Global Market Intelligence and Pricing Manager (f/m/d)

Karlsruhe

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From Nature. For Health. Dr. Willmar Schwabe is the world's leading manufacturer of herbal medicines. As a family-owned company with over 150 years of history and around 4,000 employees worldwide, we stand for products of exceptionally high quality. To promote the health of people all over the world, we rely on modern research, customer orientation and competent and motivated employees.

Ihre Aufgaben

Empower growth with your impactful responsibilities
Job Purpose: In this position you are responsible for driving the company's efforts in understanding global market dynamics and building the market intelligence capabilities across the organization. At the same time, you will develop effective pricing frameworks, processes and strategies based on data-driven analyses and provide guidance on local adaptation, ensuring profitability while maintaining market competitiveness. Therefore, your role combines two key areas: Pricing and Market Intelligence.
Global Pricing Strategy & Analysis:
Pricing strategies: Develop and implement global pricing strategies by conducting comprehensive analyses of markets, competitors, and customers to optimize pricing, enhance revenue, and ensure market share growth.
Pricing guidelines: Design and execute global pricing guidelines, processes, techniques and tools, ensuring performance-oriented and consistent approaches, while allowing flexibility for local adaptation.
International partnering: Act as the central pricing expert, supporting country management and overseeing the implementation of pricing projects to ensure alignment and price consistency across products, brands, and regions.
Market Intelligence Leadership:
Market Intelligence Framework: Create and manage a global market intelligence framework, including streamlined processes for data collection, analysis, and reporting to ease and support strategic decision-making
Insights & Opportunities: Monitor industry trends & competitive landscapes and gain profound consumer & customer understanding to identify key actionable insights and growth opportunities for our major brands.
Central hub: Collaborate with global and regional teams to ensure consistent application of market intelligence tools and methodologies, acting as the central point of contact for consumer and market intelligence.

Ihr Profil

Professional qualifications: Bachelor and/or master's degree in relevant discipline such as business, economics, mathematics or similar.
Experience: Strong pricing background with minimum 5 years of relevant experience in pricing management and market analytics, preferably within a multinational environment in similar industries (e.g. Consumer Healthcare, FMCG) and/or consulting as well as experience in leading cross-functional teams, with a collaborative mindset to work effectively across different cultural and organizational boundaries.
Skills and competencies: Sound knowledge of market analysis and proficiency in pricing tools, analytics, and methodologies. Ability to think holistically and long-term, integrating insights from market intelligence and pricing to support the overall business strategy. Excellent analytical and numerical skills paired with business acumen and the ability to translate complex data into strategic insights and recommendations.
Personal strengths: Strong networking and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and resolve conflicts between opposing interests. Strong ability to work independently and take ownership of the new global function, with a hands-on and proactive approach.
Language Proficiency: Fluency in German and English.