Pricing Analyst

About the role

Location: Bangalore

Repporting to: Strategic Pricing lead

This person in this role will be responsible for end-to-end pricing for customers in the Indian Subcontinent Region and safeguarding our margin management principles, ensuring that all Kerry products are priced accurately according to our set guidelines.The Pricing Analyst role will require 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. 

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, etc.,)
• Budget/Forecast revenue, cost & margin through use of metrics, historical trending reviews, and close working relationships with business partners
• Review P&L, understand all activity and provide driver and account based variance analysis
• Driving operational transformation and process improvements in areas such as system integration, automation, and reporting.

Core Activities:

• Intercompany pricing and contract management
• Costing and Master Data Management for Vendavo and Optiva systems.
• Maintenance of customer pricing contracts.
• Assist & support the AR department in the resolution of pricing disputes.
• Rebate management (agreement setup, accruals and journals etc).
• Ad-hoc pricing activities for End-Use-Market and Foundational Technology Support as required.
• Ensure accurate revenue recognition and cost allocation across projects
• Assist management team in the decision-making process through compilation of business cases and ad hoc analyses

Qualifications and skills

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:            

• At least 3 -5 years relevant Pricing and Margin Management experience within a commercial environment.
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Finance or Management Accounting (CA/CMA preferred)
• SAP or another ERP system experience
• Project Management skills and/or experience