Pricing Analyst

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Job Purpose

We are looking for a Pricing Analyst reporting directly to the Sales Operations Manager. This is a regional role, based in Warwick.

This role will provide an excellent opportunity to grow your business skills by working in a small, dynamic Pricing team within a global organisation. Supporting on both the consumer and commercial product groups.

Responsibilities:

• Provide business analytics that lead to informed decision making, price optimisation & maximised product availability.
• Support with Maintenance of Product Line up for Price Lists and ensure product line up is managed in SAP system
• Help Business Unit Director and Sales Operations Manager set the North pricing waterfall.
• Provide Sales Admin Team with an accurate and timely load files following the D&R manager and authority schedule guidelines to ensure all pricing is signed off and loaded into SAP.
• Review Price Variance highlighting to finance any pricing errors in loading and work with BSNOR finance to report to BSEU the reasons for any significant deviation.
• Support Rebate payments with confirmation of rebate conditionality and qualifying payments
• Provide buyback pricing and support fleet business with IPC management and dealer margin considerations.
• Provide information on competitor activity and analyse BSUK’s relative position within the market.
• Track FX moves between GBP and Euro and support monthly meeting with data, forecasts and commentary to help the business make correct decisions
• Gain a strong market and customer knowledge of the North Consumer Markets – UK & Ireland
• Review market data on a regular basis and understand what is behind our and the market performance (Europool and GFK)
• Keep up to date with automotive and economic trends that can affect the tyre industry
• Attend customer visits to get first-hand market information
• Work collaboratively across the business, learning systems and processes, and propose improvements

Requirements:

• Desired degree in Mathematics, Economics or a Business related degrees.
• A great desire to learn and gain a real business experience;
• Numerical skills with a determination for accuracy;
• IT skills – experience with Microsoft products, primarily Excel
• Attention to detail and the ability to prioritise work and be effective under pressure;
• Analytical skills to interrogate data and identify patterns and trends;
• Flexible approach to work;
• Strong interpersonal skills – an excellent team player;
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to present in depth data findings to various audiences drawing out key information
• A proactive approach to work always seeking improvements to processes and challenging the norm
• Above all, the ATTITUDE, ENTHUSIASM and KEENNESS to succeed and a passion for excellence