Pricing Assistant Manager

Toyota Motor Asia Pacific is ranked in Singapore’s Best Employers. Toyota exists to enable mobility for all, delivering a future of freedom of movement through a diverse range of mobility services and transportation solutions to enrich the lives of people everywhere in the world.

Toyota Motor Asia Pacific [TMAP] is the regional corporate headquarters and subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation and is located in Singapore. Since its founding, TMAP has played a key role in establishing and supporting Toyota throughout the region, bringing thrill and joy to people across the Asia Pacific.

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We are seeking committed and motivated individuals to fill the following position:
**Assistant Manager**:
**Job Summary**

In the Area Operations Department responsible for India and 4 smaller South Asian countries, the Pricing Senior Specialist manages the vehicle pricing operation for Toyota & Lexus models, together with a small team of two Pricing Specialists. In addition, the Pricing Team Leader provides ad-hoc support for Product Planning or other project-related business issues based on in-depth market knowledge.

1. Team leadership
- Able to guide a small team of junior members and ensure their professional development while ensuring high team morale and motivation

2. Pricing Management
- Analyze market, product, promotion, customer profile, demand & supply, and competitor’s movement to identify optimum vehicle price setting.
- Create business proposals for new vehicle pricing, negotiate and seek approval from all stakeholders and management.

3. Cost & Profit Management
- Update profit calculation sheets with various cost factors periodically and plan for profit improvement counter measures.
- Conduct cost study to understand vehicle cost movement.
- Negotiate appropriate profit distribution with related stakeholders including Toyota global head office and national distributors.

4. Product Planning & Project support
- Support distributors and related planning functions in managing product portfolio (e.g. planning for new product introductions as well as product updates).

5. Others
- Manage other ad-hoc request or issues from internal functional departments, global head office, regional partner office and national distributors.
- Support management to prepare presentation documents for top management reporting when required.

**Job Requirements**:

- Degree in Economics, Finance, or Business
- 7 -10 years of experience, preferably in a similar role in the automotive industry
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, strong negotiation skills
- Leadership and coaching skills: able to lead a small team of junior pricing specialists, providing on-the-job training and development
- Flair for numbers as well as strong analytical skills
- Data analysis, complex calculations and numerical simulations, advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Visual presentation skills: able to create professional documents using Microsoft PowerPoint
- Able to easily create good working relationship with people from different cultural backgrounds
- Confident personality, can-do mentality
- Meticulous, well-organized, attention for detail
- Able to multi-task and to take strong ownership of tasks
- Willing to travel on short notice and work long hours when necessary

**What’s in It for You**

In addition to providing exciting work, career advancement opportunities and a collaborative work environment where you will get to work with a diverse team, TMAP provides a competitive compensation package and comprehensive health and wellness benefits. Furthermore, we have flexible work arrangements and upskilling opportunities for your career development.