Costing Pricing Officer

If you are ambitious, self-motivated, hardworking and a team player and interested in growing your career with an International FMCG business, please read through our job opportunity.

We have an exciting opportunity to join one of Europe’s leading manufacturer’s, based in Foetz. McBride is the leading supplier of Private Label Household and professional cleaning/hygiene products for Europe's largest and most successful retailers as well as producing own brand products.

The formula for our success is quite straightforward: we work by our Key Values - Always Committed, Working Together, Aspire to be the best and Giving and Taking Accountability to create a positive environment for all McBride employees.

Job Purpose

The Costing Pricing Officer will be a key member of the divisional Finance team with responsibility to provide offers to Commercial team of Unit Dosing and Powders divisions with relevant insights. The job holder is also directly involved in profitability management highlighting areas for improvements and various financial analysis.

Your responsibilities will be
- To provide a costing output for new business tenders, cost out, existing or new product development, and all other quotes for products in order to ensure that the Divisions takes the correct decisions operationally and commercially.
- To provide insightful support to Key Account Manager, Regional Sales Manager and Commercial Director in order to decide what price to offer to a customer based on the analysis provided and based on independent view on facts and figures.
- To support Contracts Team with financial analysis and prepare quarterly open book costing updates.
- To monitor margin policy, price escalation rules and finance authorities matrix are followed. Also that final price offer shared with customers are correctly reflected in internal tools (ie. running offer file) and once business is won review if correct price is maintained in the SAP price list.
- To maintain costing system for Unit Dosing and Powders in all production plants (ie. YNSC/YSTD costing runs, moving average prices check, cost set check, BOM check, etc).
- Enable profitability and growth through support to Marketing Managers providing financial analysis and what if scenarios.
- Provide support to and Finance Business Partners through preparation of the benchmarks analysis and overview of situation ‘now’ vs ‘future’.
- Review and provide insights to Customer P&L and its drivers together with recommendations on how margins can be improved going forward and what is the long term trend.
- Continually strive to make improvements in finance and wider business processes through automation, simplification, better insight or improved financial control. Always challenge status quo and provide business with more robust solutions (ie. product configurator).
- Supporting implementations of new systems which company may be implementing in the future (ie. SAP Hana).
- To provide any ad hoc support based on the requirements from Costing Pricing Team Leader, Commercial team, Finance team or Unit Dosing leadership team.

Skills and education we are looking for
- Fluent in English
- Advanced knowledge in MS Office, especially MS Excel
- SAP Finance and Commercial modules
- Understanding of Commercial processes and their financial impact

What will make you successful
- Stress resistant & willing to make the extra mile to meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships and acting as a teamplayer

What can you expect

To join a talented team where your contribution is recognized
- To work in a challenging, fast paced, international company

In return you will receive
- Competitive package available

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