At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet. Pricing plays a critical role in driving Corbion’s profitable growth, creating customer value, and further strengthening our market position. We are looking for a Global Pricing Director to lead our global pricing function and further strengthen pricing as a strategic driver of growth, value creation, and commercial excellence. This is a highly visible role that combines commercial strategy, analytics, stakeholder leadership, and process ownership. You will lead Corbion's global pricing team while partnering closely with business leaders, regional commercial teams, finance, procurement, and product management to shape pricing strategy, enhance commercial effectiveness, and drive profitable growth. Key Responsibilities <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Own and lead the global pricing process, from pricing strategy and price setting to execution and performance monitoring.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Act as the global process owner for pricing, ensuring effective governance, consistency, and continuous improvement.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Lead and develop a global team of pricing professionals, providing direction, coaching, and capability building to create a high-performing pricing organization.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Build a strong pricing function that combines commercial insight, analytical rigor, and business partnership.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Partner with business area leaders to develop pricing strategies that support growth, profitability, and customer value creation.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Lead the ongoing development and optimization of pricing capabilities within SAP, Salesforce, and related tools and models.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Monitor pricing performance, market dynamics, cost developments, and commercial execution to identify opportunities for improvement.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Drive pricing transformation initiatives and embed best practices across the organization.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Serve as a trusted advisor to commercial leaders, finance, procurement, product management, and regional sales teams.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Build strong cross-functional alignment and influence decision-making at senior leadership level.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Establish yourself as the recognized expert and go-to leader for pricing across Corbion, driving the adoption of pricing excellence throughout the organization.</li> </ul> What You'll Bring <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Proven experience leading and developing teams in pricing, commercial finance, revenue management, product management, strategic marketing, or a related commercial discipline.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Strong understanding of both value-based and cost-based pricing approaches.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Experience working in complex B2B environments, preferably within specialty ingredients, chemicals, industrial products, or related sectors.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Strong commercial acumen combined with analytical rigor and data-driven decision making.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:15.0pt;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Strong expertise in end-to-end pricing processes, pricing models, price realization, governance, CRM, pricing tools, and BI environments.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change across functions and regions.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and storytelling skills.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">A collaborative leadership style with the ability to inspire teams, build credibility quickly, and drive execution through others.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:darkmagenta">A hands-on, proactive mindset with the ability to balance strategic thinking and operational delivery.</li> </ul> Why Join Corbion? This is an opportunity to shape a critical global capability, influence strategic business decisions, and work alongside senior commercial leaders to create measurable business impact. You will lead and develop a global team of pricing professionals, helping to build talent, strengthen capabilities, and foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. For ambitious leaders who enjoy combining commercial strategy, people leadership, analytics, and organizational influence, this role offers a unique platform to make a lasting difference. About Corbion Corbion is a sustainable ingredients company dedicated to preserving what matters, including food and food production, health, and the planet. We specialize in lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, food preservation solutions, functional blends, and algae ingredients, using our deep application and product knowledge to propel nature’s ingenuity through science. With more than a century of experience, we continue working side-by-side with our customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Leveraging our advanced capabilities in fermentation and preservation technology, we help customers differentiate their products in diverse markets ranging from food and animal nutrition to home & personal care, pharmaceuticals, electronics, medical devices, and bioplastics.In 2025, Corbion generated annual sales of €1,267.4 million and had a workforce of 2,408 FTE. For more information: www.corbion.com Corbion is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered equally. Corbion does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. All candidates must be submitted by approved Corbion vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Corbion Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Corbion Talent Acquisition Team.

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