Pricing Analyst - Johannesburg at Trouw Nutrition

Job Description:

What are you going to do?

Pricing

• Responsible for managing and creating contracts and price lists for our customers
• Responsible for quarterly pricing review and update of customer pricelists in close collaboration with management team
• Responsible for sending out quarterly pricelists to customers
• Responsible for quarterly pricing review letter to customers in consultation with procurement
• Responsible for the pricing component of Must-Win tender process as well as margin management
• Responsible for pricing related questions or queries
• Responsible for intercompany (IC) pricing in M3 ERP system
• Define and agree on pricing principles in close collaboration with Sales Manager, General Manager and Finance Controller
• Optimize sales margin in line with set strategy in close collaboration with management team
• Optimize and safeguard the sales profit of the different product-customer groups
• E-commerce support
• In this role, you will advocate for pricing process improvements together with colleagues and other stakeholders

Quoting

• Maintain pricelists for standard products as well as raw materials
• Responsible for quoting of standard and custom manufactured products to customers
• Responsible for quoting on raw material sales to customers
• Responsible for maintaining excel pricelists were necessary

ERP System

• Responsible for maintaining the correct prices (including surcharges transport rates and discounts) in our ERP system and for sending prices to our customers in a timely manner
• Maintain the Harmonised Pricing Model in the ERP system as well as periodic review of margins
• Maintain Assortments & Costing modules
• Responsible for pricing administration and data entry related to pricing into the ERP system
• Ensuring that raw material pricelist is correct in the ERP system
• Maintain Feed Additive and Young Animal Feed prices in the ERP system in consultation with Product Managers
• Periodic review of Sales Profits including monthly EAAC effect
• Maintain customer ABC ranking as well as identify customers with sales profits at risk

Reporting and analysis

• Responsible for sales margin reporting and investigation of loss-making products
• Analysis and examining industry standards or trends and pricing strategies of competitors as well as monitoring of feed price movements

What we ask

• Time management
• Attention to detail
• Must be able to work under pressure
• Confidentiality

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce
• Computer literacy (Strong excel skills)
• Experience in ERP systems
• 3-5 year’s related experience in Pricing in related industry
• Excellent communications and analytical skills