Provide segmented pricing guidance and assist in deal construction. Drive profitable growth in the business: design and implement structured pricing methodology to enable consistent opportunity assessment. Drive deal and profit optimisation. Guide margin improvement and provide analysis to drive optimisation of product slate, drop unprofitable lines, focus on high volume/margin product. Business planning, monthly financial and BPR reporting, Quarterly Board reporting Provide support for optimal pricing / margin for existing customers.

• Lead margin management and pricing activities across the lubricants business
• Review customer and product portfolio profitability, drive initiatives for improvements
• Ensure effective tracking of costing, margins and revenue leakage.
• Coordinate Business Plan, and Customer Profitability planning including capital for lubricants. 
• Responsible for Monthly Business Review process along with performance reporting for all aspects of the area including customer profitability analysis. 
• Performs analysis on financial performance to define trends, gaps and opportunities
• Gather, analyze and report data in order to assist with the establishment and execution of our pricing strategy for products.
• Additional data for analysis includes market demand information/indicators, Global Sales Performance metrics (Volume/Revenue/Gross Margin/Profit), and competitive information.
• Responsible for benchmarking and competitive intelligence processes to support customer and channel strategy execution

Professional Qualification and Certifications:

Snr Certificate and Tertiary qualification (commerce or business science)/Honors, CIMA or CA qualifications preferable

Work Experience:

3-5yrs Experience in Pricing, Financial Reporting and Management Reporting critical.

Planning, Forecasting and Decision Support (sales analytics) very important.

Lubricants or FMCG experience important

Knowledge and skills:

• Strong financial and analytical skills, commercial acumen, good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good understanding of the industry, preferably in Lubricants
• Experience relevant to this position will be an advantage.
• Ability to produce high quality analysis and recommendations
• Ability to work with large data sets and complex variables
• High proficiency in Excel and ERP systems

Application deadline:

20 October 2024