Commercial Pricing Manager Health Systems at Philips

Job description

Your challenge

The market Commercial Policy & Pricing Officer acts as a linking pin between the Sales, Marketing and Finance team driving pricing & distribution optimisation while always acting with integrity as a custodian of Commercial Policy.

Your Responsibilities

• Coordinate the price and portfolio updates internally and with customers as part of Market Introduction Process / (targets) Price reviews
• Ensure price quotes and contracts are negotiated within the Commercial Policy guidelines
• Ensure price terms and customer investments reflect respective customer counter performance and strategic fit
• Ensure proper functioning of the minimum price escalation process
• Analyse pricing KPIs and act as a consultant towards sales, marketing and finance to drive continuous pricing and profitability performance improvements

We are looking

• Post graduate qualification preferably
• Minimum 8 – 10 years’ experience in the following:
• Pricing, commercial, finance, strategic or audit role
• Health care and or consumer products domain
• Working in a cross functional team
• Experience with working in a business with complex market/channel structures
• Strong commercial understanding
• Ability to work in a virtual team with a wide array of stakeholders (cross – functional, cross layer)
• Project management skills
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills but also hands on
• Strong analytic tool skills (Excel mandatory and SAP/BW is preferred)
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills

Our Offer

At Philips, we are driven by our mission to improve the lives of 3 billion people per year by 2025, and every day we move closer to achieving our goal by creating cutting-edge solutions that lead to confident diagnosis, improved care, and increased quality of life for patients. Thanks to our employees who share our passion for improving lives, we are at the forefront of the Healthcare industry. We enable our employees to create a legacy in life through their work and support their development through people-centric learning, total rewards and personalized development planning programmes.

Employment Equity

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply. Only apply for this role if you are a South African Citizen by birth or Naturalisation prior to the 27 April 1994.