Pricing and Cost of Sales Analyst

Within our Operating Company located in Kyiv, we are looking for a Pricing & Cost of Sales Analyst to strengthen our International Pricing Team.

Job profile

The Pricing & Cost of Sales Analyst is responsible for calculation of prices and analysis of COS, discussion with sales / general / finance directors, putting the correct prices, including charges, in the ERP system, as well as ensuring that the correct prices are being sent timely to our customers via sales managers. The Pricing & Cost of Sales Analyst will coordinate the periodical costing and pricing process in close coordination with the Purchase department, Formulation, Customer Care, Commercial departments and Business controlling. The pricing process leads to optimization of the profit of Trouw Nutrition Ukraine in line with the long-term strategy of the company. The Pricing & Cost of Sales Analyst reports to the Finance Director. Activities are performed for our production facility in Vinnytsia region.

The Pricing & Cost of Sales Analyst provides analysis of cost of sales in details, raw and packaging materials variance analysis, as well as process cost variations and revisions on yearly basis. He/she participates in budgeting process (preparation of analytics and relevant information for Annual Budged, Rolling forecasts). Provides support to Finance director and management team on management accounts reporting during monthly closing and budgeting process.

Tasks

The main tasks of the Pricing & Cost of Sales Analyst are:

• Responsible for the preparation and maintenance of the raw material price lists in the ERP environment and for putting the sales prices correctly and timely in the system.
• Calculating and sending every month the prices for third customers following the standard calculation, responsible for adding charges and additions in the system.
• Calculating of pricing scenarios taking into account recipes, production costs and supply chain costs
• Preparing offers in close cooperation with sales and relevant departments, position and risk management, organizing and analyzing of benchmarks (market intelligence database)
• Ensuring timely price setting for new or changed items on a daily basis. Safeguarding the raw material prices and currency risks for sales contracts with a solid sales price and volume.
• Coordinating the communication between Customer Care and sales when a customer has reached the maximum contract volume.
• Communicating of actual market information/developments to the commercial organization and customers through market reports.
• Ensuring order monitoring in order to safeguard the balance between purchased and sold positions.
• Provides variance analysis with relevant comments during month closing and budgeting
• Provides relevant ad hoc analytics of costs and expenses
• Ensures that company policies related to pricing and costing process are at place in compliance with local and group regulations. Develops local procedures and instructions related to the scope of his responsibilities

Your profile

• Economic background;
• Combines a general understanding of the business with knowledge of purchase and sales markets;
• Preference for a person with Agricultural affinity
• Strong analytical skills and attention to details
• Strong customer focus and agility in communication
• Excellent knowledge of Ukrainian and English, both spoken and written

Our offer

As part of Nutreco, Trouw Nutrition offers you a broad and independent role in a professional growing organization with a strong global character. There is a pleasant and informal working environment in which you cooperate with dedicated colleagues. Our aim is to develop your professional and personal capacities to realize personal growth. this concerns a full time function with an attractive package of compensations and benefits.