Role Summary:

• Ensure, coordinate and perform the pricing of new projects of passenger cars of the Volkswagen Group
• Ensure, coordinate and perform financial evaluations of product developments as a decision support for decision-making committees (e.g. VAP, PK) and management board
• Profit-orientation of new products aiming at a financially robust planning
• Co-determination of long term price strategies and ensuring sales approaches for new products
• Decision recommendation concerning the pricing of new products
• Generate and develop reports and analyses for a financially orientated product policy

Role Responsibilities:

Independent work and evaluation of complex business processes in course of pricing of product developments and to coordinate with other departments (55%):

• Profit distribution calculation (‘Paletten’-calculation)
• Product decision calculation (PER) for PSK and other decision-making committees
• Determination of prices and price components
• Profit-improvement concerning product and offer policies
• Evaluation of price and product measures to reduce complexity

Developing and defining suggestions to ensure the aims of the group and to coordinate those with business partners (15%):

• Data of calculation for financial evaluations
• Pre-calculations or in comparison for an economic interpretation
• Competitive comparisons and field analysis (volumes and prices)
• Price premises for budget planning or planning round
• Price negotiations in consideration of competitor’s behavior, costs and changes in currency rates

Independent managing of special tasks according to own experience and knowledge (30%):

• Developing of new concepts and principles concerning the financial evaluation:
• Methods and processes of price calculation and financial statements
• Decision calculations for price and product measures including criteria for evaluation measures of profit improvement within the process of market planning

Qualiications:

Years of Experience:

• 2-4 years

Education:

• Bachelor of Science / Business Administration - required
• Master of Science / Business Administration - desired

Skills:

• Good analytical capability
• High level of reliability
• Good communication skills
• Good automotive knowledge
• High level of assertiveness
• Excellent language skills (English/German/Spanish)

Specialized Skills - Required:

• Good knowledge of PEP process
• Excellent office knowledge (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point incl. ThinkCell)
• Good system skills (EBCON, MBV, COMPAS, eVPS, PISA)
• Good knowledge of profit contribution calculations (Palette, PER)

Work Flexibility:

• Varying working hours due to project driven workload
• Good stress resistance

Volkswagen Group of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

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