Business Specialist

Location: Pindamonhangaba, BR, SP - Req ID: 85907- Facility: Pinda-219- Department: Marketing & TS- Division: Global APS**Basic Function**:
Actively support the South America regional Business departments with relevant analysis and daily operations, potential ideas for improvements, providing pricing expertise, and monitoring of tests/results to maximize value for the product line and pursue value-added (new) business. Performs a key strategic lever for achieving value growth by implementing a more sophisticated pricing strategy at the local level. Work in close collaboration with other APS Business team members including Procurement, Sales,, Supply Chain, TS/PAD, and NBD teams.
**Roles & Responsibilities**:
- Coordinate systematic process for smooth operation on market price changes in an accurate and timely manner, using relevant price set tools. Manage the Request for Quote (RFQ) and Price Deviation Request processes, providing offer price feedback to Sales that is clear and timely.
- Work independently to set pricing and provide quotes to sales up to DOA limits.
- Present monthly analysis of quotes won/lost, number of quotes, and turnaround time by segment.
- Drive continuous improvement and analysis tools.Contribute to the next-generation tool development and participate in project teams related to the enterprise Pricing Excellence journey.
- Analyse and work to improve the end-to-end processes using Key Performance Indicators.
- Implement Business control process thought executing product line monthly/quarterly price and rebate audits for legal compliance and issue related closure reports.
- Maintain commercial terms, including price management, for Purchase for Resale materials in purchasing outline agreements facilitating contract management process (under relevant DOA).
**Min. Qualifications**:
- University degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or Engineering; minimum bachelor's degree in sciences. MBA in Sales and Marketing is desired
- Industry experience with exposure to the Advanced Polymers Solutions business pp compounding and/or engineering plastics, a specialty business, and/or the automotive industry preferred.
- Advanced** **English is mandatory
- Spanish is desired
LI-SGLYB
**Preferred Qualifications**:
- Strong analytical background, including advanced Excel and data analytical tools e.g. Power BI
- IT skills (Microsoft Outlook, Office Word, SharePoint, Teams, SAP, SalesForce)
- Team-oriented to collaborate with other disciplines and support business objectives and goals.
- Critical thinking capabilities to assess needs, identify gaps, and propose solutions.
- Results-oriented with the ability to prioritize, and meet deadlines.
- Customer-focused on delivering solutions that meet their needs promptly.
- Sound business acumen to evaluate alternatives and deliver well-reasoned solutions.
- Experience in synthesizing insights from substantial amounts of information, including scenario modeling (automate/standardize)
- Experience in the automotive industry, such as customer interaction, pricing products, or supply chain experience on OEM or tier level
- Experience managing and administration of pricing and measuring accuracy

---