Strategic Pricing Manager IMEA ‏ (d/f/m)

at  henkel

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 50,000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

YOUR SKILLS

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in economics or a related field (e.g. business administration, finance, controlling)
• 5+ years of relevant business experience in the fields of pricing, strategic marketing or sales excellence
• 3+ professional experience in product management is an advantage
• Strong analytical skills, conceptual and structured problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to build strong relationships
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Lead and influence people at different levels across the organization
• Well-developed change management skills as well as project execution
• Knowledge of pricing software (e.g. PROS, Vendavo or similar), SAP and in B2B price analysis methodologies
• Experience in working in a large, matrixed organization with international focus
• Experience in the Adhesives-, Packaging- and/or Metal Packaging Industry is useful
• Proficiency in English is a must
  At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.

• Ready to join a great team as a regional Strategic Pricing Manager (d/f/m)?
• Responsibility to develop and steer pricing excellence and governance to capture optimal share of value
• Drive pricing performance, manage pricing processes and ensure pricing governance within your region, in close collaboration with other functions such as local sales, marketing and finance
• Pro-actively develop and support regional product price guidance incl. raw material pass-through (cost-based) and value selling
• Drive value-based pricing mindset within the SBU (Sub-Business Unit) and realization of pricing targets. Support to build-up of competitive intelligence on pricing
• Deploy and implement pricing tools, processes and ensure broad adoption
• Own and steer (cross SBU) transformational initiatives on pricing, in collaboration with the central pricing team
• Engage in pricing opportunity management and negotiation support for big impact customers
• Run ad-hoc as well as recurring pricing analytics and reports
• Develop internal and external communication
• Manage and train the organization on pricing related changes
• Ability to travel 5% to visit Henkel facilities throughout India, Turkey and South Africa