Pricing Analyst

Overview

Pricing Analyst on the Commercial Excellence Team, reporting to the AMEA Pricing Manager, supporting Avantor's pricing strategy across the Laboratory Solutions Segment (LSS) and Bioscience Production Segment (BPS).

What you'll do

• Develop and implement data-driven pricing strategies to optimize revenue, maximize margins and enhance market share while ensuring high customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with Sales and Portfolio teams to coordinate pricing proposals and opportunities.
• Work with Sales, Portfolio Management, Master Data and Finance teams to streamline pricing operations and process optimization.
• Partner with analytics leadership to drive improvements in pricing infrastructure.
• Continuously refine pricing processes by incorporating feedback from internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop price guidance, metrics and product cost analysis for self-manufactured and traded products, and perform gross margin analysis at local and corporate levels.
• Conduct detailed pricing analytics, including price elasticity studies, geographic/regional behavior analysis, discount trends, price bell curve analysis and price-volume-mix evaluation.
• Leverage advanced analytics to simulate pricing scenarios and assess impacts on profitability and market competitiveness.
• Coordinate with AMEA Global Master Data and Global Pricing Operations to resolve costing and pricing issues within the ERP system.
• Maintain and monitor the pricing repository and identify opportunities for system enhancements.
• Generate comprehensive data analysis reports and provide actionable insights to guide business decisions.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree from a Tier-1 college.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Pricing Analyst or in a similar role, ideally within an MNC in a B2B environment managing a diverse product portfolio.
• Strong understanding of pricing strategies, optimization techniques, margin analysis and price-volume-mix.
• Proficiency in SAP, advanced Excel, R programming language and data visualization tools (Power BI / Tableau).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to perform complex analyses.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining data accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while working under tight deadlines.
• Strong organizational skills with a proactive and self-driven work ethic.
• Business acumen along with excellent communication and presentation skills.

Nice to have

• MBA from a Tier-1 or Tier-2 business school.
• Experience with pricing tools.

Details

• Location: Gurgaon, India.