Pricing Manager Automotive

PRICING MANAGER AUTOMOTIVE EMEA

Are you inspired by challenging the status quo? Do you thrive in collaborative environments that drive results? If so, Gates could be for you.

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**WHAT TO EXPECT**

As an innovation leader, we look for ambitious, forward thinking, open-minded and well-rounded individuals to join our global team. Located in our Luxembourg office, you will be developing Automotive pricing strategy across all product lines to position the products based on value, market, and competitive situation.
- This is an exciting opportunity for you because you will be continuing transitioning the organization from cost plus pricing model to market and value pricing model.
- You'll be working with Pricing Analysts that you will hire and train.
- You will be developing methodology for calculating List Price, Price Floor, Price ceiling for all product lines within Automotive Replacement market in relation to the value and market positioning.
- You'll be designing the new products price setting strategy together with product management, reflecting accurate market and value positioning for Gates products in EMEA.
- Your objective/goals will be leading the Price increase process for the organization and working with sales and product managers to implement the Price changes into the market.
- Your fit in the organization will be driving consistency of price and trade terms within EMEA customers in line with the AR pricing and channel strategy.
- You will be supporting the AR pricing and channel strategy by driving consistency of price and trade terms within EMEA.

**Key responsibilities (to name a few)**:

- Conducting presentations and support customer negotiations with quote, pricing or margin analysis.
- Performing financial evaluation to assess pricing action effectiveness, plus the ad-hoc analysis.
- Monthly reporting for AR and AFF: revision of pricing results and participation in creating new price forecast.
- Determining the ideal target price for products of the business to analyze competitor pricing matched with market expectations, by collecting and evaluating competitive data, developing awareness of the marketplace to shape decision making processes.
- Identifying and communicating trends in pricing and proactively make recommendations for management decision making.
- Identifying leakage buckets within price waterfall and find ways to increase profit.
- Managing the AR and AFF pricing process and price structure.
- Developing reports and KPIs to track & monitor the pricing projects and associated activities on all product lines and market segments.
- Leading and energizing the automotive pricing team, ensuring the development of everyone by providing feedback and coaching, highlighting key strengths as well as improvement opportunities.
- Hire, train and mentor Pricing Analysts.
- Developing Pricing Capabilities through developing and leading pricing training sessions across the Gates organization, for all markets.

**ABOUT YOU**
- You have a minimum of 5 years of pricing/sales/marketing experience within the automotive industry
- You have a minimum of 2 years of supervisory/leadership experience
- You hold a Bachelor or master's degree - with a focus on business economics, business administration, marketing or finance.
- Furthermore, you are Highly proficient in MS Office systems
- You are experienced in pricing software (Vendavo, Pros, Price fx ) and Tableau.

**WHY GATES?**

Founded in 1911 in Denver, Colorado, Gates is publicly traded on the NYSE. While we might operate in a vast amount of time zones we operate as 'One Gates' and have a common goal of pushing the boundaries of materials science. We invest in our people, bringing real-world experience that enables us to solve our customers' diverse challenges of today and anticipate those of tomorrow.

**WORK ENVIRONMENT**

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Gates is an Equal Opportunity and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of race, sex, color, religion, age, disability, pregnancy, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other consideration defined by law.

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