectively in English both written and verbal

• Problem solving skills

• Good interpersonal skills to manage and co-ordinate with multiple internal stakeholders

• The candidate must be an analytical person, with experience with Stakeholder Management and Self-driven person