Overview
In this role you will shape the pricing strategy and portfolio architecture for Decorative Paints across EMEA, aligning brands, products, pack sizes and channels to maximise revenue and margin. You will work with regional and country teams to translate insights into practical market actions and to support consistent decision-making across markets. You’ll blend market intelligence, analytics and commercial judgment to spot growth opportunities and steer pricing decisions. This is a chance to influence multi-market strategies in a global organisation and contribute to sustainable, profitable growth.
Pay / Benefits
- competitive compensation
- health and wellbeing support
- learning and development opportunities
- flexible working arrangements
- local benefits depending on location
Responsibilities
- Lead the EMEA pricing framework, including price positioning, price indices, pricing corridors and guardrails across markets
- Develop clear and actionable pricing recommendations from consumer, market and competitive insights
- Define approaches to cost recovery and price increases, supporting portfolio execution
- Establish consistent competitive price benchmarking and communicate pricing recommendations, risks and trade-offs to stakeholders
- Own price-pack and portfolio architecture across brands, product tiers, pack sizes and channels
- Assess portfolio performance to identify growth opportunities and simplify or optimise the portfolio
- Set pricing and portfolio principles for new product launches and portfolio changes in partnership with Brand & Category and Product Management
- Partner with regional and country teams to translate strategic guidance into market execution and monitoring
Key requirements
- Master’s degree in business administration, economics, marketing or a comparable field
- At least 7 years of experience in pricing, revenue growth management or commercial strategy in FMCG, consumer goods or retail-facing environments
- Strong hands-on experience with B2C pricing and portfolio strategy, including pricing analysis, simulations and analytical methodologies
- Proven track record of developing pricing strategies for multi-market portfolios and implementing them through local teams
- Strong financial acumen and ability to connect pricing and portfolio decisions to revenue, margin and P&L impact
- Advanced Excel modelling skills and working proficiency in Power BI
- Strong leadership, facilitation and project management skills with ability to influence across functions and levels
- Excellent communication and analytical skills; ability to turn complex information into clear recommendations
- Fluent English
- leadership
- influence across functions
- analytical thinking
- Advanced Excel modelling
- Power BI
- pricing analytics
EMEA RGM Lead - Pricing & Portfolio Architecture in Slough employer: Akzo Nobel
At AkzoNobel, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Felling where innovation meets tradition. Our commitment to employee growth is reflected in our comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salaries, generous holiday allowances, and flexible working options that promote a healthy work-life balance. Join us to be part of a diverse team dedicated to driving digital transformation in manufacturing while enjoying opportunities for personal and professional development.
