Pricing Co-Ordinator at Vector Logistics

Job Purpose

• Create and maintain pricing models in SAP for various principals and customers. Manage various pricing in the system including selling price, list price, deal price and cost price of materials for sale in Vector SAP across all business units. 

Key Responsibilities

Pricing Administration:

• Update the deal register.
• Capture and release list prices.
• Capture and release deals.
• Verify the ZCOSTMAINT report to ensure cost price changes are updated nationally.
• Run client and principal rate and price updates.
• Upload client purchasing contracts.
• Upload distribution fees.
• Upload margins.
• Upload premium surcharges.
• Upload direct discounts.
• Upload taxes and border charges.
• Test all central pricing programmes.
• Maintain the pricing master file.

Pricing Management:

• Ensure that any new or amended pricing is validated in line with the relevant Pricing Model.
• Deviations to be resolved with the relevant principal or customer.

Reporting (Daily, Weekly and Monthly):

• Distribute relevant pricing reports to Principals/Customers and the Vector Customer team promptly to ensure minimum lost revenue.
• Ensure active pricing in the system, including deals, is signed off by Principals/Customers and the Vector Customer team to ensure accuracy of pricing in the system.
• Provide definitions of deals due to expire to Principals/Customers in order to prevent claims and lost revenue.
• Provide reports on a monthly basis of deals loaded late by Principals/Customers which resulted in claims being raised.
• Formulate monthly reporting for Executive Leadership.

Query Resolution:

• Resolve pricing queries on lines dropped due to incorrect pricing.
• Resolve incorrect pricing in line with the relevant commercial pricing model agree to.
• Assist Central Debtors with queries on pricing claims.
• Assist Vector depots and Principals/Customers with pricing queries.

Pricing Models:

• Ensure pricing models are correct and aligned to relevant customer contracts.
• Ensure the team understand the various pricing models and apply them correctly in the execution of updating pricing in the system.

Team Leadership:

• Manage and lead a team of 2 staff members (Pricing Controllers).

Key Relationships

Internal:

• Operations management team.
• Finance department.
• Debtors.
• CSC Team.
• Customer Team.

External:

• Principals and customers.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience Required for the Job

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant Degree.
• 2-3 years’ experience in Master Data/Finance.
• 2-3 years’ experience in pricing or credit control.

Skills and Competencies

• SAP.
• Computer literacy (MS Office).
• Verbal and written communication.
• Interpersonal.
• Logical thinking.