Pricing Analyst

Loreal; Hoofddorp; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th month

Profit sharing

Discount on medical expenses

Favorable pension scheme

Product discount

Sporting activities

Job summary

L’Oréal is seeking a Pricing Analyst to ensure accurate setup, maintenance and settlement of commercial agreements, connecting trade terms with financial data and reporting. You’ll play a key role in accruals, settlements, and the SAP S/4HANA transition while aligning trade terms with the pricing roadmap.

Ideal candidates have a business administration background, 2+ years in finance/data roles, and strong Excel/SAP skills. Collaboration with Sales, Finance, and Credit teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Must have strong analytical and data interpretation abilities.
• Experience translating business needs into data-driven insights.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams including Sales, Finance and Credit.
• Familiarity with pricing processes and internal control standards.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain commercial contracts and agreements in SAP, ensuring accruals are posted correctly.
• Initiate settlements for commercial conditions such as rebates and promotions.
• Harmonise pricing processes across divisions and support transition to SAP S/4HANA.
• Maintain contracts, settlements, and purchase orders; identify and correct inconsistencies with risk awareness.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data-driven

Cross-functional collaboration

Process-driven

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in business administration or related field

Tools

SAP

Excel

AI tools

Job description

PRICING ANALYST – FINANCIAL DATA MANAGEMENT

About L’Oréal

L’Oréal has been a world leader in the cosmetics business for more than 100 years and has grown into one of the largest FMCG companies in the world. With international brands such as L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Kérastase, Lancôme, Giorgio Armani and Vichy, we offer relevant products for every consumer.

Job Description

As a Pricing Analyst, you will help ensure the accurate setup, maintenance and settlement of commercial agreements. Working closely with Sales, Finance, Credit and the wider Pricing team, you will support the processes that connect trade terms with financial data and reporting.

You will play an important role in ensuring that accruals and settlements are processed accurately and in a timely manner, in line with commercial agreements and internal control requirements.

You will play an active role in the transition of L’Oréal Benelux into SAP S/4HANA, as well as aligning our trade terms to our commercial transformation roadmap.

In this job, you will have a wide range of responsibilities, including:

Commercial Agreements – Accruals & Settlements Management

• Create and maintain commercial contracts and agreements in SAP, using inputs validated with the sales team. Ensure the system calculates and posts financial accruals correctly.
• Initiate settlements for commercial conditions, such as year-end rebates and promotional activities.
• Track accruals, reconcile them with settlements, and retain supporting evidence of performance.
• Create, update and settle commercial purchase orders in the internal purchasing tool, using accurate information from the sales team.

Change Management & Internal Collaboration

• Work with the divisions to harmonise and simplify pricing processes across Sales, Finance and Credit teams. Act as a pricing champion in our trade terms simplification roadmap.
• Align pricing procedures with Group standards and support the transition to SAP S/4HANA.
• Partner with Sales, Finance and Credit, and work with other Pricing Analysts and the Pricing Manager to support cross-divisional customers and identify opportunities to work more efficiently.

Trade Terms Data Governance

• Maintain commercial contracts, settlement data and purchase orders regularly within our internal systems. Identify and correct inconsistencies, anticipate risks in collaboration with commercial controllers and sales teams.
• Carry out activities in line with internal control guidelines, as defined by the Group.

Your Profile

Our Ideal Candidate Has Or Is

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration or related field.
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a business environment within finance, data management or customer care teams is recommended, however entry-level candidates will also be considered.
• Technical expertise in SAP, Excel as well as AI tools is highly recommended.
• Process-driven, data-oriented with strong analytical skills and an eye for details.
• A collaborative team player who works effectively with cross-functional stakeholders.

What do we offer?

When you start at L’Oréal, you get a great deal of responsibility from day one. To support your development, we offer an introduction program and an individual training program.

You Will Also Find

• An inspiring work environment with ambitious colleagues, where working Agile is the norm.
• Career and development opportunities.
• A competitive salary, adjusted annually in case of good performance.
• Secondary employment conditions, such as a 13th month, profit sharing, a discount on medical expenses and a favorable pension scheme.
• A generous discount on L’Oréal products.
• Sporting activities and other company extras.

Diversity

L’Oréal aims for its personnel to represent the diversity of Benelux society. We welcome everyone regardless of origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, philosophical or political conviction, disability, or other characteristics.