Robert Walters have exclusively partnered with Collingwood Lighting Group to recruit a Pricing Manager position.
Role Overview:
As a PE-backed business focused on rapid growth and M&A, we are seeking a highly skilled and autonomous Group Pricing Manager to establish and lead the pricing function across our expanding portfolio of lighting companies. This is a strategic role that will develop group-wide pricing initiatives, set up scalable pricing processes, and ensure pricing alignment across multiple markets. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to build a data-driven pricing framework and will be instrumental in setting up a growing pricing function.
Key Responsibilities:
- Pricing Strategy Development: Design and implement pricing strategies to support the commercial objectives of each brand within the group, ensuring consistency and competitiveness across markets.
- Market & Competitor Analysis: Conduct ongoing analysis of market trends, competitor pricing, and customer behaviours to develop actionable insights and optimize pricing models.
- International Pricing Oversight: Ensure pricing strategies are aligned across international markets.
- Team Building and Management: Initially operate as a one-person team with the potential to expand as the pricing function grows, managing all pricing-related activities and establishing best practices.
- Collaborative Development: Work closely with finance and other group functions to embed pricing practices into the business, aligning with the commercial and financial goals of each entity within the group.
- Autonomous Execution: Operate with a high degree of autonomy to design, implement, and refine pricing strategies while providing support and training to group company teams as needed.
Qualifications:
- Experience: proven track-record in a pricing, finance, or commercial strategy role, with experience in B2B environments; sector experience in lighting is not required.
- International Exposure: Proven experience managing pricing strategies across multiple regions.
- Language Skills: Proficiency in English and French is highly desirable.
- Analytical and Technical Skills: Strong proficiency in data analysis and financial modelling.
- Leadership Ability: Experience building and leading teams, with the capability to set up a function from the ground up and establish scalable processes.
- Communication and Influence: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders across functions.
Personal Attributes:
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: Comfortable with ambiguity and enjoys the challenge of building something new within a fast-paced, PE-backed environment.
- Proactive and Autonomous: Highly self-motivated with the ability to drive projects forward independently.
- Commercial Acumen: Strong business sense with the ability to balance competitive pricing with financial objectives.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and performance-based bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Career growth opportunities with room to expand and develop a team
- Flexible work arrangements to accommodate hybrid/remote needs
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