META Senior Pricing Manager - Batteries (Riyadh)

Clarios; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Relocation allowance

Housing search support

Immigration support

Temporary accommodation

Job summary

Clarios is seeking a Senior Pricing Manager META to lead the META pricing framework across technology tiers and brands, ensuring margin targets while balancing premium positioning with local realities. You will govern pricing across channels and drive governance for the new Riyadh regional HQ.

You will oversee annual price adjustments for META, manage the price desk, monitor competitors, and collaborate with EMEA Pricing, Finance and Sales.

Qualifications

• University degree in business, economics, finance, engineering or related field; MBA is an advantage.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in pricing, commercial excellence, sales operations or commercial finance, including at least 3 years in a regional role in emerging markets.
• Strong analytical skills: price analytics, price-volume-mix, margin analysis; able to turn data into clear recommendations.
• Experience with CPQ and pricing tools and with price and discount conditions in ERP (SAP) is an advantage.
• Experience in the automotive aftermarket, batteries or industrial products sold through distributors; knowledge of META markets is an advantage.
• Proven project management skills and the ability to influence sales leaders, distributors and senior stakeholders.
• Must be able to travel 30% of the time; based in Riyadh.
• English and French fluent (business proficiency); Arabic or Turkish are advantages.

Responsibilities

• Define the META price architecture: list prices, distributor net prices, OEM supply, OES and fleet/B2B pricing with a margin framework per channel.
• Lead the annual price adjustment process for META, including Africa and the GCC, ensuring flawless execution with the Heads of Sales and Sales Managers.
• Run the weekly price and deal desk: review/approve price, rebate, discount and credit exceptions with documented reasons.
• Monitor competitor prices and prepare responses; use GCC anti-dumping duties in pricing of locally produced batteries.
• Manage pass-through of lead (LME) and core prices and currency effects; apply FX rules in pricing.
• Analyze margin per unit and price-volume-mix by brand, technology and country; present insights to Head of Commercial & BD.
• Design distributor terms: rebates, bonuses and sell-out incentives; ensure compliance.
• Prepare pricing proposals for tenders and framework agreements with fleets, government pools, rental companies and OEM/OES partners.
• Align KSA and GCC price lists after MIDDLE project; review against the market across Clarios brands.
• Contribute to CPQ rollout and price tools; define data/reporting needs with Finance/IT/Sales Back Office; publish monthly price realization report.
• Collaborate with EMEA Pricing, Product Management, Finance and Sales; train Sales Managers on price discipline.

Skills

Pricing strategy

Pricing governance

Data analytics

CPQ experience

ERP SAP experience

Project management

English and French

Travel 30%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/finance

MBA advantageous

Tools

CPQ tools

Pricing tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Clarios is seeking a Senior Pricing Manager META to lead the META pricing framework across technology tiers and brands, ensuring margin targets while balancing premium positioning with local realities. You will govern pricing across channels and drive governance for the new Riyadh regional HQ.

You will oversee annual price adjustments for META, manage the price desk, monitor competitors, and collaborate with EMEA Pricing, Finance and Sales.