Job Description: About Us Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray, and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has a relevant role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we build shared value. Purpose The main purpose of the Pricing role is to develop, implement, and optimize pricing strategies that maximize the company's profitability and competitiveness in the market. This role is crucial to ensuring that the company's products and services are appropriately valued, balancing customer perception with the company's financial objectives. A Pricing specialist works closely with various departments, such as sales, marketing, and finance, to align pricing strategies with business goals and adapt to market dynamics. This role is essential to ensure that resources allocated to promotions, discounts, and other commercial activities are used effectively, generating the greatest possible impact on sales and profitability. Capabilities Strong analytical skills. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with stakeholders. Influencing skills. Cash and risk management. Ample capacity to fulfill business performance reading needs to support senior management decision-making. Identify transformational initiatives to accelerate improvements in business performance. Takes ownership for delivering on promises and speaks up when operational standards are not accomplished. Works logically and proactively toward solutions. Good teammate. Be creative, take risks, generate ideas and move them to action. Be a great business partner by working side by side with other areas to create value for the company. Proactively give and request feedback and be willing to learn from mistakes. Understand the controls and governance required, work within these, and always speak up if they are not met. Top Accountabilities Provide financial analysis as needed, in the claiming process of open items (price differences, incomplete payments, commercial charges, etc). Warrant the quality and fulfillment of Diageo requirements for the customers. Provide financial and commercial teams with guidance and information about business risks and potential mitigation plans. Influence the commercial and financial teams during the business decision-making process. Build and maintain a high-quality and effective internal control area. Deliver successful internal & external (GAR - PwC) audits. Qualifications and Experience Required Essential: Business Administration, International Business, or Accounting university degree. Financial or related experience (4 years). Pricing and trade spend management experience. Strong analytical skills. Strong customer service attitude. Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Strong MS Office knowledge. Fluent in English. Desirable: System skills (SAP knowledge). Having an overview of market and customer specifics. Inclusion & Diversity Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills, and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose, and standards set the conditions for us to respect the outstanding contribution each person brings. Flexibility is key to success in our business, and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, and flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don't let anything stop you from applying. #J-18808-Ljbffr