Pricing Analyst - Hillcrest Kzn

About the Role: The Pricing Analyst will play a pivotal role in supporting Kerry's APMEA Commercial Finance function deliver timely and accurate financial information and analysis to key stakeholders within the Kerry APMEA business. These analytics include business and account manager and RD&A performance under our main four lenses of Geography, Business, Technology, and EUM (End Use Market).

The successful candidate will be a strong team player capable of demonstrating data analysis proficiency and working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Timely quote execution and pricing
2. Unpriced order management
3. Mass pricing review - half yearly
4. Cost saving initiatives cross functionally
5. Monthly margin review with respective key account managers
6. Negative margin action plan
7. Pipeline review on relevant product mix
8. Overdue debt review and follow up with key account managers
9. Strategic partnering with key account managers
10. Ad hoc projects as and when required

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

1. Bachelor's Degree in Administration, Business or other numerical disciplines with hands-on experience in a Financial Analysis & Commercial reporting role with a minimum of 2-3 years work experience
2. Familiarity with AFO, BI, Hyperion, PowerQuery, SAP and SAP implementation processes are all strongly desirable
3. Familiarity with advanced MS Excel functionality and systems
4. Candidates should be capable of analyzing and reporting on large volumes of data in a succinct and user-friendly manner
5. Highly numerate, comfortable working with large volumes of data
6. Self-starter who can manage fluctuating workloads and projects using a high degree of initiative
7. Strong team player with a clear focus on stakeholder engagement and solution delivery
8. Strong communicator, comfortable interacting with confidence across a wide range of stakeholders
9. Takes personal accountability and ownership of actions to completion consistently, within deadlines