Pricing and Data Specialist – MA (for RB, Kenya Legal Entity)

Company Description

Pricing and Data Specialist – MA (for RB, Kenya Legal Entity) (Location: Nairobi)

Functional Area: Mobility Aftermarket.

Corporate success at Bosch is determined by innovation capability and an edge in know-how. Accept with us the challenge of new tasks by your willingness to permanently learn something new.

Robert Bosch East Africa is a growing business in the Bosch Group located in Nairobi, Kenya. We operate in the business divisions Mobility Aftermarket, Power Tools and Home Comfort.

At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich people’s lives.

Our promise to our associates is rock-solid: we grow together, we enjoy our work, and we inspire each other.

Join in and feel the difference.

Job Description

Your responsibilities:

• Facilitating Country Specific Price Round
• Evaluation of prices violating internal regulations, e.g. margin, NPP, PPC etc.
• Maintenance and update the price database
• Facilitating Corridor alignment round (collecting market price input for Net Price Point (NPP) corridor positioning).
• Communication of NPP corridors.
• Define and communicate Price Harmonization reports.
• Facilitating violations follow-up, incl. monitoring of actions/measures and escalation if needed.
• System maintenance of NPP data incl. agreed exceptions and index.
• Facilitating Gross Margins, targets for the year and analysis for the same.
• Take corrective actions for the products with low profits and not meeting minimum margin requirements.
• Integrated Pricing Tool project management in region & AF development requirements.
• Maintain prices in relevant ERP systems.     
• Safe guarding product data quality by monitoring Bosch data in customer & 3rd party systems.                                                      
• Process owner of Product Data Quality.       
• Transmit data quality issues internally and track solutions for customers.
• Train and document processes and data improvements internally and for customers.
• Integrated Pricing Tool: Support (1st level), administration & training.
• Customer / Channel analysis at regional / country / market level.
• On demand price comparisons on Recommended Retail Price, Invoice Price Point, Net Price Point, Pocket Price Point, Part number & Product Groups levels for customers.
• Customer / Market specific analysis (e.g. customer level Price Change Rate reports).
• Analysis of impact on Gross Margin due to Price Change.
• Customer satisfaction survey and coordination of customer requirement management.
• Process owner of the Common European Program (CEP).
• Process owner for Sold Coverage and Time To Market in the region incl. tracking.
• Process owner of Product Group definition and alignment.
• Definition of regional sales program and counterpart to Business Units and Product Specialists in the region.
• Operative system maintenance in SAP ERP systems.
• Process owner of picking process.
• Process owner of exclusivity assignment for special product range.

Qualifications

Education:

• Economic academic education, with focus on pricing and marketing.
• Job experience (3-5 years) within Pricing Management or trade marketing.
• Deep knowledge about pricing and data management.

Experience and knowledge:

• In depth knowledge of the key systems IPT, BW, PBI, SAP, FAS, MS Access.                   
• Strong knowledge about markets / countries in Belt of Africa region (Ex: Nigeria, Kenya, DRC, Tanzania, Uganda, etc)
• Take ownership on resolving topics from internal and external customers.
• Good data analysis skill, responsive with rigorous logical and structural thinking       
• Excellent English language skills and knowledge of French & German is a plus       
• Excellent office software skills.                                                                      

Your personal characteristics and skills:

• Must be respected as representative of Trade Marketing dept. in the region and work very close with all the stake holders in the region (regional director / country sales director / key accounts / regional marketing functions etc)
• Flexibility and creativity; Be determined and energetic.                            
• Entrepreneurial thinking; strong personal initiative; Engage in improving our business processes by contributing ideas.                
• Persuasive power and assertiveness
• Team player; Think partnerships. Work collaboratively with all members of the AA business                                    
• Display, at all times, a customer oriented, service provider attitude and be a positive ambassador for the company.                 
• Communicate proactively and effectively at all levels, both externally and internally.