Pricing Associate

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help our patients see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon.

Alcon is the global leader in eye care, dedicated to helping people see brilliantly. With our 70-plus-year heritage, we are the largest eye-care device company in the world - with complementary businesses in Surgical and Vision Care. Being a truly global company, we work in over 70 countries and serve patients in more than 140 countries.

We are currently recruiting for a Pricing Associate who will be responsible for providing support to the Pricing Department, with particular focus on key processes involved with pricing quotations, inbox management, deal construction and modelling. This role involves working cross functionally within the wider Surgical team, effective communication skills and excellent attention-to-detail.

The daily role of the Pricing Associate:

- Produce timely and accurate quotations within agreed timeframes and KPI’s in place.
- Accurate calculations using pricing tools including CPQ and templates available for both cash purchases and Finance Agreements.
- Support the field force with Deal Construction using internal resources and templates.
- Training of new Account managers on internal quoting system process.
- Drafting contract letters and templates and uploading onto internal system & ongoing management of the templates in use.
- Ensure Pricing forms are filled in accurately.
- Liaise with other departments in resolving of pricing queries, pricing extensions and using internal pricing tools.
- Maintain and manage all customer and product data in CPQ quoting tool.
- Attend and represent Pricing Function on Weekly inter-departmental call.
- Update database, customers repository and carry out analysis of data as and when required
- Develop reports as directed by the Head of Strategic Pricing.
- Reflect the Alcon values of Quality, Reliability, Flexibility, Speed, Cost and Alcon’s leadership behaviours.
- Carry out and manage the monthly Contract Price Review process.
- Any other duties or projects as requested by the Line Manager commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility for this role, for which the associate has the necessary experience and/or training

What you should bring to this role:

- Advanced Excel skills required
- College Level qualification or equivalent (e.g. GNVQ/NVQ level 3/A levels) - desired
- Proven experience supporting a busy department and managing/prioritising a heavy workload
- Experience in using CRM and database systems

Competencies needed for this role:

- Communication Skills (oral, written and listening ability): Effectively and efficiently conveys clear, complete and focused information; interacts with people at all levels of authority; tailors messages to audiences and listen to the views of others; effectively presents topics/information to individual and group audiences
- Organizational Skills: Prioritizes tasks efficiently and productively, and manages time well
- Problem Solving: Takes a logical and analytical approach to solving problems; generates workable solutions and resolves issues/challenging situations
- Self-Motivation: Self-starter able to work independently and proactively on own initiative
- Teamwork: Team player, able to excel at building trusting relationships with customers and colleagues; manages and delegates to others and takes on responsibility; builds positive working relationships to achieve positive goals and business objectives
- Results Orientated: Demonstrates a high degree of results orientation; drive, enthusiasm and commitment towards achieving results / fulfilling objectives; ability to work under pressure / strict deadlines
- Adaptability/Flexibility: Highly adaptable / flexible - ability to react and respond positively to changing conditions, priorities and workload; works independently or as part of a team to effectively manage, prioritize and juggle multiple concurrent tasks or projects
- Customer Focused: Assigns the highest priority to customer satisfaction; establishes effective relationships with customers, gains trust and respect
- Detail Oriented: Accurate with a high degree of detail orientation
- Experience in using CRM and database systems

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