What you will do:

• Lead pricing discipline, effectively managing pricing and deal execution
• Responsible for Secured gross pricing, price realization and secured gross margin rate attainment within region; will work closely (peer to peer) with Sales leadership to achieve these regional goals
• Acts as a strategic partner and strong implementer in supporting the VP/GM Region and country commercial sales leaders to manage price and optimize profits.
• Focuses on maximizing total variable margins and shifting the business to value based philosophy in pricing.
• Develop, evaluate and implement pricing strategies and models based upon current business and competitive market dynamics.
• Works closely with VP Pricing and APAC pricing team to build a culture and DNA of pricing and value to the customer across Pacific sales and commercial teams.
• Prepare and drive regular discussions regarding pricing strategy, competitive pricing insight with the VP/GM Region
• Drive the implementation of APAC pricing process and policy within the region.

How you will do it:

• Drive value capture by implementing price strategy and managing deal execution, set additional pricing targets, as required
• Strategically shift from ‘cost plus’ pricing to value-based pricing. Build a culture of pricing within the APAC organization (culture, mindset and processes).
• Acts as a business partner for pricing, manages deal execution and coaches the team toward full lifecycle profitability
• Lead on-going pricing activities across product, sales, marketing, and finance
• Competitor pricing monitoring & benchmarking mechanism across all LOBs with the region
• Establish major model cost/price review cadence to ensure competitiveness of JCI “star/volume products”
• Develop vertical market-based solution/value selling toolkit to drive solution & value selling (instead of commodity equipment selling)
• Establish product cost structure regular review cadence, look into mid term key impact commodity price trend, to develop forward looking pricing
• Lead development of long-term pricing strategy for complex products/services, including refining the price approval process etc.
• Be a subject matter expert for the field sales and commercial teams.
• Achieve cross-functional and cross geo coordination needed to develop and implement price strategy
• Define and disseminate best practices in pricing process and execution

What we look for:

• University degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. MBA or another advanced degree required, additional technical degree preferred
• 5+ years pricing-related experience, with demonstrated success: change management leadership, implementation of new processes/systems
• Strong organization-building skills, including establishing links across firm’s BUs and regions
• Outstanding cross-functional leadership skills
• Analytic ability to understand and define critical issues (benefit/value map, pre-approved discount level, deal waterfall, volume impact)
• Strong negotiating skills based on a thorough understanding of sales/marketing practices

What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time
• Comprehensive benefits package
• On the job/cross training opportunities
• Encouraging and collaborative team environment
• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy