At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Pricing Systems Manager - 12 month Fixed Term Contract 

Purpose

• Lead operational excellence by ensuring accurate price interfacing from our (30+) customer facing commercial agreements into our internal business management systems (SAP / Vistex and SalesPlanner).
• Ownership of our local TPM (Trade Promotions Management) Solution as super user, providing 1st level support where applicable, managing escalation and resolutions with solution provider where required. The role requires operational excellence and diligence to enable billing and accrual accuracy, driving operational efficiency improvement through robust systems integrity.
• Holding CHUK (Consumer Health UK) accountable for compliance to its Commercial Policy, with a key role in quarterly reviews and adherence auditing.

Major Tasks

• Translation and full ownership of customer commercial pricing agreements into SAP / Vistex structured pricing records
• Weekly reconciliation of SAP / Vistex invoice pricing records into SalesPlanner (TPM system) with early alert process in place to alert the commercial organisation to discrepancies as they arise
• Manage a robust invoice price audit process, complicit with CHUK Commercial Policy, to be audited quarterly
• Accountable for all systems execution (SAP / Vistex, SalesPlanner) of new pricing and cost price increase process, working closely with the local sales community and shared service centre to execute excellently
• Supporting the accounts handlers with consistent, understandable and scalable excel based tools as they migrate to the new structured pricing framework, balancing consistency with the ability to bespoke
• Delivering regular training to maintain and upskill Sales Team so that they can understand and be accountable for the accuracy of their customer s pricing g) Govern the structured pricing agreements, with NRM (Net Revenue Management) Lead and Sales Director to hold sales team to account through quarterly scoring and reporting
• Support the CHUK finance function in monthly reconciliation of the SAP / Vistex and SalesPlanner interfaces, from Trade List Price to Net Sales
• Provide system training to new starters within CHUK for the TPM solution (SalesPlanner), being a subject matter expert in this space
• Ownership, prioritisation and management of the SalesPlanner query ticketing system, being our first point of contact. Escalating issues where necessary through appropriate support structure and managing communication of the impact of any issues with key system stakeholders and users.
• Build a (Bayer) Global network of similar roles to keep abreast of other in-market development, learning from and sharing best practice where required and inform future UK requirements and enhancements
• Work closely with product supply to ensure consistency, accuracy and timeliness in data relating to NPD (New Product Development) and SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) changes for our customers
• Lead our PIECE pricing project scope and timing to be defined, moving our current billing processes into a single way of operating to drive operational excellence across the organisation
• Monthly refreshing of key commercial reports (Sales Call / Pulse P&L Snapshots / In Market Pricing Tracker).
• Lead best-practice usage of SalesPlanner, using knowledge of the system capabilities to drive improvements of the business monthly/annual cycles and reporting. Own and deliver system upgrades and improvements where possible to unlock business benefit.
• Ad-hoc analytical support for the commercial team
• Support in Processing of Irish Invoice Claims Position:

Who you are?

• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Strong attention to detail
• Customer focus and quality orientation
• Effective Communication & Team Player
• Advanced command of computer skills required, especially in data cubes, MS Office, Excel / PowerPoint and SAPVistex
• Working knowledge of power pivot and experience of working with a database, commercial forecasting tools would be ideal but not essential
• Self-Starter / problem solver (looks to think their way through a problem rather than waiting to be asked/told)
• Solution focused (when faced with issues, important to be transparent about it but come with a plan to make it right)
• Desire/willingness to learn (lots of new systems/reports/processes, it is crucial to be keen to become an expert.  Will be looked to for advice from commercial team)
• Drive for simplicity (producing new tools and processes for the commercial team to follow, really important to consider end users and make it as simple as possible
• constant improvement, very rarely is something launched and solved in one go so it is about consistent and iterative processes

Your Application:

Be You at Bayer where you have the opportunity to be part of a culture influencing Health for all and Hunger for none.

To achieve our vision we see reward for all our employees as incredibly important and include the following list of benefits and working conditions:

• competitive salary and performance bonus
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private Healthcare, generous pension scheme and Life Insurance
• Employee discount scheme

• State of the art offices
• International career possibilities
• Flexible and remote working

The best possible work-life balance is of great importance to us, which is why we support flexible hybrid working model.

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Location:

United Kingdom : Berkshire : Reading  

Division:

Consumer Health 

Reference Code:

812119 

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