Pricing Controller- APAC & MEA

 Responsibilities:

• Responsible to develop and implement a value-based pricing approach for recommended market prices on new product launches, together with Business Area Product Lines
• Drive continuous improvements in price setting projects, from how our contract terms are designed to how products are positioned, launch pricing, portfolio mix improvements, etc
• Make pricing and its impact more visible throughout the organization
• Develop a Return On Investment driven promotional framework and approach together with central marketing, trade marketing and local management teams
• Work with the Clusters and Country management teams to implement an appropriate pricing structure and governance in the respective clusters and recommend corrective actions when needed.
• Evaluate and develop price tracking & dashboards by countries to support local management to drive improvement actions
• Develop management reporting on volume, price mix and price waterfall to create visibility on issues and drive top line excellence
• Responsible for driving the process on launch price setting
• Run pricing training across commercial organizations, both for finance and non-finance professionals
• Actively participate and contribute to new business models
• Over time coach, motivate and develop a team of Pricing Managers

Requirements: 

• You are well experienced within the area of Pricing and Financial performance monitoring.
• You have worked in an international environment towards multi-functional teams and successfully led projects within the field.
• We believe you have minimum of 10 years working experience in Business Controlling and/ or Price Revenue management including experience of managing and developing team of direct reports.
• You have knowledge of Business performance reporting and analysis, planning and Forecasting and Macro Economics as well as Risk Management and Governance.
•  You have a pragmatic business approach and are highly adaptable to change. 
• You have a strong ability to work with details but can also see the big picture.
• You can also communicate well on all levels in an organization and have a passion for analyzing large quantity of data and make sound business judgement from the same.
• You have a Higher Degree in Economics, Business management, Finance or similar and working experience in one or several BI systems.
• You are fluent in English and any additional language and APAC & MEA related cultural skill are considered a plus.