🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain · 19h ago
Specialist Product Commercial Lead
Vodafone
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About This RoleA high-impact and influential role in the Vodafone Business Group Products and Services team. The product economics manager has a crucial part to play in our strategy to drive significant growth in revenue and margin, across our global product portfolios. Working across product lines and markets, you will build and share detailed understanding of product economics and identify opportunities to improve commercial performance. You will also design, create, and maintain a toolkit to enable Vodafone business products and services to be scaled across markets quickly, efficiently and with maximum commercial impact.This role reports into the Product Economics Senior Manager and will:Engage with local markets (OpCo’s), product teams, technology, operations, and commercial strategy to support and influence the commercial design for products throughout the lifecycle. This includes:Building and maintaining product cost modelsIdentifying and documenting cost ownersUnderstanding supplier contracts and business rules which have an impact on our cost base and product economics and identify opportunities to leverageVisualising cost components and the levers driving changes in both cost and priceProviding requirements into market benchmarking and customer research to ensure it is actionable commercially and analyse outputsConducting cost benchmarking analysis across products and vendorsProviding guidance and consultancy particularly on costSetting cost targets to ensure products can be sold profitably and competitivelyBuild deep commercial product expertise including knowledge of suppliers, commercial terms, competitors, market trends, and technologyUndertake regular analysis of unit and product economics and:Provide economic insight to key stakeholders across central and local market teamsHighlight material cost changes and implicationsMake recommendations to maximise profitabilityAssess the product economics of scaling and sunsettingIdentify opportunities to standardise, drive commercial innovation, and create efficiencies both within and across product lines Leverage insights from OpCos and external sources to drive best practiceCreate and maintain a toolkit to be used by the central and local market teams eg a structured cost catalogue, unit costs, cost guardrails. Define the contents ensuring they are relevant to stakeholders and consistent across productsBe the subject matter expert for the toolkits and provide stakeholder communicationsWhat You’ll DoKey accountabilities and decision ownership:Define, produce and maintain a cost toolkitProvide regular, actionable, economic insight and recommendationsAct as economics subject matter expert for agreed including providing cost insights, training on toolkitsSet cost targets to maximise commercial performanceWho You AreCore competencies, knowledge and experience :Strong commercial modelling and analysis skills. Including the ability to make commercial assumptions, input into business cases, and visualise dataExcellent communication and stakeholder management. Demonstrable experience of leading and influencing recommendations / projects with senior leaders. Ability to make complex information simpleA tenacious, self-starter who is confident working with cross functional, virtual teams in a global environment and a with strong appreciation of new product launches. Comfortable working with ambiguity and able to define new approaches and ways of doing thingsExperience in a Commercial, Pricing or Finance role, involving complex ICT or Telco solutions and ideally in a B2B environmentAll competencies expected with demonstrated practical experience in a complex organisationMust have technical / professional qualifications:Educated to degree level in Business Management or other quantitative discipline (e.g. Maths, Economics, Engineering)Outstanding Microsoft Excel skillsKnowledge of telecoms productsBenefitsHybrid work model Bonus on top of the gross salary Meal voucher (Ticket Restaurant), additional to gross salary. Flexible working hours from Monday to Thursday, and an intensive schedule on Fridays Intensive Summer Schedule during July and August Up to 20 days per year of 100% remote work from other locations Private Health and Life Insurance for employees 25 vacation days, plus December 24th and 31st off Optional Pension Plan Access to an online learning platform for continuous training REF: 287751Please, apply with an English version of your CV.Not a perfect fit?Concerned you may not meet every requirement? Vodafone is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align exactly with every aspect of the job description, you are encouraged to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or another opportunity, and the recruitment team will support you in exploring where your skills fit best.VOIS Equal Opportunity Employer CommitmentVodafone recognises and celebrates the value of diversity in building a workforce that reflects the customers and communities it serves. No form of discrimination is tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, discrimination based on race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, ethnicity, disability, religion or belief, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, citizenship, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, neurodiversity, social origin, cultural background, marital or civil partnership status, or socio-economic background.Join UsAt Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. 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