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You’ll set the direction for our pricing processes and governance, steer the regional pricing managers as one global community, and work directly with senior leadership to turn price and margin insight into decisions. The role sits at global level in a regionally led organisation, so your impact will come from credibility, sound analysis and the confidence to challenge the status quo. If you combine commercial judgement with a genuine curiosity about what the numbers are telling us, I’d look forward to meeting you.”- Kalle Taari, Director, Portfolio Strategy and Performance\nWhat you will do\nTake end-to-end ownership of the pricing processes and the governance around them\nEmbed and continuously improve the processes, analytics and tools\nSet clear pricing guidelines, decision rights and escalation paths across global and regional levels\nSteer and align the regional pricing managers as a global pricing community\nIdentify price and margin gaps and challenge regional leadership with fact-based improvement proposals\nFollow up on implementation and price realisation together with the regions\nMonitor, analyse and forecast price and margin development, with Business Control as partner for costing and forward outlook\nMaintain and develop pricing analytics and reporting for senior management and decision forums\nBuild pricing capability in the Sales organisation and promote consistent pricing decisions through influence and leadership\nWho you are\nYou are an experienced pricing or commercial manager with a proven track record of improving price realization and margins in B2B, technically complex businesses\nYou have hands-on experience with pricing processes, price-setting governance, and pricing analytics\nYou are experienced in leading cross-functional and regional initiatives within an international matrix organization\nYou are fact-driven and analytical, with the confidence to present to and constructively challenge senior executives\nYou have a strong understanding of how Sales, Finance, and Operations interact across the end-to-end value chain\nYou have a Master’s degree or equivalent qualification\nYou are a clear and confident communicator in English, both written and spoken\nYou are motivated by building lasting capabilities and have a curious mindset toward using new tools, data, and technology to enhance commercial performance\nThis is what we offer to you\nA meaningful job: We have an inspiring purpose “We renew the everyday for a future beyond fossils”. Our work is impactful and transformative. \nA caring community: Our community is built on great team spirit and shared commitment. We care about each other and the well-being of our colleagues. We support the work-life balance of all our employees.\nDevelopment opportunities: We offer you great opportunities to learn and grow throughout your career. We are an international, multi-business organization offering plenty of avenues for personal growth.\nResponsible employer: Sustainability is at the core of everything we do. We are committed to ambitious, science-based sustainability targets in all areas, from climate change mitigation to enhancing biodiversity. 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