Bridgette

Pricing Specialist with experience developing commercial pricing strategies, financial models & market analysis across Africa. Skilled at translating complex data into profitable business decisions while partnering with multiple business functions in order to drive growth.

Pricing Specialist at Michelin Tyre Company (2025-01 – Present)

• Financial & Commercial Modeling: Build, maintain, and refine complex pricing and financial models for tenders, RFQs, and strategic business planning, ensuring alignment with profitability targets and commercial risk limits.
• Tender & Proposal Development: Review client specifications and craft competitive, high-margin commercial structures and detailed costing models for multi-modal logistics and renewable energy projects.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner daily with Sales, Procurement, Operations, and Finance teams to design commercially viable solutions and streamline quote turnaround times.
• Executive & Stakeholder Presentations: Prepare and present financial analyses, risk evaluations.
• Client & Account Support: Support sales teams during complex customer negotiations and serve as a commercial contact in demanding client environments.

Finance Junior at Michelin Tyre Company (2022-10 – 2025-06)

• Financial Reporting & Month-End: Assisted in month-end and year-end financial closing activities, preparing journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations.
• Accounts Payable & Receivable: Processed vendor invoices, matched purchase orders, tracked client payments, and followed up on outstanding balances.
• Data & Variance Analysis: Extracted and cleaned transactional data to perform basic variance analysis, helping track actual spend against operational budgets.
• Budgeting & Forecasting Support: Supported senior analysts with financial data collection, spreadsheet formatting, and updating rolling quarterly forecast models.
• Compliance & Auditing: Gathered financial documentation, invoices, and receipts for internal and external audit compliance checks.
• Master Data Management: Maintained accuracy in vendor and customer master data files, verifying tax details and banking information to minimize processing delays and fraud risk.

Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting – Regent Business School (2026-01)

Bachelor in Accounting – Regent Business School (2021-01 – 2023-12)

Matric – Basa Tutorial Institute (2021-01 – 2021-12)