Price Support Engineer - Xylem - Kempton Park

Xylem |'zil?m| 1) The tissue in plants that brings water upward from the roots; 2) a leading global water technology company. Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world's most challenging water issues, is the leading global provider of efficient, innovative and sustainable water technologies improving the way water is used, managed, conserved and re-used. Our international team is unified in a common purpose: creating advanced technology and other trusted solutions to solve the world's water challenges. We are committed to creating an organization of inclusion and diversity, where everyone feels involved, respected, valued and connected, and where everyone is free to bring their authentic selves and ideas. If you are excited and passionate about helping us letssolvewater, we want to hear from you For more information, please visit us at www.xylem.com ?. We Offer You More Than Just "A Job" - Professional Development - To advance the capabilities of our people, we offer a wide variety of experiences to support our employees' professional growth and continuous learning. - Total Rewards - We offer comprehensive programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, work-life integration and corporate citizenship. - Watermark - Watermark is our corporate social responsibility program working to provide education and access to safe water to ensure healthy lives, gender equality, and resilient communities. Employees have the opportunity to learn and volunteer on various water-related projects. - Employee Networks - Our Employee Networks provide a professional, supportive network for employees from diverse backgrounds, including Women's, LGBT and Allies, Veteran's, People of Color and Allies, Emerging Leaders, and Working Parents Networks. The Role: Price Support Engineer PURPOSE OF THE POSITION Support the function of Price and help drive the optimization of our price actions to enable profitable business decisions and alignment with company price strategy. SCOPE: - Support the Africa Price Lead with price development and data management activities. - Assist with analysing price metrics to ensure and maintain compliance with price strategies. - Develop tools and Standard Operating Procedures that will optimize our price actions. - Initiates continuous improvement projects that will optimize and simplify the price process. - Investigate price and margin leakage and waste. - Support company high impact culture through demonstration and living the vision and values. RESPONSIBILITIES Data Management - Develop and modify data infrastructure to accelerate data processing, analysis, and reporting. - Developing standards of operation related to the data of each family group of a product. - Assist Price Decision Maker (PDM), Finance and / or Master Data Controller with maintenance and correction of price & master data on ERP and / or other price tools. - Assist and coordinate with Product Managers to ensure availability of up-to-date price list of products. Pricing - Involved in the price increase activities by analysing price changes to customers based on the IPL changes by GC. - Support during preparation of Customer pricelists & tools for each region and brand along with continues update and coordination of master data. - Preparation and evaluation of Internal CQM sheets to the sales support and tendering departments for products and spare parts. - Supports other departments (Product managers, sales, finance, and sales support teams) in concerns related to pricing and data, i.e. price communication, competitor analyses and market trends, etc. - Address issues and concerns raised by team members relating to pricing suggestions. REQUIREMENTS - Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field. - A minimum of 2 years of experience working in similar capacity / experience in finance and analytics strongly preferred. - Advanced Excel experience essential. - SAP/ Power PI experience will be an added advantage. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES - Ability to analyse, interpret, and organize substantial amounts of data, able to sit in front of computer screen for prolonged periods of time. - Meticulous - the ability to pay close attention to detail while remaining accurate is crucial in the analysis of large collections of data. (accuracy and diligence) - Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills - Excellent time management skills and the ability to work towards meeting multiple deadlines simultaneously. - Interest and knowledge about the industry, including competitors and market trends. KEY COMPETENCIES / PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES - High level of Integrity and Ethics, - Initiative-taking, confident, and proactive, - Creative when it comes to problem and conflict solving, - Strong cross functional skills, excellent communication, and negotiation skills, - Committed to continual improvement, personal development, and achievement of objectives. Apply Now

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