Lenovo

About Lenovo

We are Lenovo!

Currently the number one PC vendor worldwide, we continue to be the fastest growing company in our respective field. We’re a leader in genuine innovation, dreaming up – and building – the technology and services that enable and inspire progress around the world.

We are dedicated to fostering an environment that encourages entrepreneurism and ownership - a workplace where your talents can be challenged, and your efforts recognized and rewarded. We’re the progressive thinkers, creative doers and endless tinkerers who will always challenge the traditional and who know true groundbreakers never stand still. No matter what team you’re a part of, joining us you can create real impact.

In this position, you will not only act as a guardian of the P&L and Opportunity Consultant to the sales function, to provide bid review and commercial sign off within the assigned delegation matrix, in order to drive sales and profit for Lenovo, but also will function as a Team Leader for our Western European Pricing Team direct reporting to the Pricing Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Be the ENGINE for the western European Pricing Team; serve as their main focal in terms of operational topics & drive productivity further with inline the need of the business
• Perform end2end Team Leading related tasks from hiring thru performance management to serving your team members with the highest quality
• Conduct a detailed review of the Customer requirement with the Sales teams, ensure appropriate pricing methodology is selected and profit maximized for each opportunity
• Maximize bid profitability through a detailed understanding of component cost environment and roadmap – provide guidance to the Sales on the most economically advantageous offering
• Review product offering with Sales / Product managers to ensure Lenovo has a compliant offering, guard against adding additional cost from 'over configuring'
• Provide Sales teams response to commercial questions contained in Customer tenders / Lenovo response documents
• Work with Profit Managers/Legal team to ensure any non-standard deals have had appropriate risk review and results have been factored into pricing decision making
• Financial modeling of opportunities in MS Excel format, applying appropriate cost adjustments
• Ensure Price setting has been approached with due diligence and is based upon known market requirements or precedence
• Think “outside of the box” to drive for innovative ways to increase profitability/win rates

Organization

You will report to EMEA Pricing Manager.

Position Requirements:

• 3-6 years of experience in Finance, preferably in pricing
• People leading related experience gained in a professional working environment
• Fluent in Business English (oral and written). Another Western European language is an advantage
• Excellent skills with standard software tools/systems (Power BI, MS Dynamics (365), MS Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)
• Proven track record of delivering results in metrics-driven operational environment
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure to achieve the targets and meet the deadlines
• Excellent communication skills (written and spoken)
• Strong planning and time management skills
• SAP & MS Dynamics knowledge is advantageous
• Outstanding negotiation skill is beneficial
• Education in Finance / Accounting is a plus

• We give you the opportunity to become part of a WW Finance Team (Center of Excellence)
• We provide an outstanding career path in Finance with further development and career opportunities
• We enable you to influence the process design, bring your own ideas and implement improvements
• We will provide you with training opportunities to improve your skills and knowledge

We are looking forward to discussing this position with you soon!

Base gross monthly salary from 1700 EUR, which can be higher depending on experience + variable part on top + various choice of benefits