Pricing Analyst Location: Lebbeke-Wieze, BE, 9280 At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond! About the role As a pricing analyst Industry, you develop competitive and accurate price proposals for the sales team using pricing models, market intelligence, and additional input from relevant stakeholders. In close collaboration with the commercial teams, you support landing the right deals both for open- as closed book customers. You actively manage the contract portfolio and drive profitability in daily operations for FM Sales as the primary stakeholder. Key responsibilities include + Being the number one partner for sales, collaborating closely with the sales team to drive margin growth + Acting as a direct point of contact for the customer for any pricing or contract inquiries, concerns and feedback + Creating competitive price proposals for the sales team, analyzing historic price and margin levels to drive profitable growth for your business unit. Actively participating in customer tenders together with the commercial team + Presenting proposals to sales, utilizing market and internal data to validate and justify proposals + Utilizing open book pricing models, including commodity market coverage, cost & margin analysis and proactive data management + Finding opportunities to simplify open book models. Making sure the calculation mechanism is as efficient as possible without room for error + Supporting and challenging partnership creation/renewal and making sure all pricing principles are executed accordingly + Booking sales contracts upon agreement from customers to lock in business + Taking pricing ownership of assigned accounts in an independent and proactive way + Proactively managing the contracts for your account portfolio in collaboration with sales + Developing and managing effective and analytic reporting tools to support the business unit and the organization’s needs + Understanding the commodity market fundamentals and gathering in-depth knowledge on the chocolate manufacturing process in order to improve the pricing process + Actively engaging with pricing driven projects and participating in projects impacting the team About you + Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics + Fluent in English, both written and verbal + At least 5 years of experience in a Finance or Pricing function + Strong analytical and problem solving skills with high attention to detail + Strong ability to cut through complexity and summarize core facts in escalations to MD’s/VP’s + Enthusiastic team member with a willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing business demands and priorities + Strong communication skills and the ability to interface with various levels of management + Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel (lookup, index-match, pivot tables, etc.) + Experience working in a manufacturing environment is a plus + Customer-oriented and with a “hands-on” mentality + Great attention to detail + Can work independently – comfortable to set priorities proactively + Strategic and conceptual thinker. But also operationally strong to tackle the daily reality of a commercial environment + Comfortable to take a position and defend to senior commercial profiles. At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth. If you want to learn more about Barry Callebaut, please find further information here. Were you missing anything in this job ad? Please share your feedback with us by clickinghere (https://app.talenthub.io/feedback/ad81b0fb66d2416990060452e7511e45?default\_lang=en) .