Job Title: Strategic Pricing Manager (all genders)
Key Responsibilities
- Own and develop the pricing strategy across product lines, markets, segments, account types, and channels
- Translate business strategy into clear price architectures, guardrails, price corridors/floors, approval thresholds, and escalation paths
- Define price positioning based on customer value, clinical and economic outcomes, competitive dynamics, and growth objectives
- Support pricing decisions for new products, software, services, and lifecycle offerings from concept through launch and optimization
- Co‑own pricing governance, including exception handling, approval workflows, and decision documentation
- Ensure accurate and consistent management of list prices, discounts, customer‑specific pricing, annual price updates, and price changes
- Monitor compliance with pricing policies, approval rules, and commercial guardrails, maintaining an auditable pricing decision trail
- Partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and leadership on complex deals, tenders, and strategic customer opportunities
- Build scenario models around price, volume, mix, margin, and contract terms to support negotiations and deal decisions
- Shape proposals and commercial packages that clearly articulate value while protecting profitability
- Lead pricing analytics by developing dashboards, reports, and insights on margin, price realization, leakage, and performance drivers
- Translate data into actionable recommendations for weekly, monthly, and executive business reviews
- Lead pricing programs and continuous improvement initiatives, enhancing processes, tools, reporting, and operating models
- Standardize pricing methodologies, playbooks, training, and decision routines across equipment, services, spare parts, and third‑party products
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders in a matrix organization, influencing without formal authority
Qualifications
- 3–5+ years of experience in pricing, finance, analytics, commercial operations, or product management
- Exposure to pricing models, price‑volume analysis, or profitability optimization
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to interrogate pricing, sales, and competitive data
- Structured, hypothesis‑driven problem‑solving skills and solid financial intuition
- Mature stakeholder management and proven experience aligning cross‑functional teams
- High level of self‑direction and comfort managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a comparable discipline)
- Curious, proactive, and commercially minded mindset, comfortable challenging assumptions with data
- Detail‑oriented approach with the ability to step back and assess broader strategic impact
Benefits
• Annual leave: 30 days
• Mobility and devices: subsidized Germany ticket, leasing opportunities for private use (bicycles, cars, smartphones, …)
• Philips University & Philips in Balance: wide range of professional training courses and for personal development & Healthcare
• Pension: Employer‑funded pension plan “Partnerzeit” – two paid weeks off after your partner has given birth
• MyShop: Discount on Philips products
• Culture: Informal culture, a paid day for voluntary work, various team/cultural activities (on sustainability, diversity, …), etc.
Salary Range: €93,050.83 – €124,067.77
Incentives: Eligible for Short Term Incentive with rewards linked to individual performance and company results.
Philips is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to a diverse workforce and provide reasonable accommodation for qualified applicants with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. For more information, review our Pay Transparency Statement and EEO poster.
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