Senior Pricing Analyst

Senior Pricing Analyst

Location :

Petaling Jaya, 10, MY, 47800

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

About the role;

The key responsibility of this role is to govern and implement pricing models / strategies for the Chocolate business division to safeguard / increase / retain profitability for the business. The role is required to work closely with internal stakeholders - sales, customer service, sourcing, production and supply chain to ensure pricing models are correctly adopted. The role has to relate sales price, cost components and margin impact accurately and effectively to internal stakeholders. The role is also expected to support the Pricing Manager to identify and close process gaps and inefficiencies, identify business opportunities and risk for internal stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include;

Pricing Operations

Daily pricing operations including price quotation, pricing model governance / execution, ensure accuracy of cost component and proper sales contract management

Identify business opportunities and / or risk to highlight to Regional team / internal stakeholders

Profit margin analysis and convey analysis findings effectively

Periodical review of customers margin profile setup and propose change if necessary

Process Improvements

Identify process gaps and inefficiencies and work with internal stakeholders for sustainable improvement

Critically evaluate and assess process lapse, and to minimize / avoid negative financial impact

Business Partnering / Support

Support the business / sales team on business opportunities through pricing simulation, deriving profitability impact, analyzing customer segment trends, etc.

Partner with multiple stakeholders such as sourcing, customer service and OSCO to deliver high quality pricing information and service to sales team

Regional / Global Project Support / Adhoc

Support regional and / or global initiatives

Support Assistant Pricing Manager to achieve value adding business partnering and steering business profitability

Adhoc analysis and reporting for decision making purpose

About you;

Minimum University Degree in Finance / Accounting / Mathematics / Statistics

At least 3 years of professional working experience in a multinational environment with regional exposure

Experience in financial analysis, product costing or business controlling. Experience in advance profit margin analysis and evaluation would be a plus

Able to establish good relationships with a diverse regional team

Able to communicate effectively in English both written and verbal

Knowledge or specific business understanding

Proficiency in English (written and spoken)

Proficient with Microsoft Excel, SAP, BW (Hands on SAP knowledge is a plus)

Competent in Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint and Word

Able to establish good relationships with a diverse regional team

Able to communicate effectively in English both written and verbal

Problem solving skills

Good interpersonal skills to manage and co-ordinate with multiple internal stakeholders

The candidate must be an analytical person, with experience with Stakeholder Management and Self-driven person