Pricing Manager

Job Introduction

The world we live in is evolving quickly, becoming more and more digital, more demand driven by consumers and more competitive in Sports & Leisure. In this competitive world, our clients’ challenge is to constantly attract more people to their sites, to favour the social link that unites guests sharing a common sports or leisure experience. Our vision is to become our clients’ partner to contribute, through our unique range of services, to the creation of truly unique and memorable sports, leisure and travel experiences for our consumers worldwide.

We are recruiting for a Pricing Manager to support the global Sports & Leisure business which spans across three key regions (UK&I, NORAM and France) and is targeting white space geographies such as Japan, Greater China and Spain.  Our growth ambitions are strong and the consumer is fundamentally at the heart of our business.  This role in the first instance will be focused 40% support to the UK business, 40% to the French business and 20% on building capabilities and best practice implementation in other S&L countries.

For more information on the company see Careers in Sports and Leisure

Role Responsibility

• Work with each regional marketing, finance and operational team in order to ensure consistent pricing strategies as part of the marketing mix
• Work closely with the head of insights to create and deploy consumer driven pricing strategies that will support our revenue management strategy across the business
• Support the offer development process vis a vis pricing strategies
• Monitor retail performance and drive our data analytics capabilities in conjunction with the marketing and finance teams
• Conduct price benchmarking for specific large projects where required across the segment and make pricing recommendations.  Work with the teams to create and implement action plans which deliver results which can be measured in the form of increased volume, transaction value or loyalty (more people, more money, more often).
• Collaborate to provide pricing guidelines and price list for Sales Team and Bid Center in accordance with segment strategy
• Collaborate with Region Food Platform for setting National Retail Prices and updating National Catalogues for Sports & Leisure and participate in the retail factory project

The Ideal Candidate

• Previous experience in pricing (3-5 years minimum)
• Pricing qualification an advantage
• Strong analytical capability
• B2C passion – “consumer experience” mind-set
• Experience in B2B and B2C service activities
• Desire and passion to learn and grow
• Analytical skills and expertise in EXCEL, Power BI and relevant platforms (thinking outside the numbers)
• Ability to manage multiple projects and timelines
• Good knowledge of marketing fundamentals
• Strong project management skills
• Good presentation and communication skills to build constructive relationships; capacity to develop influential relationships and collaborate with cross functional teams
• Self-motivated, disciplined and well organized
• Fluent in English and French (written and oral)

Package Description

• Highly competitive annual salary
• Attractive compensation plan incl. bonus and flexible benefits

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.