Location:

·      Office location will be in Japan-Kawasaki, Business travel around 25% should be expected.

Key Responsibilities:

·      Set and align the overall pricing principles for Japan and ASEAN Auto business with all relevant stakeholders - i.e., Sales, PM, Finance and Customer Care.

·      Define Pricing processes and maintain workflows/tools to manage adherence and decide on exceptions.

·      Improve pricing capabilities within product management and all other relevant functions.

·      Identify pricing opportunities and propose pricing targets based on analysis of realized prices and comparison to target prices.

·      Support price execution with competitive price intelligence / historical quote analyses, agreement management/monitoring, and process training for stakeholders.

·      Monitor price execution, price/margin developments, win rates, and feedback into price-setting and pricing targets.

·      Ensure integrity and accuracy of all pricing data.

·      Support price decisions for commercial negotiation preparation for specific large business deals or focus products.

 Location:

·      Office location will be in Japan-Kawasaki, Business travel around 25% should be expected.

Key Skills Requirements:

·      Excellent conceptual and strategic competencies, ability to analyze and visualize large data sets

·      Excellent, clear, and concise written and verbal communication skills. Ability to communicate and provide direction across functions

·      Excellent skills in SAP, MS Office, ideally in PROS, Tableau

·      Fluent in English and Japanese (Chinese and Thai will be preferred) – Location in JP

Candidate Profile:

·      Degree in business management, finance, economics, or similar with excellent grades

·      Relevant work experience in an operative pricing function, ideally with several years of experience in a management consultancy with a focus on pricing, marketing & sales

·      Track record in pricing strategy development and implementation, as well as pricing performance monitoring