The location for this role is flexible within the APAC region. Candidates must reside in, or be willing to relocate to, an area near a Nordson Electronics Solutions office. Eligible locations include Shanghai and Suzhou, China; Penang, Malaysia; and Singapore.
Job Summary
The Global Pricing Specialist & Business Analyst is a key contributor within the Electronics Solutions Division, responsible for driving commercial excellence through pricing governance, business systems optimization, and operational transformation initiatives. This role serves as the division's subject matter expert for Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) processes and global pricing programs while partnering closely with Marketing, Product Management, Sales, Finance, IT, and Corporate stakeholders.
The successful candidate combines strong analytical capabilities, business process expertise, and cross-functional leadership to improve profitability, enhance data integrity, support business transformation, and enable scalable growth across global operations
Key Responsibilities
Pricing Strategy & Governance
- Lead administration, governance, and execution of global pricing programs, including pricing structures, margin management, pricing factors, and contractual pricing agreements.
- Partner with Marketing, Product Management, Sales, and Finance teams to conduct annual pricing reviews and implement pricing adjustments.
- Develop and maintain pricing governance policies, controls, and approval processes to ensure alignment with corporate standards.
- Analyze pricing performance, identify opportunities for margin improvement, and recommend strategies that enhance profitability and customer value.
- Support implementation of tariff-related pricing actions, currency exchange updates, and other market-driven pricing adjustments.
- Conduct profitability assessments, pricing analyses, and business performance reviews to inform decision-making.
- Develop and maintain pricing dashboards, gross margin reporting, and related business analytics.
Business process - CPQ Leadership
- Serve as the division lead and subject matter expert for CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) processes, governance, and best practices.
- Manage CPQ configurations, data structures, rules, and processes to ensure accuracy and operational effectiveness.
- Ensure seamless integration between CPQ, SAP, and other enterprise platforms.
- Collaborate with Corporate Information Systems (IS) and business stakeholders to define and implement future-state CPQ capabilities.
- Support evaluation, planning, and implementation of next-generation CPQ platforms and related digital transformation initiatives.
- Provide user support, training, and troubleshooting for pricing and business system processes.
Business analysis to support commercial excellence
- Lead and support business initiatives focused on process standardization, automation, and operational efficiency.
- Partner with cross-functional teams on product hierarchy optimization, portfolio simplification, and margin enhancement programs.
- Drive Lean business practices and continuous improvement efforts across commercial operations.
- Identify opportunities to automate workflows, improve data quality, and streamline business processes.
- Ensure product master data and hierarchy structures are accurately maintained across enterprise systems.
CRM & Commercial Operations Support
- Provide backup support for CRM operations and commercial processes.
- Assist with lead management, web-to-lead processes, campaign governance, and system workflows across current and future CRM platforms.
- Partner with sales and marketing teams to improve data quality, reporting accuracy, and customer engagement processes.
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, Information Systems, Operations, or a related discipline preferred. Or equivalent work experience.
Experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience supporting pricing, commercial operations, business systems, product management, or related business functions.
- Demonstrated experience working in cross-functional environments involving Sales, Marketing, Finance, IT, and Operations.
- Experience with enterprise business systems and data-driven decision making.
Preferred Skills & Competencies
Technical Skills
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with strong analytical and reporting capabilities.
- Experience with SAP and CPQ solutions.
- Familiarity with CRM platforms such as SAP C4C and Salesforce.
- Experience with Power BI, SharePoint, and related business intelligence tools.
- Strong data management and master data governance knowledge.
Professional Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent project management and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on operational excellence.
- Ability to translate business requirements into scalable process and system solutions.
Success Measures
Success in this role will be measured by:
- Improved pricing effectiveness and margin performance.
- Accuracy and integrity of pricing, product, and master data.
- Successful execution of CPQ and business transformation initiatives.
- Increased process automation and operational efficiency.
- Effective cross-functional partnership and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Delivery of actionable business insights through reporting and analytics.
Working Conditions
- Primarily office-based with regular computer and system usage.
- Occasional visits to manufacturing facilities and customer locations.
- Ability to sit for extended periods and use standard office equipment.
- Occasional standing, walking, and travel as required.
Travel Requirements
- Approximately 0-5% annual travel
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, Information Systems, Operations, or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience supporting pricing, commercial operations, business systems, product management, or related business functions
- Experience working cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Finance, IT, and Operations
- Experience with enterprise business systems and data-driven decision-making
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with strong analytical and reporting capabilities
- Experience with SAP and CPQ solutions
- Familiarity with CRM platforms such as SAP C4C and Salesforce
- Experience with Power BI, SharePoint, and related business intelligence tools
- Strong data management and master data governance knowledge
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, project management, and organizational skills
- Ability to translate business requirements into scalable process and system solutions
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
Nordson Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nordson Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Nordson Corporation.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) features automatic enrollment at 6%, a 50% match on up to 6% of pay, and an additional 3% company contribution for eligible U.S. employees even without employee contributions. Feedback suggests this retirement structure is above what many mid-size manufacturers offer.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays and a typical year-end shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s at many U.S. locations expand time off beyond standard PTO. Feedback suggests this shutdown is a distinctive work-life perk, though availability can vary by site or business unit.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Volunteer release time and a 3:1 charitable gift-matching program are offered alongside recognition programs, tuition assistance, and community initiatives. Feedback suggests these elements add value beyond core insurance and PTO.
Nordson Corporation Insights
What We Do
Nordson is a team of 7,300 global employees thriving in an environment where they are supported and encouraged to be their best. Working side by side, we build meaningful connections with each other and our customers. Together, we deliver products that are solutions, and they’re likely touching your life every day. Have you ever changed a diaper? Opened a box of cereal? Used a smart phone or driven a car? Then we’ve already met. At Nordson, we take pride in being an outstanding corporate citizen and strongly believe in sharing our success with the communities where our employees live and work. Whether you’re working in one of our labs, offices or manufacturing facilities, your efforts will enable our customers to succeed and our company to continuously improve and grow. We engineer, manufacture and market differentiated products and systems used for precision dispensing and processing in a variety of end markets, from packaging to transportation and medical to electronics. Founded in 1954, we operate under the values of integrity, respect for people, customer passion, energy and excellence. Nordson is headquartered in the United States in Westlake, Ohio, and has direct operations in more than 30 countries to support our products and systems with application expertise and a direct global sales and service organization
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