About the role

The Next Level program is our plan that paves the way for the next decade of sustainable growth by moving Barry Callebaut closer to markets and customers while fostering simplicity and digitization to advance our well-recognized innovation and sustainability approach to deliver additional value for all our stakeholders.

As Stream Lead Pricing Excellence, you will become part of the Pricing Excellence initiative within Next Level. The objective of the Pricing Excellence initiative is to mature BC’s pricing processes and systems in order to grow our business profitably, both on margin and volume,  and to install a simplified solution that creates transparency to sales and senior management (up to CEO level).

 

The Pricing Excellence initiative, consists of 3 phases

Solution design: conducting a maturity assessment of the current organization, processes and tools, as a basis to define the high-level dream state, and the creation of the initiative roadmap with business case

Detailed solution design and implementation plan: develop the 360° Target Operating Model (principles, process target state, tools, incentive models & organization), conduct a detailed in-depth as-is analysis, and translate it into a detailed implementation plan

Implementation: design of detailed E2E process, global roll-out of the target operating model, and implement the E2E process & tooling

 

The program is divided into multiple streams (strategy, price models, tools & governance). In this role, you will be the end responsible of a designated stream. The goal is to ensure the in time, global delivery of the project in line with the monetization of the overall business case. A stream typically includes three steps: Concept design, Pilot & Implementation Phase.  

Your main stakeholder will be the pricing counterpart on the business side. Depending on the stream, other stakeholders may be Finance, Information Management, Sales, or other.  Next to the internal stakeholders, it can be the case that you will also work closely together with an external supplier.

 

Key Responsibilities include

Project management 

Drive and lead planning, coordination and implementation of the project to ensure delivery on time, in full and within budget, reaching the project goals across BC globally.

Manage and lead team of participants to ensure that project objectives are met

Set-up of governance structure & meetings

Develop and maintain project plans, and monitor timeline progress

Oversee resource management & performance (both internal and external)

Management of budget resources

Follow-up of interdependencies with other projects and initiatives

Conduct risk analysis and manage identified risks

Content gatekeeper 

Establishment of project charter and subflows

Ensure a qualitative delivery of the concept phase

Coordinate and assess the pilot phase

Creation and follow-up of global implementation plan

Ensure content alignment on a global and functional level

Structuring content for project meetings and overarching program alignments during the whole project

Act as an Ambassador of the stream

Actively promote and ensure a positive energy around the stream

Engage and coordinate Stakeholders

 

About you

Minimum 5 years of business experience

At least 5 years of experience in pricing ideally in a B2B environment and in project management in a multinational and/or global environment

Proven track record for managing complexity in a project environment and keeping team energy high for maximum impact

Proficiency in MS Office suite (especially Excel) and Google tools. 

Knowledge of specific pricing tools is considered a plus 

Able to drive change and motivate people, strong listening and influencing skills

Able to challenge the status quo, curious to understand different points of view. Constantly looking for opportunities to improve.

Disciplined in execution

Motivated by delivering tangible results

Ability to translate business needs into effective solutions and processes

Ability to split complex problems in tangible sub-problems

Communicative

 

What you can expect from Barry Callebaut: 

 

Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package Paid time off, plus 12 paid holidays, plus your birthday off Environment that welcomes workplace flexibility  An atmosphere where diversity is embraced, and inclusivity is second nature. We call it #OneBC! Just ask our champions with the Americas Women’s Forum and the Racial Equality Forum! Ability to grow personally and professionally within an organization that values development and internal career growth Be part of our mission in making sustainability the norm through Forever Chocolate with priorities centered around prospering farmers, zero child labor, carbon and forest positive, and creating 100% sustainable ingredients in all of our products