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Location: 

Markham, ON, CA, L3R 0Z7

Function:  Marketing
Employment type:  Full Time
Required experience:  Junior professional – up to 5 years
Reference ID:  75034

Pricing Analyst

ONBOARDING YOU TO THE COMPANY

At Nexans our global vision is to electrify the future. At Distribution & Usages buisness group this means providing reliable cabling systems and smart energy solutions, including power accessories, to make buildings and power networks more efficient, more people oriented and more sustainable.

Nexans recognizes the differences that make each employee valuable and unique. Diversity is key to performance and to our global ambition to lead the world in the energy transition towards a sustainable planet. This we know from experience. All differences are appreciated and respected at Nexans. As a result, you will be an active part of a multinational organization where we cultivate the culture of sharing your unique point of view. This is why we encourage diversity in our recruitment - Bring yours to Nexans, it is welcome!

Purpose

 

  • The Pricing Analyst will assist in the implementation and ongoing improvement of best-in-class pricing processes to improve profitability through pricing management across the business unit.

 

  • The individual will be responsible for apply analytical methods and tools necessary to translate the data into clear, actionable insights. Moreover, the individual will manage day-to-day pricing operations and make recommendations to the Sales, Marketing, and Management regarding opportunities to maximize margins for both new and existing customers.

 

  • Supports Nexans marketing team on key Pricing/Analytical Marketing projects.

 

A snapshot of some of the exciting things you will lead and do:

 

Pricing analysis

  • Ensure implementation of pricing strategies and pricing accuracy within quotation tools to optimize results and assess pricing action effectiveness.
  • Follow-up indicators such as sales order in take, % success on quotes (“Hit rate”), cost variation, plant production capacity,.. to provide insights for pricing strategy evolution
  • Support preparation of Weekly / Monthly Pricing reviews and communicate key pricing insights across the organization
  • Provide market intelligence to support market size estimation, pricing of new offers and exchange data with external bodies such as EFC and Statistics Canada
  • Ad hoc analysis such as price change requests from sales team by evaluating margin impact and potential incremental volumes

 

Operational Pricing

 

  • Perform pricing for quotation or for customer(s) under Pricing manager delegation
  • Secure proper update of price lists, as well as accurate and timely customer pricing setup in SAP and communication of pricing to customers.
  • Ensure the accuracy of Customer Master, Item Master, Pricing Master, Commissions, Rebates, and Promotions in ERP system and period end analysis of variances.
  • Collect information and manage checklist of inputs required for large quotations or tenders
  • Cordinate with Finance/Sales team for metal hedging request and update pricing based on the hedging result

 

 

Methods and tools improvement

  • Liaise with cross-functional teams to develop, improve and integrate new sales reporting tools to enable insights-driven decision support.
  • Maintain and improve existing Pricing Analysis Tool to reflect most up to date pricing guideline and policies
  • Assist with the development of pricing procedure and methodology

Desired skills and qualifications

 

  • University degree and minimum of 3 years of progressively responsible experience in  FP&A, Pricing, Business Analysis, or any Analytical / Strategic field.
  • Master’s degree in Analytical Marketing/ Pricing/ Strategy /Data science preferred
  • Expertise in MS office suite – Advance MS Excel (formulas, pivot tables, macros), Excel VBA Programming, Power BI dashboards, other Programming languages such as SQL, Python is a plus.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills: the ability to display quantitative information in tables, charts, PowerPoint presentations, and other forms of visual enhancements to the data.
  • Experience in collaborating with cross functional teams (eg: sales,engineer,finance,..)
  • High attention to detail, curious, proactive, and meticulous approach
  • Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP) is an asset.

 

OUR GROWTH CULTURE

Among our employees we share the same values- we are pioneers of the energy transition, dedicated to deliver to the highest standards of performance, united to achieve our ambitious goal.

At the individual level our growth culture is built on trust and collaboration.  We wish to welcome you as a valuable member of our team. To enable impact we believe in autonomy at the local level at the same time as we encourage knowledge sharing within our global engineering competence.

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