Group Pricing & Benchmark Manager
Work Arrangement
Office Days per Week: 4 days
Key Skills
Job Description
GROUP PRICING & BENCHMARK MANAGER Drive pricing strategy for a €700M international market leader Location: The Netherlands EDE or RIJSWIJK or France (Paris 2) About Solo Solo is a leading international B2B platform in promotional products, bringing together Solo Paris, Solo midocean and XD Connects. With approximately €700 million in revenue, 2,900 employees, 24,000 customers and operations in more than 60 countries, we combine scale, entrepreneurial spirit and innovation to serve customers across Europe and beyond. As a Private Equity-backed organization, Solo is in an exciting phase of growth, integration and professionalization. This creates unique opportunities for ambitious professionals who want to make a visible impact and help shape the future of an international market leader. We are looking for a highly analytical and commercially minded Group Pricing & Benchmark Manager to define and lead the Group Pricing Strategy across all product categories and markets. In this strategic leadership role, you will maximize profitability, competitiveness and commercial performance through data-driven pricing decisions, market intelligence and pricing governance. You will work closely with Sales, Product Management, Finance, Marketing and Business Intelligence teams to ensure pricing excellence throughout the organization. As Group Pricing & Benchmark Manager, you will: Lead and execute the Group Pricing Strategy, driving profitability, commercial growth, and pricing consistency across multiple markets and product categories. Own pricing governance and decision-making frameworks, ensuring effective policies, controls, and alignment across the organization. Identify margin improvement opportunities through advanced pricing analytics, profitability assessments, and performance reporting. Provide market and competitive intelligence, translating data and benchmarking insights into actionable business recommendations. Drive strategic pricing decisions for new product launches, commercial initiatives, and market opportunities to maximize revenue and profitability. Develop pricing models, forecasting tools, and business cases that support executive decision-making and commercial negotiations. Lead and develop a team of pricing professionals, fostering a high-performance, data-driven culture focused on continuous improvement. Partner closely with Sales, Finance, Product Management, Marketing, and BI teams to strengthen commercial performance and deliver measurable business results. We’re looking for Experience in pricing, commercial finance, revenue management, BI, or strategic analytics. Strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of pricing, profitability, margin management, and benchmarking. Advanced Excel skills and experience with Power BI, ERP systems, or similar tools. Experience leading teams and influencing cross-functional stakeholders. A strategic, commercial, and data-driven mindset. A hands-on, structured, and pragmatic approach. Strong communication skills and the ability to turn insights into action. Fluent English; Dutch and/or French is a plus. What We Offer A highly visible role with significant impact on business performance. The opportunity to shape and lead pricing strategy in an international organization. A dynamic environment characterized by growth, transformation and entrepreneurship. 1 remote day/week
Core Responsibilities
Lead the group-wide pricing strategy and governance across markets and product categories, using analytics, benchmarking, and market intelligence to improve profitability and commercial performance. Develop pricing models, forecasts, and business cases; guide pricing decisions for launches and market opportunities; and lead a pricing team while partnering with cross-functional stakeholders.
Requirements
Candidates should have experience in pricing, commercial finance, revenue management, business intelligence, or strategic analytics, with strong knowledge of pricing, profitability, margin management, and benchmarking. They should bring advanced Excel skills, familiarity with Power BI or ERP systems, team leadership and stakeholder-influencing experience, a pragmatic data-driven mindset, and fluent English; Dutch and/or French is a plus.
Benefits
- One Remote Day Per Week
About Solo
Industry: Textile Manufacturing
Company size: 51-200 employees
The SOLO Group is a network of unique brands whose common aim is to create clothing and accessories enabling customers to express their uniqueness. Through its various brands, the SOLO Group offers a clear, segmented and demanding offer enabling it to meet its customers expectations in an efficient way. Together, our brands, SOL'S, RTP Apparel, Atelier Textile Français, NEOBLU and Joy Thaï, they provide a multitude of styles and options, for corporate identity and promotional clothing. The SOLO Group's expertise and know-how in terms of procurement, logistics, business insight and service sector knowledge is invaluable to all its brands and therefore all its customers. As well as its 200 employees, the SOLO Group works with a trusted network of partners in over 60 countries. They all share the groups fundamental principles: passion, responsibility, strong relationships, innovation and responsiveness. These are our guiding principles that we apply every day, be it in sourcing our materials, seeking out new suppliers, recruiting new colleagues and optimising our distribution methods, as well as in the social and charitable initiatives we support.