JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE
About the role
The Pricing Specialist role will be reporting to the Strategic Pricing Lead – Middle East Foodservice. This role will be responsible for end-to-end pricing for customers in the Middle East Region and safeguarding our margin management principles in the APMEA region, ensuring that all Kerry products are priced accurately according to our set guidelines.
In this role, you are require to have a strong understanding of Kerry products and its cost drivers, be a subject-matter-expert on Kerry's pricing process and systems and a strong connector to the relevant Finance teams and critical cross-function stakeholders in Sales, Procurement and Supply Chain. The person in this role will have to demonstrate strong communication, detail & systems orientation, with a high sense of urgency and accountability.
Work Location: Dubai
Reporting to: Strategic Pricing Lead
Key responsibilities
Strategic Activities
• Manage end-to-end pricing process for all customers.
• Active contributor to the annual pricing process
• Support the Strategic Price Margin & Management (PMM) Leads as needed
• Process enablement through supporting the design and embedding of the CoE operating model system enhancements (SFDC, Vendavo etc)
• Support any Pricing CoE projects in the future
Core Activities
• Intercompany pricing and contract management
• Costing and Master Data Management for Vendavo and Optiva systems.
• Support for Vendavo Roll-Out (parallel testing etc).
• Maintenance of customer pricing contracts.
• Assist & support the AR department in the resolution of pricing disputes.
• Assist & support the PMM enablement lead with the management of unpriced orders in SAP
• Rebate management (agreement setup, accruals and journals etc).
• Ad-hoc pricing activities for End-Use-Market and Foundational Technology Support as required.
• Audit enquiry & governance support annually
REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications and skills
• At least 2 years relevant Pricing and Margin Management experience within a commercial environment.
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Finance or Management Accounting
• SAP or another ERP system experience
• Project Management skills and/or experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word and Powerpoint)
• A team player and a relationship builder with strong communications skills
• Strong attention to detail is critical
• Comfortable with autonomy and proactive in approach
• Results/solutions driven and able to challenges status quo and drives improvement
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Focused on improvement and standardization of processes
• Comfortable with ambiguity
ABOUT THE COMPANY
About us Every day, millions of people throughout the world consume foods and beverages containing Kerry’s taste and nutrition solutions. We are dedicated to making the world of food and beverage better for everyone, and dedicated to our Purpose, Inspiring Food, Nourishing Life.
At Kerry, we are proud to provide our customers – some of the world’s best-known food, beverage and pharma brands – with the expertise, insights and know-how they need to deliver products that people enjoy and feel better about consuming.
