Pricing Analyst - Nigeria at West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC)

West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC) is an Africa’s leading provider of comprehensive, integrated core digital infrastructure solutions and managed network services for the world’s leading hyperscalers, content providers and telcos. Our policy of continual investment in our network to create Africa’s first, truly open-access interconnected digital ecosystem means ongoing investment for growth, ensuring our readiness to meet the future demands of end users throughout Africa. We are constructing and operating next-generation, open-access digital infrastructure and services that empower businesses and consumers, fuelling inclusive growth and promoting sustainable development throughout the continent

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Pricing Analyst - Nigeria

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Department: Finance / Commercial

Job Objective

• Develop a clear understanding of all competitive wholesale pricing in the African wholesale data services market. 
• Measure WIOCC’s pricing strategy against major competitor price movements and ensure that WIOCC’s bespoke service offers are commercially competitive against its core competition to aid effective sales while returning profits in line with WIOCC’s corporate targets.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop a clear understanding of WIOCC’s services, pricing and positioning in the wholesale data services market
• Ensure accurate competitor prices are sourced from customers, sales and other external agents
• Bespoke price all requests for special prices originating from sales management
• Ensure sales managers have a clear understanding of WIOCC’s price proposition including the supply of possible further negotiation tools
• Develop close working relationships with sales management, bid management, operational, legal and finance to ensure that targeted gross margins are maintained and WIOCC is protected when a client fails to meet certain criteria
• Recommend and advise price responses to competitor’s market initiatives to the Pricing Manager and Director of Commercial Operations
• Actively pursue the necessary intel from the local regional markets to derive price and service reference points that are measurable, factual and comparable to WIOCC offerings
• Design, implementation and maintenance of spreadsheet models and software used in the Commercial Pricing area
• Provide data points from partners and competitors in local regional markets to the Pricing Manager to maintain a database of price intel and services to support faster, more accurate responses to the sales team on x-connects, last mile and backhaul services
• For services in Africa, conduct desktop feasibility studies for last mile and long-haul service requirements for costs to be used in bespoke price solutions
• Provide support to the Pricing Manager in proactively collating data on third-party costs, fibre building spends and business cases to motivate internal pricing approval

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business related field from a recognised university, with a minimum of 2nd class honours upper division
• Holder of CPA, CIMA or ACCA certification
• At least three years of working experience in an accounting and or sales environment
• Excellent Excel and reporting skills
• Experience working in the telecoms industry will be an added advantage, especially understanding of Data Centers, broadband, metro Ethernet, active Ethernet, FTTx, backhaul and national long-distance services

Attributes:

• Client focused relationship builder
• Integrity, honest with the highest ethical standards
• Boundless, passionate, proactive and flexible
• Highest levels of personal excellence, accuracy, attention to detail, structure and presentation format
• Self-disciplined, ability to manage own time and availability to sales team and organisation
• Collaborative, achieve results through teamwork and partnerships
• Strong analytical skills and ability to collate and interpret data from various sources
• Fluent in written and oral English, French will added advantage
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to integrate and work within the WIOCC team
• Team leader, manager and motivator

Application Closing Date
26th March, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV including three referees to: applications@wiocc.net using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

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