Pricing Specialist

As Pricing Specialist you will play an important role in the Pricing Team of Caldic Europe, reporting to the Pricing Leader and working together with the Pricing team on implementation and management of central pricing initiatives in 11 European organizations across 15 countries.

The Pricing Specialist will be responsible for tracking, analysis and optimization of new and existing pricing processes in the local commercial organizations to ensure continuous improvement of pricing strategy and overall profitability.

The Pricing Specialist will report to the Pricing Leader Europe.


The main responsibilities are:

  • Drive implementation and adoption of Target Pricing project in local commercial organizations to maximize profitability across all customer segments and products
  • Proactive communication with local teams abroad to understand individual needs and align them with the pricing framework
  • Share and interpret monthly KPI reports to MD’s and management and keep tab on progress of action plans.
  • Drive pricing analyses, determine implications for the business, present findings and recommendations to local and central management.
  • Create, maintain and adapt supporting pricing analyses tools to facilitate pricing framework validation in local commercial organizations
  • Support local organizations in change management and optimization of Target Pricing structure.
  • Train and provide guidance to local sales teams in existing and new pricing processes to ensure successful adoption of pricing tools, i.e. Pricing Engine, CRM Quotation Tool, ERP related processes.
  • Perform ad-hoc analyses for acute business needs linked to pricing.

Function

Pricing Specialist

Location

the Netherlands, Rotterdam Apply now

About you

You have:

  • a Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, marketing, business administration, industrial engineering or equivalent
  • Experience in pricing and management with a proven track record of positive results
  • Demonstrated ability to convert pricing theory and strategy into strong business plans
  • Demonstrated ability to understand and influence field and sales organizations
  • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
  • Analytical thinking and problem solving skills
  • Basic understanding in statistics, customer research and other pricing techniques

We offer

A great opportunity for a professional interested in a career within an entrepreneurial and professional organization that offers long-term career opportunities. It’s a job that will offer you a lot of freedom, but also a large responsibility and a number of challenges. A challenging position within a dynamic international organization.

About us

Because we care, we touch the lives of hundreds of thousands of people every day. We inspire innovative and sustainable solutions in life science and specialty chemicals for the food, pharma, personal care and industrial markets of the world. Our solutions, carefully sourced and customized to exacting specifications whenever required, are backed by outstanding research & development, customer service, and technical & regulatory support, ensuring that they meet precisely determined needs at every stage of the value chain. Across 32 countries in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific, our approximately 2600 employees go the extra mile day in, day out, to deliver value-add solutions for our customers. In our activities we embrace the principles of sustainability, designing products, services and processes with these in mind. From formulation to delivery, from ingredient to packing, from supplier to customer, we care about every detail of what we do. Because every detail is in our care. For more information, please visit www.caldic.com Caldic. Inspiring solutions in life science and specialty chemicals. Because we care.