Heading the pricing department of a hidden champion

Daily rate

By arrangement

Expenses

plus expenses

Project duration

as of now - 31.12.2019

Deployment country

Germany

Deployment city

NRW

Required availability

100 %

Industry

Wholesale trade (production goods)

Function

Marketing & Sales

Service

Operative vacancy

Overall objectives:

• Guide the conceptual development of pricing and margin management by leading the existing expert team towards an industry leading pricing
  
• Assure the buy-in and support of all relevant stakeholders both from other functions and the key country organizations
  

Main Tasks:

• Lead expert team in pricing and margin management strongly leveraging existing know-how and building on previous development
  
• Create awareness and assure buy-in of key stakeholders from C-level to regional pricing managers by personal interaction, written and personal presentation
  
• Assure quality of pricing work and stepwise development towards industry leading pricing professional multi-project management
  
• Assure consistency of pricing development to the company strategy as well as all other functional strategies (esp. Marketing, Sales, IT)  
  
• Contribute pricing know-how and ability to explain pricing both within the pricing team as well as to the internal community (C-level down to pricing managers)
  
• Drive short-term projects by her-/himself for the board and VP Marketing & Sales
  
• Prepare, align and communicate top management presentations on her-/himself
  

Personnel accountability

8 Employees

Budget accountability

keine

Education / professional experience:

• Master’s degree in business economics and administration or similar.
  
• >5 years of work experience in pricing either in consulting/industry
  
• >5 multi-project management in complex corporate/international environment
  
• >5 years of proven track record in c-level strategic projects
  
• >5 years of professional experience in one of the target industries (esp. Mobility and Construction) as a plus
  

Skill Set:

• Strong project & change management skills/training
  
• Strong relationship management internal and external
  
• Key Account management tools/ training
  
• Excellent MS Office skills
  
• Strong statistical and quantitative skills
  

Linguistic proficiency