11 Oct
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Wesource Business Solutions
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Bengaluru
11 Oct
Wesource Business Solutions
Bengaluru
Location: Bangalore, India
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to gather accurate product, stock, cost and pricing information.
- Consolidate and standardize product information in line with AutoPlanet's product master data standards.
- Create and modify products in the ERP system, ensuring product specifications, fitment, categorization, images and other relevant information are complete and accurate.
- Maintain a clean, accurate and deduplicated product catalog, proactively identifying and correcting data gaps, duplicates and inconsistencies.
- Coordinate with vendors to onboard new SKUs and discontinue/archive obsolete products in a timely manner.
- Map products to the latest vendor price lists, cost prices and stock lists, ensuring accurate pricing and availability are reflected on the website and ERP.
- Monitor and analyse competitor pricing across relevant products and categories to assess AutoPlanet's price competitiveness and identify pricing gaps, opportunities and risks.
- Conduct regular price benchmarking against competitors and marketplace sellers, including comparisons of selling price, promotions, discounts and other relevant commercial offers.
- Provide pricing recommendations to management based on vendor costs, competitor pricing, market conditions, margins and AutoPlanet's commercial objectives.
- Track and maintain appropriate price positioning and margins across products, highlighting products where pricing is uncompetitive, margins are below target or pricing opportunities exist.
- Update pricing promptly following vendor price changes and maintain a clear audit trail of cost and selling-price revisions.
- Coordinate with vendors to validate price changes, special pricing, rebates, promotions and commercial terms before updating AutoPlanet's selling prices.
- Manage pricing for promotions, discounts, campaigns and special offers as directed by management, ensuring pricing is accurate across all relevant channels.
- Monitor stock levels across vendors, flag low-stock and out-of-stock products, and coordinate replenishment timelines and alternate SKUs with procurement and vendors.
- Identify opportunities to improve product availability by recommending alternate products/SKUs based on stock, pricing, fitment and customer demand.
- Support the sales and customer service teams with accurate and up-to-date product, stock, cost and selling-price information.
- Respond to pricing and stock queries raised by customer-facing teams and resolve discrepancies with vendors or internal stakeholders.
- Regularly review the product catalog to identify pricing errors, outdated prices, missing products, duplicate SKUs and data inconsistencies.
- Prepare regular management reports covering competitor pricing, price competitiveness, margins, vendor price changes, stock status, pricing accuracy and catalog health.
- Maintain pricing and product data in a structured manner to support sales reporting, promotions, CRM activities and management decision-making.
Requirements and Skills
- Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of relevant experience in product data, catalog management, pricing, commercial operations or a similar role.
- Prior experience in the tyre or automotive industry is preferred.
- Experience working with product catalogs, pricing databases and large volumes of SKU-level data.
- Hands-on experience creating and maintaining products and pricing in an ERP system.
- Strong understanding of pricing principles, competitor benchmarking, margin analysis and commercial pricing.
- Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, including XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, pivot tables, data reconciliation, filtering and analysis of large datasets.
- Working knowledge of PowerPoint and other MS Office tools.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify pricing trends, competitor gaps and commercial opportunities from large datasets.
- High accuracy and attention to detail when handling product, cost, stock and pricing information.
- Strong coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively with multiple vendors, procurement, sales, finance, IT and internal stakeholders.
- Solid vendor management and follow-up skills, particularly when obtaining updated pricing, stock information and commercial terms.
- Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written. Arabic is an advantage given the KSA market and vendor coverage.
- Organized and able to manage recurring pricing, catalog and competitor-monitoring cycles while meeting deadlines under pressure.
- Commercially minded, proactive and comfortable challenging inaccurate or uncompetitive pricing when identified.
📌 Product & Pricing Executive (Bengaluru)
🏢 Wesource Business Solutions
📍 Bengaluru