Regional Pricing Manager Consumer AP

Location: CN - RHQ   
Goodyear Talent Acquisition Representative: Amber Li  
Sponsorship Available:  No
Relocation Assistance Available: No 

Primary Purpose of the Position
•    Accelerate the deployment of the value based pricing strategy for the AP region, aligned with the global company vision and supporting local business objectives
•    Ensure the Customer Value Proposition to different channels is locally reflected into an optimized commercial policy enabling a balanced omnichannel presence
•    Steer new product pricing on regional level and take ownership for the deliverables
•    Implement effective pricing steering processes to assess pricing performance vs the strategy and mitigate parallel activities
•    Coordinate DOT, downstream and overstock actions on regional level and develop RRP methodology
•    Consolidate pricing intelligence needs from the markets and drive respective tool development
•    Support and guide the local pricing managers and enable their development with regional initiatives and sharings

Principle Duties and Responsibilities
30%    Pricing Strategy Development
•    Accelerate the deployment of a value driven pricing strategy across the APAC region, reflecting the value offering to the endconsumers into a fair price positioning
•    Assess the gaps in the positioning and commercial policies of all markets in the region and identify respective corrective measures
•    Steering local channel margin assessment and consideration of the local GTM approach and business priorities in the commercial policy design
•    Coordinate and validate pricing inputs for the introduction of new products to deliver timely and high quality presentation to senior stakeholders
20%    Pricing Steering Enablement
•    Drive the implementation of pricing steering processes to ensure consistent delivery versus the defined strategy
•    Regularly assess pricing performance and ensure transparency and evaluation of potential deviations
•    Develop guidelines to mitigate parallel trade activities
20%    Operational Pricing Excellence
•    Assess business impacts of local promotional activities and support markets with effective tactical pricing design
•    Systematically coordinate old DOT, downstream and overstock clearance activities in and between the markets 
•    Develop a robust approach to RRP, ensuring consistent communication to the end consumers while benefiting retail margins
10%    Pricing Intelligence
•    Consolidate regional pricing data needs and develop respective use cases 
•    Steer the development and adoption of efficient pricing tools and systems and fast track pricing process optimization
•    Provide analytical support to various stakeholders by deep diving in the respective pricing topics and linking them with other data points
10%    Team Expertise
•    Help the team to overcome the resistance to change by promoting the winner mindset and generating buy in for the company vision
•    Drive pricing talent development through methodology expalanations, best practice sharing and regular feedback
•    Enable collaboration in the team by creating required platforms for exchange and steering discussions and alignment
10%    Ad hoc initiatives and presentations

Goodyear is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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