director pricing europe in Zug

This interesting role is responsible for establishing and heading up a class-leading pricing function within LKQ Europe operating directly from the Heart of Zug.

Key Responsibilities:

• Building a class-leading pricing organization based on the LKQ Functional Design outcome
• Stakeholder Management and change management across the organization and functions
• Own and drive strategic agenda for pricing
• Ensure transparency and gain awareness on all pricing related topics (need and power of pricing)
• Translating LKQ Europe performance targets into specific pricing priorities, tactics, and roadmap
• Driving price optimization activities to improve EBIT
• Driving pricing excellence and strategic priorities
• Implementing a harmonized, technology-based pricing methodology (pricing engine)
• Keeping the pricing organization focused on deliverables and ?removing roadblocks'

Key Decision Rights:

• Allocation of functional pricing organization budget
• Alignment with other functions on cross-functional processes
• Setting of priorities within the pricing function
• Performance goals for pricing team members
• Pricing strategy/priority setting
• Pricing process & methodology
• Pricing corridors as guardrails for local sales

People Management:

• Build, lead and develop the Pricing team on European and Regional level
• Ensure talent management and capability building
• Ensure exchange of best practices and an effective balance between European Category Pricing and Regional Pricing

Key and Desired Skills:

• Master's degree or higher in Business, Finance or related subject
• Team builder (looking out for employees)
• Strong influencer and excellent communication in English, other additional European languages beneficial
• Experience in change management
• Solid level of pricing knowledge (or related fields such as commercial excellence/ margin management/ analytics)
• Solid level of business understanding (or bringing fresh insights from other businesses)
• 5+ years of leading a commercial team/ function and experience in working and leading international teams
• Able to hold both strategic as well as operational conversations

Does the above fits your desire? Apply via email today and I look forward to help you through the recruitment process. Yours, Emil ( emil.goetsch@randstad.ch )