The Pricing Architect is responsible for designing and governing the enterprise pricing architecture across sales contracts, cost-plus pricing models, commodity index pricing, hedging allocation, and margin governance. This role ensures that pricing processes are scalable, auditable, and fully integrated with core ERP platforms such as SAP ECC / SAP S/4HANA and external pricing platforms like CPQ and pricing optimization tools.
The architect will collaborate with commercial, finance, and risk management teams to ensure pricing strategies align with enterprise financial and operational goals.
1. Pricing Architecture & Strategy
Design and implement end-to-end pricing architecture covering:
Cost-plus pricing
Commodity index pricing
Hedge allocation
Margin governance
Define pricing data models, pricing calculation logic, and governance frameworks across ERP and pricing platforms.
Establish scalable pricing frameworks that support enterprise-wide pricing strategies.
2. Solution Design & Integration
Architect integrations between SAP (ECC / S/4HANA)
and external pricing platforms such as PROS, Vendavo, Salesforce CPQ, and Zilliant.
Ensure alignment with SAP pricing conditions, Material Ledger, and contract management processes.
Define data flows between pricing systems, finance systems, and contract management platforms.
3. Commodity & Hedge Pricing Governance
Design architecture supporting commodity index-based pricing and hedging allocation.
Ensure traceability between hedge positions, customer contracts, deliveries, and financial postings.
Enable contract exposure management and pricing transparency.
4. Margin & Risk Governance
Implement pricing governance mechanisms including:
Margin thresholds
Approval workflows
Audit controls
Provide architecture for pricing analytics, margin monitoring, and exposure reporting.
5. Vendor & Platform Evaluation
Evaluate pricing technology platforms and recommend solutions aligned with e