Competitive Pricing Analyst jobs in Milwaukee, WI

Responsibilities:

• Create and reinforce continuous feedback vehicles to encourage successful pricing models.
• Assist in determining appropriate list prices, contract pricing, copper pricing, updating, communication and publication of pricing initiatives and strategies.
• Evaluates cause and effect with pricing, volume, cost, competition, distribution, and segmentation.
• Maintain pricing systems, guidelines and procedures.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure pricing accuracy and alignment with company goals.
• Develop a strong understanding of the selling cycle and processes to support the sales organization with timely and relevant data.
• Monitor and leads resources focused on strategic pricing initiatives through pricing rigor and training.
• Maintain, audit and update vendor master file and information.
• Assist maintain price books including resolving simulation errors, assigning formulas to new products and monthly updates
• Provide assistance, as needed, of mass price changes or product changes.
• Forecasts revenue and market share based on market trends, production costs, profit margins, and sales volumes.
• Prepare, provide and present pricing analysis and ongoing measurement which allow management and teams to effectively respond to changing economic conditions, competitive landscape, market changes and reporting on pricing effectiveness.
• Support commercial logic building the sales intelligence (Proactive Sales with Suggestive Selling for Sales/Customers).
• Establish good working relationship cross functionally with all departments (Customer Service, Sales, Sourcing, Finance, Commercial Excellence, and IT).
• Staying updated with pricing best practices and market dynamics.
• Embrace a Continuous improvement mindset that drives toward excellence and simplification.
• Be a champion of IEWC’s culture and values.
• Other duties and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education and/or Experience:

• • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or related field
  • 5 years of relevant experience in pricing or other financial analysis roles
  • History of building high-performing teams as a talent-focused leader
  • Previous experience with pricing processes, implementing pricing initiatives, and creating pricing process training and documentation
  • Collaborative communicator who is able to develop relationships and gain results cross-functionally
  • Excellent analytical, problem solving, business acumen and decision-making skills
  • Direct experience with best-practice pricing techniques and pricing software tools (e.g. PROS, PriceFX, Zilliant) strongly preferred
  • Knowledge in SAP, Salesforce.com, BI applications (PowerBI, Qlik, etc) Excel and PowerPoint is preferred