EE Pricing Strategy Analyst

SHARON NUROCK RECRUITMENT CC; Pinetown; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency seeks a Pricing Strategy Specialist to shape pricing strategies for a large, high-volume JSE-listed international business. The role involves designing pricing methodologies, owning pricing tools, and analyzing complex datasets to drive commercial performance. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 to 10 years' experience in pricing strategy or related fields, an Honours degree in Data Science or a related discipline, and proficiency in advanced Excel, SQL, and BI tools. This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about data-driven strategy.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 to 10 years in pricing strategy or data-heavy commercial role.
• Experience in configuring pricing tools and sales forecasting.
• Strong understanding of pricing logic and market trends.

Responsibilities

• Design and refine pricing strategies for competitiveness.
• Own and configure pricing tools and algorithms.
• Create scenarios and simulations on pricing models.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Excel proficiency

SQL proficiency

Power BI proficiency

Tableau proficiency

Pricing strategy knowledge

Data modeling

Configuring pricing tools

Education

Honours Degree in Data Science or Analytics

Masters Degree (advantageous)

Tools

SAP

Job description

What you’ll do

• Design and refine pricing strategies that drive margin, competitiveness and customer value.
• Build pricing methodologies grounded in elasticity, modelling, competitive benchmarking and predictive analytics.
• Own and configure pricing tools, algorithms and decision parameters.
• Create scenarios and run simulations (competitor pricing, promotional impact, price sensitivity) and present insights to senior leadership.
• Partner closely with the Pricing Analyst, Data and Commercial teams to ensure high-quality inputs and strategically aligned outputs.
• Influence pricing adoption at scale across divisions and formats.
• Lead pricing workshops on pricing methodologies to build organisation-wide pricing capability.

What you bring

• Honours (NQF8) Degree in Data Science, Analytics or related field (Masters Degree advantageous).
• Minimum 5 to 10 years in pricing strategy, category management, merchandising, revenue management or a data-heavy commercial role.
• Experience in configuring pricing tools, sales forecasting, margin management and profitability analysis.
• A cerebral, analytical mindset (you love interpreting complex datasets).
• Strong understanding of pricing logic, elasticity, modelling and market trends.
• Advanced Excel, SQL and BI proficiency (Power BI / Tableau).
• Proficiency in SAP and data modelling.
• Ability to build, test and optimise pricing algorithms and frameworks.

Why this role matters

You’ll shape the pricing strategy for a large, high-volume, JSE-listed international business.

This is the role for someone who wants to own strategy, influence decisions, and build pricing capability that transforms commercial performance.

If you’re wired for data, strategy and structured thinking, then let’s chat…