Senior Pricing Analyst

 

 

Job-Description

Pricing Analyst

Date

03/17/2026

 

Overview

Job Title:                                 Pricing Analyst - Chocolate

Department:                         Finance

Reporting To:                         Commercial Finance Manager

Direct Reports:                      N/A

Work Arrangements:           Hybrid (3 days in office)

Business Location:                Richmond, British Columbia

 

Puratos Mission

Founded in Belgium in 1919, Puratos is growing rapidly with over 10,000 employees in 100 countries, with €3 billion in revenue. Our mission is to move the planet forward by creating innovative food solutions for the health & well-being of people everywhere. Puratos Canada is headquartered in Mississauga. Our ingredients are found in some of the most recognized industrial bakeries, retailers, and food service organizations in the country. Puratos Canada employs 300 people and has a revenue of $200M.

Role Description

The Pricing Analyst plays a critical role in ensuring Puratos Canada maintains competitive, profitable, and customer‑aligned pricing across all product categories manufactured at the Richmond site.

This role is responsible for:

• In collaboration with Commercial Finance Manager, co-lead the price change strategy and ongoing margin improvement initiatives
• Managing price lists, quotes, profitability analysis, and pricing scenarios
• Supporting Sales, Finance, Product Management, and the Richmond GM with decision‑ready insights

• Manage the budget to oversee volume, revenue, and margin targets.

This position requires strong analytical rigor, financial acumen, attention to detail, and cross‑functional communication skills. 

Mandate

• Ensure compliance with all local, national, and corporate environmental, health and safety rules and regulations.
• Comply with all local and national food safety and legal requirements.
• Perform all job responsibilities under the strictest consideration of health and safety, food quality and production parameters.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Pricing Management & Margin Optimization

• Lead the end‑to‑end pricing process for the Richmond portfolio.
• Build and maintain pricing models incorporating cost changes (ingredients, packaging, labour, FX, freight, overhead).
• Conduct margin and profitability analysis by customer, SKU, channel, and business unit.
• Partner with Sales on pricing proposals, customer quotes, and contract renewals.
• Support ongoing pricing changes, ensuring transparency and accuracy.
• Support pricing scenario modelling for new product launches, reformulations, and customer onboarding.
• Monitor cost evolution and recommend pricing actions to protect margins.
• Maintain pricing governance, version control, and audit‑readiness of pricing files.

2. Business & Financial Analytics

• Develop the yearly budget, including projections for volume, revenue, and margin.
• Provide weekly/monthly reporting on revenue, margin, volumes, mix impacts, and pricing performance.
• Develop dashboards and tools to improve visibility of pricing trends and commercial KPIs.

3. Tools, Systems & Process Improvement

• Maintain and improve pricing templates, models, trackers, and databases.
• Support the transition toward more automated pricing tools (e.g., Power BI, SAP pricing modules).
• Identify opportunities to streamline pricing workflows and eliminate manual inefficiencies.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Data Analytics, or related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years experience in pricing, finance, business analytics, category manageme