Pricing Analyst (m/f/d)

Discover your impact with KUKA

KUKA offers an enormous spectrum of possibilities to advance your career, live your passions and unlock your potential. We´re one of the world's leading automation specialists, offering global opportunities in areas such as robotics, automation, logistics, software solutions and electronics. If you´re a go-getter, a visionary with bold ambitions and believer in collaboration and mutual respect, then you're poised for success here at KUKA.

Responsibilities

Make an impact

Operative Pricing

• Regular pricing of all Configure to Order (CtO) products / articles
• Price List reviews with the the different Portfolio Manager twice a year
• Preparation and release of the price list according to New Product Introduction (NPI) cycle
• Strong alignment with Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) Team including handover of pricelist documents
• Support the built of pricing capability of the local sales teams

Strategic Pricing

• Drive and moderate Robotics Price Board where all rlevant Price Informations are taken by Robotics TOP Management
• Global Sales counterpart for Controlling and Portfolio Manager regarding all Pricing Topics
• Strategic guidance and steering of all global Product Managers to “find” the right prices for their products
• Drive definition process and implementation of multi-channel pricing strategies, e.g., distribution and e-commerce
• Develop and execute global price improvement measures incl. management of the price increase process

Pricing Infrastructure

• Responsibility for pricing part in the Product Information Management (PIM) System
• Support and optimization of pricing interfaces between CRM, ERP and PIM system
• Constant further development and optimization of the existing pricing system landscape is also part of your area of responsibility
• Training of sales in regards of price negotiation and understanding of pricing impacts

Pricing Analysis

• Monitor pricing performance, execution and take corrective action in cooperation with the business to achieve the business objectives
• Setup Price Intelligence by gaining and structuring Price Informations from different sources and report them to Management
• Analysis of price and discount developments in different customer segments

Application Requirements

What you need to succeed

• Sucessfully completed degree in business, economics, mathematic or related field
• Minimum +3 years professional experience in sales or pricing or sales operations of an international company
• CRM (esp. Salesforce) and ERP (esp. SAP) knowledge benefitable
• Advanced handling of the MS Office applications Excel, Access and PPT
• Experience in project management
• Strong knowledge of analytical toolkit (Excel and SQL ); Python, R, Tableau and others are a plus
• Strong communication skills to explain complex pricing topics in a clear manner and get the buy-in of sales teams
• Strong intercultural competence and you are familiar to work within an international working environment
• Good analytical knowledge and problem-solving ability as well as high affinity to numbers
• Structured and results-oriented way of working
• Excellent team player and an effective communicator both verbally and written in German & English
• Mobility and willingness to travel from time to time