Senior Decision Support Specialist at Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd.

Job Description

• Provide segmented pricing guidance and assist in deal construction.
• Drive profitable growth in the business: design and implement structured pricing methodology to enable consistent opportunity assessment.
• Drive deal and profit optimisation. Guide margin improvement and provide analysis to drive optimisation of product slate, drop unprofitable lines, focus on high volume/margin product. Business planning, monthly financial and BPR reporting, Quarterly Board reporting Provide support for optimal pricing / margin for existing customers.
• Lead margin management and pricing activities across the lubricants business
• Review customer and product portfolio profitability, drive initiatives for improvements
• Ensure effective tracking of costing, margins and revenue leakage.
• Coordinate Business Plan, and Customer Profitability planning including capital for lubricants. 
• Responsible for Monthly Business Review process along with performance reporting for all aspects of the area including customer profitability analysis. 
• Performs analysis on financial performance to define trends, gaps and opportunities
• Gather, analyze and report data in order to assist with the establishment and execution of our pricing strategy for products.
• Additional data for analysis includes market demand information/indicators, Global Sales Performance metrics (Volume/Revenue/Gross Margin/Profit), and competitive information.
• Responsible for benchmarking and competitive intelligence processes to support customer and channel strategy execution

Professional Qualification and Certifications:

• Snr Certificate and Tertiary qualification (commerce or business science)/Honors, CIMA or CA qualifications preferable

Work Experience:

• 3-5yrs Experience in Pricing, Financial Reporting and Management Reporting critical.
• Planning, Forecasting and Decision Support (sales analytics) very important.
• Lubricants or FMCG experience important

Knowledge and skills:

• Strong financial and analytical skills, commercial acumen, good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good understanding of the industry, preferably in Lubricants
• Experience relevant to this position will be an advantage.
• Ability to produce high quality analysis and recommendations
• Ability to work with large data sets and complex variables
• High proficiency in Excel and ERP systems