Senior Pricing Analyst

Position Title: Senior Pricing Analyst

Reporting to: Pricing Manager

Location : 1Powerhouse, No. Suite 18-02, Persiaran Bandar Utama, 47800 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Background;

About the role;

The key responsibility of this role is to govern I execute pricing strategies and operations for the Chocolate FM CA division to safeguard/increase/retain profitability for the business. This role is required to support pricing negotiations, propose the right level of profit margin and apply governance rules in the pricing process. This role is also expected to ensure high level of pricing accuracies and efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities Include;

Pricing Operations

• Daily pricing operations including price quotation, pricing model governance/execution, ensure accuracy of cost component and proper sales contract management
• Identify business opportunities and/or risk to highlight to Regional team/internal stakeholders
• Profit margin analysis and convey analysis findings effectively
• Periodical review of customers margin profile setup and propose change if necessary

Process Improvements

• Identify process gaps and inefficiencies and work with internal stakeholders for sustainable improvement
• Critically evaluate and assess process lapse, and to minimize/avoid negative financial impact

Business Partnering/Support

• Support the business/sales team on business opportunities through pricing simulation, deriving profitability impact, analyzing customer segment trends, etc.
• Partner with multiple stakeholders such as sourcing, customer service and OSCO to deliver high quality pricing information and service to sales team

Regional/Global Project Support/Adhoc

• Support regional and/or global initiatives
• Support Assistant Pricing Manager to achieve value adding business partnering and steering business profitability
• Adhoc analysis and reporting for decision making purpose

About you;

• Minimum University Degree in Finance / Accounting / Mathematics / Statistics
• At least 3 years of professional working experience in a multinational environment with regional exposure
• Experience in financial analysis, product costing or business controlling. Experience in advance profit margin analysis and evaluation would be a plus
• Able to establish good relationships with a diverse regional team
• Able to communicate effectively in English both written and verbal
• Knowledge or specific business understanding
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken)
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, SAP, BW
• Competent in Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint and Word
• Hands on SAP knowledge is a plus
• Able to establish good relationships with a diverse regional team
• Able to communicate effectively in English both written and verbal
• Problem solving skills
• Good interpersonal skills to manage and co-ordinate with multiple internal stakeholders
• The candidate must be an analytical person, with experience with Stakeholder Management and Self-driven person