Pricing Analyst

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the Role:

The Pricing Analyst will play a pivotal role in supporting Kerry’s APMEA Commercial Finance function deliver timely and accurate financial information and analysis to key stakeholders within the Kerry APMEA business. These analytics include business and account manager and RD&A performance under our main four lenses of Geography, Business, Technology and EUM (End Use Market). 

The successful candidate will be a strong team player capable of demonstrating data analysis proficiency and working in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Timely quote execution and pricing
• Unpriced order management
• Mass pricing review - half yearly
• Cost saving initiatives cross functionally
• Monthly margin review with respective key account managers
• Negative margin action plan
• Portfolio optimisation
• Margin expansion road maps
• Pipeline review on relevant product mix
• Overdue debt review and follow up with key account managers
• Strategic partnering with key account managers
• Ad hoc projects as and when required
   

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Administration, Business or other numerical disciplines with hands-on experience in a Financial Analysis & Commercial reporting role with a minimum of 2-3 years work experience
• Familiarity with AFO, BI, Hyperion, PowerQuery, SAP and SAP implementation processes are all strongly desirable
• Familiarity with advanced MS Excel functionality and systems
• Candidates should be capable of analyzing and reporting on large volumes of data in a succinct and user-friendly manner

 

Competencies:

• Highly numerate, comfortable working with large volumes of data
• Self-starter who can manage fluctuating workloads and projects using a high degree of initiative
• Strong team player with a clear focus on stakeholder engagement and solution delivery
• Strong communicator, comfortable interacting with confidence across a wide range of stakeholders
• Takes personal accountability and ownership of actions to completion consistently, within deadlines