Manager

Pricing Specialist - India

Pricing Specialist 

Pune

About the team:
We are looking for a new colleague in the Pricing department at our location in Pune. The Regional Pricing Team is spread across 5 different locations. We aim to improve the way pricing is done at ZF Aftermarket in all sales channels (IAM Trade, Service and OES). In order to bring the ZF Aftermarket pricing strategy to life we focus on the optimization of pricing processes for a more dynamic, faster and better response to market demands and customer requests. 

Key purpose of the role: Accountability for pricing approach for the sub-region, this includes SPV, price harmonization, KPI management, analytics, voice of market and customers. Deployment of corridor pricing, processes, and pricing tools to impact defined sales and margin for the sub-region.
 
Your main tasks as a Pricing Specialist:

• Operational pricing for the sub-region incl. price implementation, SPV, NHF compliance & other pricing KPIs under consideration of the pricing framework given by global pricing.
• Drive & execute sub-regional margin optimization in alignment with sub-region as well as global pricing guidelines & processes.
• Voice of the local market & customers to the regional and global pricing team.
• Monitoring and control of price compliance to price corridors & price harmonization
• Operationally responsible for the price approval process & controls in the sub-region, including documentation.
• Manage regional roll-out of pricing software in coordination with global pricing.
• Build & maintain local customer clusters, local invoice price list with changes, supersessions, NPI etc. across all channels.

Your profile as a Pricing Specialist:

• University degree in related field
• Deep understanding of the retail price set up for the market, minimum 5 years’ experience in similar roles preferably in the automotive spare parts sector.
• Experience in price/profitability analysis with very good MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint), ERP systems.
• Ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams with strong analytical and communication skills.