Job Description

ROLE PURPOSE

• The Pricing Specialist will be responsible for the coordination, execution, and analysis of all pricing-related matters including special projects, productization, proposals, and tenders.
• Create clear commercial models and objectives
• Development and implementation of the Commercial Strategy
• Develop an effective interface with the Employers financial procedures

ROLE REQUIREMENT

• Ensure Commercial processes and procedures are created and adhered to.
• Management of the quoting administrators.
• Develop and implement pricing strategies for the company's products and services, including tenders.
• Direct impact on business profitability.
• Gives regular, comprehensive, and constructive feedback to the team and conducts their performance appraisals.
• Proactively seeks feedback from team members and deals constructively with any criticism.
• Understanding the end-user requirements and pricing accordingly
• Liaising with internal technical personnel, suppliers, and distributors to put the best deal forward.
• Efficiently and timely process quotes that are well-presented and complete.
• Accurate analyses of pricing documents to ensure competitive and value-based proposals
• Sound understanding of forex and conversions
• Building of commercial/financial models
• Working in a fast-paced tender environment and ensuring deadlines are adhered to.
• Analyse price relationships between products
• Collaborate with senior management to implement new pricing initiatives
• Train and direct a pricing team
• Oversee the competitive landscape for assigned product categories.
• Review market trends for pricing opportunities to optimize revenues
• Knowledge of CCW system
• Cisco Deal registrations and discount negotiations
• Cisco order tool experience
• Coordinating the bidding effort, by preparing tenders (from the pricing point of view), completing pricing schedules, and delivering tender pricing-related inputs accurately and timeously.

JOB SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

• Administration and Management Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• English Language Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Administrative Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
• Time Management Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Critical Thinking Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Law and Government Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Grade 12
• Tertiary Qualification in Finance, Business Management, or Similar.
• 3 to 5 years experience in general sales administration within the IT industry.
• Financial administration background within the same industry.
• Need to have Cisco experience essential.

COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

• Integrity
• Leadership
• Dependability
• Self-Control
• Stress Tolerance
• Attention to Detail
• Cooperation
• Initiative
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Achievement/Effort
• Social Orientation

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