THE POSITION IS LOCATED IN BONN, PERMANENT/FULL- OR PARTTIME AND TO BE FILLED AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE
Global Pricing Manager (m/f/x)
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DHL eCommerce Solutions is one of the divisions of DHL, dedicated to both domestic and international parcel delivery, through our cutting-edge cross-border products. We are looking for a Global Pricing Manager to join our international team in DHL eCommerce Solutions.
Position Location: BONN or anywhere in Europe
JOB PURPOSE
Implement a state-of-the-art pricing approach from price setting to price management by establishing first class pricing processes throughout the organization. Sample initiatives are the annual price increase process, services and surcharges programs as well as red-yellow card management or ship-to-profile activities in order to ensure appropriate and sustainable pricing for the business.
Driving implementation of ground rules and procedures, analyzing data, developing new processes and assessing progress on an ongoing basis via application of a scorecard is equally important as managing the relationship with all stakeholders to ensure target processes are adequately used to support the business.
YOUR TASKS
PRICING TOOLS:
- Help countries with implementing pricing excellence by supporting the rollout of our pricing tools
- Co-Administration of current and future central pricing tools and provide necessary training, system support and administration to leverage pricing system and consistency related to the Global Pricing Frameset
- Support new feature requirements definition for continuous improvement of our pricing system landscape
- Drive change management within and beyond the pricing community to ensure buy-in and acceptance of new pricing methodologies and systems
PRICING CONSULTANCY:
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure cross-functional alignment and support as needed to drive forward the Global eCS Pricing strategy
- Participate in overall commercial related projects for the commercial function including providing support to cross functional projects
- Support country pricing projects by providing country benchmarking, guidance and analysis including onsite assistance as and when needed
GLOBAL ACCOUNTS PRICING:
- Engage with Sales and Product on new multi-country business opportunities and resulting tenders to support rate offering process
- Create and establish pricing strategies for Pan-European and Global customer accounts and guide price setting processes across channels by applying the Pricing Principles Frameset
- Implementation and Management of a price setting reporting and thereby support in preparing annual country pricing alignment meetings with respect to price setting
ADDITIONAL FOCUS AREAS:
- Serve as input source to future Global Pricing Frameset enhancements
- Market / Competitor price Monitoring to continuously ensure our pricing approach and targeted positioning strategy is in sync with market environment
- Develop strong, trusting relationships with senior business leaders across eCS division
- Communicate and align within Pricing community on tools, multi-national accounts and pricing strategy to continuously drive pricing excellence from within the organization
- Exchange on cross-divisional level to onboard best practices (e. g. Express, P&P)
QUALIFICATIONS
- University degree in business administration or comparable
- Several years professional experience in a Pricing-related function
- Solid project management experience related to process and/or system implementation required
- Experience in both B2B and B2C Pricing and/or Revenue Management strongly desired
- Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills, paired with an eye for details
- International working experience, ideally in a matrix organization is a plus
- Being a self-starter (m/f/x) with a positive convincing personality who knows how to get the buy-in from pioneer thinkers as well as hesitant late adapters
- Pragmatic thinker (m/f/x) with can-do spirit and multi-tasking skills
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, especially PowerPoint and Excel required, experience in billing systems desired
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Fluent in English, both written an